West end: Iganga Length 103 km | East end: Mbale | |
The Iganga–Tirinyi–Kamonkoli–Mbale Road, also known as the Mbale–Kamonkoli–Tirinyi–Mbale Road, is a road in the Eastern Region of Uganda, connecting the towns of Iganga in Iganga District, Namutumba in Namutumba District, Tirinyi in Kibuku District, Kamonkoli in Budaka District, and Mbale in Mbale District.
Contents
Location
The road starts at Nakalama, a suburb of Iganga, on the Jinja–Tororo Highway, approximately 44 kilometres (27 mi) east of Jinja. The road proceeds in a north-easterly direction, through Namutumba, Tirinyi, and Kamonkoli before ending at Mbale, a total distance of about 101 kilometres (63 mi). The coordinates of the road at Tirinyi are 1°00'07.0"N, 33°45'51.0"E (Latitude: 1.001930; 33.764164).
Overview
This road is an important national road, under the supervision of the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA).
The road was upgraded to class II bitumen surface before 2001, with loan assistance from the African Development Bank. Since the upgrade, the road has been plagued by recurrent surface erosion, sinkholes, and vandalis,.
The government of Uganda (GOU), through UNRA, plans to fund a rehabilitation of this road. As pf April 2015, the road rehabilitation project was classified as "Ongoing", fully funded by GOU.