Maracha residents task Area MPs to lobby for Culverts as district improves feeder roads.

📸: Hon Aliociri Luka Museli interacting with driver of a Caterpillar during a supervision on Monday 22-5-2023.

Road users in Maracha district have tasked their area members of parliament to intensively lobby for road culvertes so as to improve on drainage systems of roads been upgraded by Maracha district local government.

The appeal of users comes at time the district is in the process of upgrading a number of roads with support of funds received under Uganda road funds.

Currently, district road equipments are working on Alikua -Egamara primary school to terego boarder ,a road link that residents say had not been worked on for many years.

A section of residents from alikua subcounty have commended Maracha district Council for considering allocation of funds for the road link that had remained death trap for them Incase of accidents.

When this online publication team on Monday 22-5-2023  visited the road under construction, the visibly happy residents expressed joy and hailed the engineering department for what they term as value for money being reflected on the quality of works and asked for maintained work quality with other roads on pipeline.

Mrs,Samira mazaru, a resident of alikua said, the road was totally bads with stones w scattered all over but now, pedestrians, vehicle, motorcycle can  now move safely, the road is no longer narrow.

Another resident said," the road would be impassable during rain time forcing us to move over plantations, I thank district so much as he recommended for marums on slops of Alifendu hill and near alarapi church.

📸: Isaah oseni, aresident of Oluvu village talking to this online publication team, Information is Power.

Mr.Oseni issah another  resident of Oluvu village said the road had become death trap recounting a recent incident where a vehicle ferrying tobacco overturned in the area.

📸: Ismail Noah aresident on slops of Alifendu hills speaking to Information is Power.

Mr Ismail Noah whose home is at the slops of Alifendu hills equally commend the district for work well-done as he called for installation of culvertes to easily divert water flowing from the hills.

"For the first time in museveni's regime we are witnessing district road works been done with marums,but my only appeal is to have Culverts at this Conner,and bush near the Conner from slope of this hill be cleared for visibility inorder to avoid accident", Ismail recommended.

District road inspector,Rashid Ededria Karim explained that road link measures 4.8 km and accordingly spot murums shall put on areas of need.

Residents have gone further to appreciate  Aliociri museali Luka , a committee member of works and technical services also the district Councillor representing Nyadri subcounty for regularly monitoring the road under construction.

"Amongst the district councillors, we only see museali coming here almost every day checking on the quality of works and advising the team on ground, this is the kind of leadership we need!," Ismail added.

📸: Hon Aliociri Luka Museli speaking to Information is Power, on Monday 22-5-2023.

Aliociri Museli Luka the online publication team found on ground explained that, "this road under construction was planned for 27 million, with or without money it's my role to check on the progress and feed my supervisor, the lcv Chairperson".

Aliociri museli who rallied for one Maracha promised to  continue the same way monitoring activities of roads and water for the benefit of locals.