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Karuma bridge closure: MPs demand stricter deadlines to preserve Northern Uganda's economy

A section of Members of Parliament from the northern region on September 18 tasked the government to come out with clear timelines from which the revamping of the cracked Karuma Bridge will be completed.

The legislators are concerned that the deliberate delays in the completion of the bridge will cripple the economic activities in the northern part of the country.

“The way I look at all these is just an intentional move to block the business of our people in Northern Uganda,” the Kilak South lawmaker, Mr Gilbert Olanya, said during a media briefing in Kampala.

On September 17, Works minister Gen Katumba Wamala announced the total shutdown of the Karuma bridge effective September 23 to allow engineers to revamp and do repair works.

The construction works that are expected to kick off on Monday next week will take three months to be completed.