Local Government Minister reports Shs900m road budget spent on 10 metres of road in Pakwach

Minister of Local Government Balaam Barugahara told Parliament's Committee on Local Government that on an inspection in Pakwach District he found a contractor had built only 10 metres of a planned one-kilometre low-cost road while using nearly all of a Shs900 million budget. The minister cited it as one of several graft cases and complained that suspects arrested in his ministry's anti-corruption drive quickly obtained bail. Committee chair Betty Nambooze questioned whether the ministry's inspection-led approach was sustainable.