WORLD BANK TO SPEND $350M ON INFRASTRUCTURE IN EIGHT UGANDA TOWNS

The World Bank is set to release $350 million to
help boost infrastructure development in eight more municipalities across the
country under the Uganda Municipal Support Infrastructure Development (USMID)
Project.   

The new municipalities that are set to benefit from
the new funding include Lugazi, Kasese, Kamuli, Mubende, Apac, Kitgum, Ntungamo
and Busia.      

This brings to 22, the number of towns that will
benefit from the USMID project across the
country.       

Initially, there were 14 municipalities across the
country that were benefiting from the USMID Project.

They include Fort-Portal, Hoima, Kabale, Mbarara,
Masaka, Entebbe, Jinja, Tororo, Mbale, Soroti, Lira, Gulu, Moroto and
Arua. 

Dr Isaac Mutenyo, the USMID project coordinator in the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development says the eight new Municipalities will begin getting funding this financial year up to 2023.  e conveyor. https://worldbank.einnews.com/article_detail/485648019/