BY SAMUEL AMANYIRE KACHOPE
Authorities in Nyakiyumbu sub-county, Bukonzo County West in Kasese district are investigating the motive behind the actions of yet to be identified group of people who have allegedly started vandalizing the Katholhu Bridge.
The Bridge which connects Nyakiyumbu sub-county to Mpondwe – Lhubiriha Town Council on the Trans – African Highway is now under threat by the alleged metallic scrap dealers.
Mr. Kisuki Bwambale, the Speaker for Nyakiyumbu Sub- County says they have discovered that some people have started vandalizing the facility.
He is sceptical that if the Bridge is destroyed, cross-border will be at stake because connectivity between the business community in both Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo will have been tempered with.
The Sub- County Speaker has since appealed to the leaders at the district level to come up with an ordinance that would help to have the perpetrators arrested so that they act as an example to others.
He also appeals to the community members to embrace hard work so that they are curtailed from engaging themselves in issues related to vandalism that retards development of an area.
In 2022, a similar incident was reported in Mpondwe- Lhubiriha Town Council.
A group of yet to be identified people vandalized the River Mpondwe Bridge hence disrupting business activities at the border until when government intervened by looking for a temporary route as the affected Bridge is under construction.
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