Roads Sub-Sector Annual Budget Monitoring Report FY2019/20
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ROADS SUB-SECTOR ANNUAL BUDGET MONITORING REPORT FINANCIAL YEAR 2019/20 NOVEMBER 2020 Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development P.O. Box 8147, Kampala www.finance.go.ug ROADS SUB-SECTOR ANNUAL BUDGET MONITORING REPORT FINANCIAL YEAR 2019/20 NOVEMBER 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS ..................................................................................................................................ii FOREWORD.................................................................................................................................iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...........................................................................................................iv CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................1 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................................1 1.1.1 Sub-sector Objectives and Priorities .......................................................................................1 1.1.2 Sector Financial Performance .................................................................................................2 1.2 Rationale/purpose ....................................................................................................................3 1.3 Report outline ...........................................................................................................................3 CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................4 2.1 Scope ....................................................................................................................................4 2.2 Methods ....................................................................................................................................5 2.3 Criteria of selection ...................................................................................................................5 2.4 Limitations ................................................................................................................................5 CHAPTER 3: SECTOR PERFORMANCE ................................................................................6 3.1 Overall Performance ................................................................................................................6 3.1.2 Sector Financial Performance .................................................................................................6 3.1.2 Sector Physical Performance ..................................................................................................6 3.2 Programme Performance ........................................................................................................6 3.2.1 Ministry of Works and Transport– Vote 016 ...........................................................................6 3.2.1 Rehabilitation of District Roads .............................................................................................7 3.2.2 Rural Bridges Infrastructure Development ..........................................................................17 3.3 Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) – Vote 113 .......................................................24 3.4 Uganda Road Fund – Vote 118 .............................................................................................41 3.3.1 District, Urban and Community Access Roads (DUCAR) Programme ...............................43 3.3.2 National Roads Maintenance (NRM) Programme ...............................................................67 CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ..............................................81 4.1 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................81 4.2 Key Sector Challenges ...........................................................................................................82 4.3 Recommendations ..................................................................................................................83 REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................84 Roads Sub-Sector: Annual Budget Monitoring Report - FY 2019/20 i ACRONYMS AfDB - African Development Bank CARs - Community Access Roads DBST - Double Bituminous Surface Treatment DDEG - Discretionary Development Equalisation Grant DLP - Defects Liability Period DRRU - Districts Roads Rehabilitation Unit DUCAR - District, Urban and Community Access Roads FY - Financial Year GoU - Government of Uganda IPC - Interim Payment Certificate IPF - Indicative Planning Figure KCCA - Kampala Capital City Authority Km - Kilometre LGMSDP - Local Government Managerial and Service Delivery Programme MC - Municipal Council MFPED - Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development MoLG - Ministry of Local Government MoWT - Ministry of Works and Transport NCR - Northern Corridor Route NRC/R - National Road Construction/Rehabilitation Programme NRM - National Roads Maintenance OHS - Occupational Health and Safety OPM - Office of the Prime Minister PAPs - Project Affected Persons PPDA - Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority PRDP - Peace Recovery and Development Programme PRELNOR - Project for Restoration of Livelihoods in Northern Region Q - Quarter ROW - Right of Way TC - Town Council TSDP - Transport Sector Development Project Ug shs - Uganda Shillings UNRA - Uganda National Roads Authority URA - Uganda Revenue Authority URC - Uganda Railways Cooperation URF - Uganda Road Fund US$ - United States Dollars USD - United States Dollars USMID - Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development ii Roads Sub-Sector: Annual Budget Monitoring Report - FY 2019/20 FOREWORD The Financial Year 2019/20 strategy focused on stimulating import substitution and export promotion, and incentivising private sector development. The government prioritised agriculture and agro-industrialisation, manufacturing, and mineral development to ensure inclusive growth and the creation of jobs, while promoting development of other key primary growth sectors. The economy grew despite the challenges experienced during the year. The wellbeing of Ugandans, and infrastructure necessary for development also improved considerably. The above achievements notwithstanding, majority of the second National Development Plan (NDPII) outcome indicators were not achieved. This report by the Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit (BMAU) shows that majority of the sectors monitored posted a fair performance, despite receiving a substantial amount of their budgets. I encourage all government institutions, the private sector, development partners, and other key players in the development of this country, to harness the strengths coming with Programme Based Budgeting (PBB), and take cognizant of the lessons learnt during the NDPII to improve service delivery during this NDPIII period. Keith Muhakanizi Permanent Secretary/Secretary to the Treasury Roads Sub-Sector: Annual Budget Monitoring Report - FY 2019/20 iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction This report reviews selected key programmes and sub-programmes within Roads sub-sector, based on approved plans and significance of budget allocations to the Votes. Attention is on large expenditure programmes including both development expenditure and recurrent costs. Focus was also placed on sector gender and equity commitments, and outcomes. Programmes selected for monitoring were based on planned annual outputs; regional representation; level of capital investment; and value of releases during half year, Financial Year 2019/20. The methodology adopted for monitoring included literature review of annual progress and performance reports; interviews with the respective responsible officers or representatives; and observations or physical verification of reported outputs. Physical performance was rated using weighted achievement of the set output targets by 30th June, 2020. Financial Performance The overall Works and Transport Sector budget (five votes) for the FY2019/20 increased by 34% from Ug shs 4,793.829 billion in FY 2018/19, to Ug shs 6,425.028 billion. Only 68.9% of the budget was released, while 87% of the release was absorbed by 30th June 2020 under the four votes namely: Vote 016-Ministry of Works and Transport (MoWT), Vote 113-Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), Vote 118-Uganda Road Fund (URF), and Vote 122-Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). The budget performance was mainly attributed to the poor release from the sector’s external financers. Failure to absorb funds was attributed to: delays in approving the loan for financing the Critical Oil Roads, and slow progress arising out of the poor safeguards management and delays in completing the designs by the contractor on the North Eastern corridor Road Asset Management project (NERAMP) under Vote 118-UNRA; and the lengthy procurement process for boats for the Multinational Lake Victoria Maritime Communication Project, Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) implementation challenges under Development of the new Kampala Port in Bukasa, and the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (CVOID-19) pandemic lockdown that affected progress of the Development of Kabaale Airport, all under MoWT. Highlights of Sector Performance The performance of the roads sub-sector was good at 78.6%. The MoWT performance was fair at