The Kashenyi–Mitooma Road in the Western Region of

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connects the town of ''Kashenyi'' in

Bushenyi District kyeizooba Bushenyi District is a district in Western Uganda. Like many other Ugandan districts, it is named after its chief town, Bushenyi, where the district headquarters are located. Location Bushenyi District is bordered by Rubirizi Di ...

with the town of

Mitooma Mitooma, also Mitoma, is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mitooma District. Location Mitooma Municipal Council is located in Ruhinda County, Mitooma District, Ankole ...

Mitooma District itooma District is a district in Western Uganda. It is named after its main municipal, administrative and commercial center, Mitooma. Location Mitooma District is bordered by Bushenyi District to the north, Sheema District to the east, Ntungamo D ...

. The road measures approximately .

Location

The road starts at Kashenyi, about south of Ishaka, on the road to Kagamba, along the Ishaka–Kagamba Road. The coordinates of the road, about out of Mitooma Town are 0°36'47.0"S 30°04'59.0"E (Latitude:-0.613056; Longitude:30.083056).

Upgrading to bitumen

In 2017, the

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, hired Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO), at a contract price of USh49.199 billion (about US$13.5 million) to upgrade the road from gravel surface to class II

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surface and the building of bridges and drainage channels. The contract price included tarmacking of the access road to Katabi Seminary in Bushenyi District, measuring 0.8 kilometers, bringing the total length of the contract project to .

Overview

The tarmacked road is expected to ease transport within the districts of Bushenyi,

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and Sheema, collectively referred to as ''Greater Bushenyi''. The area is heavily involved in agriculture, both on a subsistence level and increasingly on a commercial level. Agriculture employs nearly 87 percent of the population of the aforementioned districts. Crops grown in the area on a commercial basis include

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matooke Matoke, locally also known as matooke, amatooke in Buganda (Central Uganda), ekitookye in southwestern Uganda, ekitooke in western Uganda, kamatore in Lugisu (Eastern Uganda), ebitooke in northwestern Tanzania, igitoki in Rwanda, Burundi and by th ...

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. In addition hybrid cattle are raised in the area for both milk and meat production.

Timeline

Work on the road project started on 31 January 2017. Completion was achieved on 16 January 2019. The one year Defects Liability Period ended in January 2020 and the

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(UNRA) issued a completion certificate to the contractor.

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