{"id":380273,"date":"2011-04-14T01:54:04","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T01:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/14\/mps-query-sh805-billion-entebbe-road-deal\/"},"modified":"2011-04-14T01:54:04","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T01:54:04","slug":"mps-query-sh805-billion-entebbe-road-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/mps-query-sh805-billion-entebbe-road-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs Query Sh805 Billion Entebbe Road Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"42.396357615894\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/a142097fmonitor180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"The Monitor (Kampala)\" title=\"Visit The Monitor (Kampala)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>Mercy Nalugo<\/p>\n<p>14 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Parliament yesterday questioned the manner under which a Chinese construction firm won a contract for the new Kampala-Entebbe highway, saying bidding procedures were not followed.<\/p>\n<p>It emerged yesterday that government hand-picked a Chinese firm, China Communications Construction Company Limited, to build the Kampala-Entebbe express way without following the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets procedures.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>The matter came up during a meeting between the parliamentary Committee on National Economy and works minister John Nasasira, who is seeking authority to borrow $350m (about Shs805b) from the Export-Import Bank of China to finance the project.<\/p>\n<p>Tororo County MP Geoffrey Ekanya questioned the manner in which the government picked the Chinese firm without going through a competitive bidding process that would allow other companies to compete.<\/p>\n<p>The State Minister for Investments, Mr Aston Kajara, who accompanied Minister Nasasira, had earlier submitted that the Uganda National Roads Authority had concluded the works contract with the Chinese contractor.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ekanya was backed by Rubanda West legislator Henry Banyenzaki who insisted that such companies be subjected to competition. Mr Nasasira said the government had to abide by the Chinese loan conditions.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Taken from:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104140068.html\" title=\"MPs Query Sh805 Billion Entebbe Road Deal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MPs Query Sh805 Billion Entebbe Road Deal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Mercy Nalugo 14 April 2011 Parliament yesterday questioned the manner under which a Chinese construction firm won a contract for the new Kampala-Entebbe highway, saying bidding procedures were not followed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-380273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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