The Ishaka–Kagamba Road in the Western Region of Uganda connects the town of Kagamba in Ntungamo District with Ishaka in

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The road starts at Kagamba, west of Ntungamo, on the road to

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, and continues north through Kitagata in Sheema District and Kashenyi in Bushenyi District, to end in Ishaka, a distance of approximately . The road connects traffic from

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, and southwestern Uganda, that is destined for the oil-rich Albertine graben, directly with the Mbarara-Katunguru highway. The coordinates of the road near Kitagata are 0°40'33.0"S, 30°09'18.0"E (Latitude:-0.6758; Longitude:30.1550).

Upgrading to bitumen

The

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has earmarked this road for upgrading through the conversion of the existing gravel road to

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surface and the building of bridges and drainage channels. CODA & Partners, a Kenyan company, designed the road. The final detailed design project report was submitted to the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) in November 2010. A consortium of General Nile Company for Roads & Bridges, from Egypt, and Dott Services Limited, from Uganda, won the bid to build the road for USh 97,476,095,241. Consulting engineering and supervision services were procured from a consortium of LEA International Limited of Canada in joint venture with LEA Associates South Asia Private Limited from India in association with KOM Consult Limited of Uganda for approximately US$2,141,850. Construction began on 6 February 2012. The road upgrade was fully funded by the government of Uganda. According to UNRA, completion is expected in December 2015. In his 2016/2017 budget speech given on 9 June 2016, the president of Uganda listed this road as "completed".

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How Dott Services perfected the Ishaka-Kitagata-Kagamba Road Works

Uganda National Road Authority Homepage

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Upgrading to bitumen

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