{"id":5664,"date":"2022-05-17T17:36:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T17:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=5664"},"modified":"2022-05-17T21:18:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T21:18:26","slug":"lands-minister-nabakooba-says-government-is-happy-with-the-usmid-project-appreciates-world-bank-for-the-financial-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/lands-minister-nabakooba-says-government-is-happy-with-the-usmid-project-appreciates-world-bank-for-the-financial-support\/","title":{"rendered":"LANDS MINISTER NABAKOOBA SAYS GOVERNMENT IS HAPPY WITH THE USMID PROJECT ,APPRECIATES WORLD BANK FOR THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Ms.Judith Nabakooba  has extended government s appreciation to the World Bank for the continued  funding of  the  Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development ( USMID) Project -which is transforming many cities and municipalities across the country .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Nabakooba was speaking at the opening of a two day  USMID project &#8211; mid term review with  Uganda  said to be  urbanising at a rate of 18% per annum.  Nabakooba called upon local governments to intensify their local revenue mobilisation efforts to get resources that will help in the maintenance of the new infrastructure and beautification set up under the five year project which will end in December 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"476\" data-attachment-id=\"5666\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/lands-minister-nabakooba-says-government-is-happy-with-the-usmid-project-appreciates-world-bank-for-the-financial-support\/min-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/min-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"468,476\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1652819476&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"min-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/min-1.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/min-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/min-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/min-1.jpg 468w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/min-1.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><figcaption>Delegates at the World Bank funded USMID Mid Term Review meeting held in Kampala <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister warned contractors against shoddy work and delayed implementation of projects. Nabakooba promised the participants that her ministry will interface with that of Finance to resolve the issue of sweeping funds when contracts are already awarded a scenario that affects the progress of project works . She said the lands ministry is automating to eliminate corruption and improve -timely service delivery . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr.Isaac Mutenyo the USMID project coordinator said through the mid term review, they want to among others see if the key objective of extending a new project to realise the goals of a national urban development, has been attained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The State Minister for Urban Development Obiga Kania noted that there is a lot which  needs to be done to ensure speedy and timely delivery of the project works within the benefiting cities and municipalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen the NRM came into power, emphasis was on the rural areas. Poverty alleviation programs were part of this. Opportunities in the urban areas caused millions to relocate. We would like to assure the Wold Bank that from the central to local governments, we shall reduce these challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He  observed that the creation of new cities has  led to new challenges for the  USMID project.  The State Minister gave the example of  Arua City which comprises of  10 sub counties but with serious infrastructure constraints. the same challenges are reported in  Mbale, Mbarara and Jinja cities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We therefore, must improve infrastructure in these areas. Our projects therefore, under USMID are encouraging the lower units to ensure proper physical planning. Utility lines such as power, water and internet need to be taken care of in the planning and implementation phase,\u201d Obiga  stated .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Bank manager for Urban Development, Resilience and Land, Peter Ellis, said the mid term review of the USMID projects will help to ascertain the progress of the works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is an opportunity to critically assess the programme for completion purposes in the next 18 months. The purpose of this programme is ensure liveability of the cities where new infrastructure is being undertaken,\u201d  he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Ms.Judith Nabakooba has extended government s appreciation to the World Bank for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[168,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-development","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Minister-Judith-Nabakooba-at-the-workshop-750x563-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4078,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/minister-nabakooba-launches-usmid-af-project-road-works-in-busia-municiplaity-tells-contractor-dotts-services-deliver-quality-and-on-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":5664,"position":0},"title":"LANDS MINISTER NABAKOOBA LAUNCHES USMID- AF PROJECT ROAD WORKS IN BUSIA MUNICIPLAITY , TELLS CONTRACTOR DOTTS SERVICES TO DELIVER QUALITY AND ON TIME","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"September 23, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"By Gerald Buyinza The Minister of Lands , Housing and Urban\u00a0 Development , Ms. Judith Nabakooba has applauded the World \u00a0\u00a0Bank for \u00a0accepting to finance the\u00a0Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development Program (USMID -Af) -that has caused tremendous economic growth in urban centers across the country since it was launched\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National Development&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National Development","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-development\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG-20210923-WA0305.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG-20210923-WA0305.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG-20210923-WA0305.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG-20210923-WA0305.jpg 2x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG-20210923-WA0305.jpg 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10714,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/usmid-project-in-balance-as-uganda-rashes-to-chinas-exim-to-borrow-150mafter-world-bank-halts-funding\/","url_meta":{"origin":5664,"position":1},"title":"USMID project in balance as Uganda rushes to China&#8217;s Exim to borrow $150M after World Bank halts funding","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"November 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The continuation of the World Bank funded Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) project that has transformed Uganda's cities and municipalities remains in balance after loans were suspended when the country passed the Anti Homosexual law . 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