{UAH} H.E Pres. Y. K Museveni (who else?) launches new high-tech bridge project

(Gov't enemies feel spited whenever His Excellency breaks the ground
or commissions new projects but he has no choice. It's why he was
elected-to plan and execute! Today he was at Jinja)

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has launched the 525-metre long and
80-metre high High-tech bridge construction across River Nile. The
project is worth US $132m.

The objective of the New Nile Bridge construction project launched on
Tuesday is to enhance the certainty of communication on the northern
corridor link for Uganda and our land locked neighbours.

The ever increasing volumes if trade between Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda,
the DRC, Southern Sudan and Burundi and the attendant growing traffic
volumes and excessive overloading has increased the attrition of
Nalubaale Dam and bridge structures necessitating the construction of
another bridge.

The bridge which will be the longest in East Africa is the first of
its scale and complexity in Africa and will bear an iconic presence at
Uganda's Jinja gateway. It will have sensors and stress detectors to
determine its own repairs timing, enabling its maintenance in a decent
state if repair at all times.