Removing smoky and mechanically unsafe vehicles is therefore a legitimate public-health and road-safety intervention, but Kampala cannot inspect its way out of dirty air. Large areas of exposed earth, unpaved shoulders and access roads, deteriorated surfaces, construction sites and inadequate ground cover continue to produce and re-suspend dust throughout the metropolitan area.

Land at Anai was originally reserved for an airport in the 1960s, but residents say the present proposal requires a much larger footprint.

The revised arrangements will test whether one month later, the lessons from the first exercise have translated into operational planning.

An earlier audit review found more than 10,000 vehicle movements that could not be reconciled in toll records, while Parliament was told that approximately Shs.129 billion had been collected since tolling began against about Shs.122 billion paid to the toll-system operator.

Mukono says most of the required land has been secured, although more than Shs1.1 billion may still be required for outstanding parcels and compensation claims. Some residents dispute valuations or say payments remain incomplete.

Mbarara’s expanding population, commercial role and position as a regional hub are creating new dynamics in regional real estate markets as projections predict more demand for housing, commercial property and supporting infrastructure.

The works form part of broader road improvements in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area.

Parliamentary scrutiny has also highlighted weak revenue generation, idle assets, missing wagons, rehabilitation delays and unresolved land issues.

A proposed bidirectional petroleum-products pipeline would allow refined fuel to move between Uganda and Tanzania according to demand, while the Tanga refinery is intended to complement Uganda's planned 60,000-barrel-per-day Hoima refinery.

The proposal is being presented as a response to Kampala's congestion, limited room for major infrastructure expansion and longstanding spatial-planning problems.

A proposed bidirectional petroleum-products pipeline would allow refined fuel to move between Uganda and Tanzania according to demand, while the Tanga refinery is intended to complement Uganda's planned 60,000-barrel-per-day Hoima refinery.

News Summary: Parliament's Committee on Physical Infrastructure has summoned former Works and Transport Minister Gen Edward Katumba Wamala and former UNRA Executive Director Allen Kagina over weaknesses identified in the Kampala–Entebbe Expressway tolling system. MPs reported problems including manual vehicle classification, misclassification of vehicles and system freezes that can allow vehicles through before payment is recorded. Kampala-Entebbe Expressway; Source: MOWT Con