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Inspection Panel Investigation Report. Republic of Uganda Transport 106710-UG REPUBLIC OF UGANDA Transport Sector Development Project – Additional Financing (P121097) Investigation Report August 4, 2016 i Acknowledgements This Report was prepared with the valuable support and contributions of many people. The Panel wishes to thank the Requesters, their representative – Joy for Children Uganda (JFCU), and the many Project-Affected People who met the Panel team in Uganda and generously gave their time to help the Panel understand their concerns. The Panel is indebted to national and local government officials in Uganda who met with the investigation team and provided invaluable insights. The Panel is grateful to the officials of the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) for meeting with the Panel team, sharing information, and contributing to a better understanding of the Project. The Panel also expresses its gratitude to World Bank Management, staff, and consultants for their assistance in obtaining documents, providing the Panel with data, and responding promptly to requests for information. The Panel further wishes to thank the World Bank Country Office in Uganda for assisting with logistical arrangements during the Panel team’s two visits to the Project area. The Panel values the work of its consultants – Richard Fuggle, Jennifer McCleary-Sills, Christopher McDowell, and Stella Mukasa – for their expert advice and the high level of professionalism they exhibited at all times. The Panel also expresses thanks to the service providers of this Project for their cooperation. The Panel is especially grateful to China Railway Seventh Group (CRSG), Gauff Ingenieure GmbH & Co. KG, WSS Services Ltd., and SURVECO for their willingness to meet with the Panel team both in Kampala and in the field. Finally the Panel wishes to convey its appreciation to the members of its Secretariat for their competent and resourceful support of this investigation. i Abbreviations and Acronyms AfDB African Development Bank AIDS Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome BIC Bank Information Center CAS Country Assistance Strategy CGV Chief Government Valuer CSO Civil Society Organization EA Environmental Assessment EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EHS Environmental Health and Safety EIA Environmental Impact Assessment ESIA Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESIS Environmental and Social Impact Statement ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan FGD Focus Group Discussions GBV Gender-based Violence GoU Government of Uganda GRC Grievance Redress Committee GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus HQ Headquarters IDA International Development Association IEC Information, Education, and Communication IFC International Finance Corporation JFCU Joy for Children Uganda MATA Metropolitan Area Transport Authority MGLSD Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development MoF Ministry of Finance MoWT Ministry of Works and Transport NEMA National Environment Management Agency NGO Nongovernmental Organizations NRSA National Road Safety Authority OHS Occupational Health and Safety OMS Operational Manual Statement ORAF Operational Risk Assessment Framework PAPs Project-Affected People PPE Personal Protective Equipment RAP Resettlement Action Plan STIs Sexually Transmitted Infections TSDP Transport Sector Development Project UGX Ugandan Shilling UNRA Ugandan National Roads Authority WSS WSS Services Ltd. ii Table of Contents Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................................... i Abbreviations and Acronyms ......................................................................................................... ii Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ v Chapter 1: Introduction and Background ........................................................................................ 1 A. Background to the Request .............................................................................................. 1 B. Country Context, Project Rationale and Description ....................................................... 1 C. Request for Inspection and Management Response ......................................................... 4 D. The Panel’s Investigation Process .................................................................................... 8 E. Focus, Design, and Methodology of the Investigation .................................................... 9 Chapter 2: Institutional Capacity, Consultations, and Construction Impacts ............................... 11 A. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 11 B. Institutional Analysis and Capacity Assessment ............................................................ 11 C. Community Consultations .............................................................................................. 14 D. Construction Impacts on the Community, Including Human Health and Safety ........... 16 D.1. Access to the Road and Repositioning of Electric Lines ........................................ 16 D.2. Community Wells and Springs, and Water Discharge from Roadside Drains ....... 20 D.3. Impacts of Quarry Activities ................................................................................... 23 D.4. Occupational Health and Safety .............................................................................. 25 D.5. Road Safety ............................................................................................................. 27 D.6. Compensation for Victims of Accidents ................................................................. 29 D.7. Wages and Working Conditions ............................................................................. 32 D.8. Provision of Workers’ Camp .................................................................................. 33 D.9. Panel Findings ......................................................................................................... 36 E. Project Supervision of Construction and Remedial Action ........................................... 37 Chapter 3: Involuntary Resettlement ............................................................................................ 43 A. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 43 B. Identification of Project-Affected People, Vulnerability Assessment and Measures Targeting Vulnerable Groups ................................................................................................... 43 B.1. Identification of Project-Affected People – Surveys and Valuation ....................... 44 B.2. Vulnerability Assessment and Measures Targeting Vulnerable Groups ................ 48 C. Compensation, Livelihoods, and RAP Supervision ....................................................... 51 C.1. Adequacy of Compensation and Livelihood Impacts ............................................. 52 iii C.2. Bank Supervision of the RAP ................................................................................. 55 D. Retaliation and Grievance Redress Mechanism ............................................................ 58 D.1. Retaliation ............................................................................................................... 59 D.2. Grievance Redress Mechanism ............................................................................... 60 Chapter 4: Gender-Based Violence and Child Protection ............................................................ 64 A. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 64 B. Context ........................................................................................................................... 64 B.1. Women and Children in Uganda............................................................................. 64 B.2. Impacts Associated with Project-Induced In-Migration ......................................... 66 C. Investigation Methodology related to GBV ................................................................... 67 D. Harm related to Gender-Based Violence and Child Protection ..................................... 68 D.1. Sex with Minors and Teenage Pregnancies ............................................................ 68 D.2. Increase of Sex Work .............................................................................................. 73 D.3. Sexual Harassment .................................................................................................. 76 D.4. Sexually Transmitted Infections ............................................................................. 79 D.5. Child Labor ............................................................................................................. 83 D.6. School Dropouts...................................................................................................... 86 E. Pa nel Findings ............................................................................................................... 87 Chapter 5: Management’s Actions in Response to Complaint ..................................................... 91 A. Phase I – January 2011-December 2014 ........................................................................ 91 B. Phase II – December 2014-May 2015 ...........................................................................
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