Traffic at the Uganda – Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) boarder has been put at standstill as Dott Services Limited assembled a fleet of Construction equipments at Bunagana Post.
This is the last stopover for the fleet in transit to the neighbouring Congo on a mission to modernise the 223 kilometer road network in the Eastern part of one of Africa’s largest countries.
Sino Trucks, Coasters, Graders, Caterpillars among others were among the multibillion Machinery that made main road at the border post impassable as locals gathered huge numbers to physically witness the brand new fleet awaiting to be cleared by the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) customs office at the boarder.
This equipment arrives barely month after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) officially handed over crucial sites to Dott Services Limited, paving the way for the start of the long – awaited construction of the 223 Kilometer road network that will open the Eastern part of the country to cross border trade with Uganda.
The project is branded as the Regional Connectivity Roads Project, also known as ‘DRC Roads Project.’
The handover ceremony took place in two DRC cities of Beni and Goma in the North Kivu Province on Friday, December 4th 2021.
The two ceremonies were witnessed by two delegations from Uganda and DRC, plus the Dott Services Limited leadership, a Ugandan construction firm which won the tender to build the roads.
The Ugandan delegation was led by the Minister of Works and Transport Gen. Katumba Wamala.
The DRC delegation was led by the DRC Minister o for Infrastructure and Public Works Mr. Alexi Gisaro Muvunyi.
The North Kivu Governor Lieutenant General Ndima Kongba Constant asked the Congolese to back the project:
“When the contractor is hungry, give him food. When he is thirsty, give him water, when he needs a room, and give him a bed to sleep on. This is because they have come to not only to build roads but also to improve our livelihoods employ you,” he said.
The leaders observed that the trade between the countries is going to grow since transportation of goods between the two countries has been hampered by poor infrastructure in the past.
