{"id":39417,"date":"2019-05-30T10:41:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T10:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/construction-works-at-gatuna-one-stop-border-post\/"},"modified":"2019-05-30T10:41:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T10:41:28","slug":"construction-works-at-gatuna-one-stop-border-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/construction-works-at-gatuna-one-stop-border-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction works at Gatuna One-Stop Border Post to be completed next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to engineers supervising construction works at the border post on Rwandan side, the progress of the project is at 96% and will have been completed by next month.<br \/>\nIn March this year, Rwanda closed Gatuna border to heavy vehicles that were directed to cross through Kagitumba and Cyabika corders as construction activities are underway.<br \/>\nThe border is expected to improve cross border trade upon completion and reduce the time spent at the border during clearance processes.<br \/>\nAs IGIHE visited the construction site, workers on the Rwandan side were working tirelessly to have it completed the soonest possible.<br \/>\nTarmac roads on Rwanda side have already been completed as efforts to make them green, planting grasses along the road sides are underway.<br \/>\nBuildings are also in final phases as workers are currently painting and doing other light works.<br \/>\n\u201cConstruction works stands at 96% on Rwanda side. This means activities will be completed within two weeks. By then, the remaining thing will be relocating equipment from old to new buildings and installing internet,\u201d one of engineers supervising the project has told IGIHE.<br \/>\nGatuna border post project is expected to be completed at a cost of Rwf 15 billion.<br \/>\nEven though construction works nears completion on the Rwandan side, Uganda is not putting in much effort in the project.<br \/>\nBy the time IGIHE visited the border recently, no works were being executed on the side of Uganda expect cattle seen grazing around the project\u2019s premises with the presence of old structures.<br \/>\nThe construction of some buildings has also stalled while no tarmac road has been built.<br \/>\nThe stalling on Ugandan side worried members of East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) as they visited the site in 2018 after the World Bank stopped the funding.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29369 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/a_1_-7-bb42f.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29370 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abakozi_barakoresha_imbaraga_kugira_ngo_imirimo_ku_mupaka_wa_gatuna_ikomeze_uko_bisanzwe-321ee.jpg\" alt=\"Worker are spearing no effort to complete their work\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29371 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/20-ry6b7797-a228e.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29372 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/imwe_mu_nyubako_igezweho_u_rwanda_rwubaka_i_gatuna_mu_gufasha_imirimo_izahakorerwa-18253.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29373 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/inyubako_zigezweho_ku_ruhande_rw_u_rwanda_ku_mupaka_wa_gatuna_zikomeje_kubakwa_ngo_zizafashe_abakora_ubucuruzi-ba206.jpg\" alt=\"Modern houses are being built near Gatuna One-Stop Border \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29374 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/u_rwanda_ruri_mu_mirimo_ya_nyuma_ngo_kubaka_umupaka_wa_gatuna_birangire-005cc.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29375 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/u_rwanda_rugeze_kuri_96_kugira_ngo_rube_rwujuje_umupaka_wa_gatuna-340e1.jpg\" alt=\"Construction work at Gatuna One-Stop border are ongoing and almost completed\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29376 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/u_rwanda_rugeze_kure_imirimo_ku_mupaka_wa_gatuna-4d4c7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29377 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/iyo_ugeze_ku_ruhande_rw_u_rwanda_kuri_uyu_mupaka_wa_gatuna_ubona_ko_abubatsi_bakora_amanywa_n_ijoro-a3ada.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda plans to complete construction works of Gatuna One-Stop Border Post bordering with Uganda in Gicumbi district, Northern Province next month. 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