Presentation at Rotary Club of Kasangati

1. Classification Talk
By
Mutabazi Sam Stewart
Uganda Road Sector Support
Initiative (URSSI)
At Rotary Club of Kasangati
7th December 2015

2. About URSSI
Works for a
Transparent,
Corruption-free
Building of Roads
in Uganda.
Championing the
Change efforts
towards building
Livable Cities and
Towns for Uganda
Prioritizing Road
Safety and working
to significantly
reduce Road
Fatalities in Uganda

3. Our Mandate
Working to Promote Sustainable
Transport & Modern Urban
Transformation Systems in Uganda

4. Scenario in Kampala in 2008

5. What we do
Advocacy
• Structured Advocacy
• Building Partnerships
Innovativeness
• Innovation & Share of New Ideas
• Influence Government Policies
Mobilize
• Sensitization of the Public
• Promote Best Practices

6. My Role as ED
 Chief executive /Accounting officer.
 Staff supervision, motivation, welfare
 Designing Implementing programmes,
 Writing Funding Proposals
 Monitoring and Evaluation of all projects
 Ex-Officio member /Secretary of the Board of
Directors,

7. Our Programmes
Road
Monitoring
Promote Urban
Planning
Road Safety
• Monitor Physical works
• Share Reports with
partners
• Urban Transportation
• Albertine Region
Planning
• Targeted Campaigns
• Think Tanks

8. Road Monitoring

9. What have we done
Aroused Public
Interest in Urban
Planning Debate
Raised Red flag
on Major project
Failures
Organizing Road
safety campaigns

10. Our Partners
 Ministry of Works & Transport (MoW&T)
 Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)
 Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA)
 Uganda Road Fund (URF)
 European Union Delegation in Uganda
 Department for International Development (DFID)
 The World Bank Institute (WBI)

11. Quick Facts
Uganda is one of the fastest Urbanizing Countries in
Africa- Most of it Unplanned

12. Quick Facts
 Total Road Length in Uganda is 85,000Km
 Paved Roads =3,800Km
 National Roads = 21,000Km
 District Roads =25,000Km
 Community Access Roads =35,000Km
 Cost of Paved Road is Approximately $1.2 M
(UGX3.8Billion)
 Total Transport Sector Budget is 3.3 Trillion
 UNRA consumes 70% of the Sector Budget

13. A Typical Ugandan Community Road

14. What URSSI Envisions (The Future)
 Vanguard institution providing
solutions
 Championing change efforts
towards livable cities
 Promoting Transparency and
accountability in Roads
 Modern Land Used Planning
 Better housing standards & Real
estate Development
 Reducing Road fatalities in Uganda

15. The Future Kampala

16. THANK YOU!