Maracha District Leaders Launch 163,000£ Theater Construction Project.

📸: RDC Buga Matata with a hoe launches the project. Photo by Information is Power.

Maracha district leaders combined of the RDC  Rt. Cpt. Buga Yasin Matata, Deputy RDC Mrs Kotevu Monica Koliba, LC V Chairperson Hon Obitre Stephen, DPC SP Kananura Jonathan, political wing, entire technical staffs of health and Enabel NGO officials, on Thursday 27-7-2023 gathered at Maracha health centre IV to launch the construction of a Theater for tye facility.

The theater construction project worth 163,000£ (Shs 655,438,395) whose contract has been awarded to WEKO Engineering Consult Ltd is expected to be completed in 6 months.

📸: Hon Alema Dicky speaks to Information is Power, during the launch.

The male councilor representing Workers in the district, who is at the same time the secretary for social services Hon Dicky Alema appreciated the opportunity offered by Enabel organization to construct a Theater at Maracha health centre IV because the entire district of Maracha doesn't have a hospital, apart from St Joseph Hospital Ovujo which is a catholic owned hospital.

He appealed to the contractor to consider the issue of local content by employing some of the residents as local labourers and also buy tested local materials like Sands, Stones and Bricks from within the district so that the locals will also benefit directly from the project.

📸: Consultant Mr Daniel Musana. Photo by Information is Power.

To avoid shoddy works and other technicalities arising after completion of a construction, the consultant of the project, Mr Musana Daniel, who is also the architect and contract manager for Enabel organization tasked the contractor to have sands, concrete blocks and aggregates tested in lab and approved before they are supplied to the site for the construction.

📸: Mr Amati Alex the director of the Contractor, WEKO Engineering Consult Ltd. Photo by Information is Power.

Mr Alex Amati the director for WEKO Engineering Consult Ltd which is the contractor for the project urged the community members, district technical and political leaders to be part and partial in implementation of this project by doing routine visits and monitoring of the works at site.

📸: LC V Chairperson Hon Obitre Stephen. Photo by Information is Power.

Maracha district LC V Chairperson Hon Stephen Obitre applauded the consultant and contractor together with other technical officials of Enabel organization  for enlightening them about the background of the project and he urged them to remain committed to their words and promises because whenever launching of projects are done like this, the best technical officers are brought to speak but when things get messed up, such officers disappear completely.

📸: RDC Rt Capt Yasin Buga Matata speaks during the launch. Photo by Information is Power.

Resident district commissioner Rt Capt Yasin Buga Matata advised the contractor not to rush with the project to avoid shoddy works.

WestNile region has 15 health centre IVs, out of which it's only Maracha health centre IV in Maracha District and Bondo health centre IV in Arua District which do not have functional Theaters yet the minimum standard set by Ministry of Health is to have a functional Theater in all the health centre IVs.

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