By Mutabazi Sam Stewart When cities are built without planning, they can become overcrowded, chaotic, and disorganized. This can lead to a lack of infrastructure, inadequate housing, and poor public services. Without proper planning, cities can also become polluted, congested, and dangerous. This can lead to a decrease in quality of life …
By Mutabazi Sam Stewart Africa is a continent of immense potential, yet its cities are often plagued by poverty, inequality, and a lack of basic services. This paper will explore the various issues that African cities face, and how they can be addressed. The first issue that African cities face is a lack …
By Mutabazi Sam Stewart Many people want to go to Kigali, Rwanda to witness for themselves how the city has been transformed in a relatively short period. Kigali today is referred to as the cleanest city in Africa. But is it true that Rwanda is a haven as many would want us to believe? …
NOBODY LOVES KIGALI CITY, BUT EVERYONE JUMPS ON THE BANDWAGON! Read More »
Uganda last week announced it would invest $4.5 Billion in its oil refinery. The Announcement was made in Washington DC. and was carried by all major cable news network in many world Capitals. The Refinery project, just like all major projects in Uganda is behind schedule. It was supposed to have been launched this year …
By Sam Stewart Mutabazi To build using burnt bricks or concrete blocks? Each has its own positives and negatives. Advantages of concrete blocks is that they are neat, build faster, and may not need plastering. Clay bricks are time consuming and take more cement. Burnt bricks in Uganda are likely to keep diminishing as …
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Our Executive Director Made a Presentation at an International Debt Symposium. He talked about how loan acquisition for public infrsatrcture spending has driven debt in Uganda to almost unsastainabe levles. Read the presentation in PDF attached
Uganda Road Sector Support Initiative (URSSI) came up with a policy brief which it shared with government advising on how the Law should be implemented The Building control Act was assented to in October 2013 after wide consultations, prolonged back forth discussions amongst various stakeholders and benchmarking to borrow best practices from other countries with …
Policy Brief on Building Control Act Submitted by URSSI to Government Read More »
Our Executive Director Mutabazi Sam Stewart made a presentation about the satus of Uganda’s urban transport at the 6th Annual East Africa Transport and Infrastructure Conference. 13-14th May 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Presentation is attached
Our Executive Director, Sam Stewart Mutabazi made a presentation explaining the major resaons why Transport Master plans in Sub Saharan Africa do not achieve their desired intentions. He draws examples from countries in the region and suggests possible ways through which these plans can better be designed and implemented. The presentataion was made at the …
In 2017, Uganda Road Sector petitioned the World Bank about the Kampala Flyover Project a project we felt was not necessary.