Mr.Ojambo Now you have the articles - and now you know the \'boom\' is in full gear.
Thank heavens � the ministers of planning have or someone in there has seen the light and now planning is on the agenda. Indeed if you have not heard, they knew about all this before you did, they have produced a primarly paper about it and soon a white paper and government will decide and then implement � the situation is terrible, horrible! (for constructors). Distastes of that nature will be history. I don�t not believe, much will change any time soon, unless the entire system of governance changes. The country is critically in a state of progressive retrogression. On that very road, someone set up a huge building where road constructors were extracting and quarrying stones and soil, so top on the narrow remaining cliff, some one thought, was high enough to be seen from here and afar and a huge building sits there up. Just there in Bunga or there about stone used to rain on the citizens � NEMA or somebody could not help � someone was making money on stone quarrying a very big fellow. Construction boom indeed � that is what they call it on a 10 � 20 sq Km, unplanned, muddled, etc. On unstable hills despite their venerability to torrential tropical down pour and unstable valleys below them. Sometime this year, firms were contracted by KCC, I believe with the approval of city engineers to improve the lighting system and road pavements. 1. The constructor did a �wonderful job�- they rush to get soil from some hill bring it, pour on a rain gorged and mutilated pavement � men with spades and hoes level the dirty, with no respect to GEOMETRY and as usual a Japanese or whatever made vibrator compresses the soil in place � eureka!!! The pavement is done. 2. Sorry, I have to add that they constructors then add a layer of asphalt boiled in big tins. There you are and you have a pavement in the city. It is raining now � some of the pavement are already being eaten away by the forces of rain overflow- THOSE WILL BE REDONE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR! (Walk along the so called Namirembe road to watch this phenomenon and one wonders) 3. Somebody is contracted to make street light poles, guess not all metals are good for that purpose-aluminium is light, mareable and not susceptible to corrosion. Here are steel poles designs without finishing at all besides the glittering silver courting - KCC is lighting up the city!!!! And there is pay check � cry the taxpayer for NO work done. 4. On a dangerous slope in a wetland � a hostel comes up in Wanegeya at a cut throat speed- soon the students re-joining the campus and it must ( the hostel) at least have doors in place to make a killing on the students need for accommodation. Do you get it? Bwanika: Very sad. May their souls RIP. The finger pointing will soon begin. Where were the building engineers? The structural engineers? What is the lead construction firm? Where were the building inspectors from Works since it is outside KCC boundaries? It is clear that proper building procedures were never followed. For instance, concrete or cement may not have been allowed to set properly. Additionally, building inspectors may have been bribed to look the other way. It is possible that in the process of economizing on materials, proper cement concentration, and the right number of beams were compromised. It is also possible that soil samples were not even taken to establish the suitability of the site. It has been reported that some of the land was reclaimed from water. When was it reclaimed? It is tragic to see so many dead. But it may be the tip of the iceberg. As construction booms, Ugandans are likely to cut corners with deadly consequences. I suspect many buildings in Uganda are a ticking time bomb, waiting to collapse. Trouble is many such buildings are owned by politically connected individuals who are likely to ignore and resist proper building codes. Moreover, even if such buildings were to be condemned, the political pressure on the relevant ministry would be simply too much to bear. It is wake up to the people of Uganda. Just imagine if the building had collapsed after its completion-it was apparently supposed to rise several stories. The harsh reality is that Ugandans need to wake up. It may as well be that the proper building permits were never secured. Clearly, it is a case of professional negligence on the part of the engineers. There ought to be an investigation as to what happened. It is likely there was a litany of failures along the way. Ojambo Bwanika ________ http://www.idr.co.ug --> for your consultancy needs http://p201.ezboard.com/fugandamanufacturersassociationfrm1 ----------------------------------------------------------- Spela poker mot verkliga m�nniskor �ver Internet. �ver 40 000 spelare online http://www.multipoker.com _______________________________________________ Ugandanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
