Uganda gets $I50m from EU for roads

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KAMPALA - The European Union has given Uganda €112m ($151m) in credit and grants to help pay for roads meant to help boost trade in east Africa, it said on Wednesday.

The EU has traditionally been a major source of financing for transport infrastructure for
the prospective crude oil producer.

Uganda's national budget has been squeezed since major western donors including Britain, its biggest source of bilateral aid, suspended financial support toward the end of last year after allegations that $13m worth of aid had been embezzled. The EU however has continued its funding.

The latest funds will help to improve the Kampala Northern Bypass and construct the Mbarara Bypass, which would speed up the flow of cargo on a highway linking Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan to Kenya's Mombasa seaport