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should grow The fact the law does not allow for toll roads is a real risk, and we have started steps to ensure that in 2-3 years’ time the law has changed ..we have the time now and the knowledge to do all what it takes to ensure that risk does not come to pass (UNRA official) Land issues have significantly slowed them down, but they are fairly mobilized. You will see some packets of good progress. CCCC is a good Chinese contractor, their speed is really good ..the moment they clear those (land) issues, they can do more work (Civil servant) Goal Adjustment of the goal due to institutional voids In Uganda, the land belongs to the people … The current Land Act provides that the Government must pay market for land before it can have access. There is no provision for compulsory acquisition while disputes on value are being resolved (UNRA Top official) They [landowners] are holding us now like this…because we have a project from this side and a project from that side…we’ve reached a level where we’re now about to start paying them off very exorbitantly because we now have no way out [UNRA official] We get the contractor when we’re still doing land acquisition. Therefore we suffer delays...costs overruns are also quite substantial (UNRA official)
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