By Our Reporter
Ngora District, Uganda — Anger boiled over in Ogiria Village, Kamodokima Parish, Kapir County, as residents staged a protest early Monday morning to demand immediate action on the area's crumbling roads, which have remained in deplorable condition for five years.
Frustrated villagers say the neglected roads have become a daily hazard, contributing to a rise in accidents especially during the rainy season when they become impassable.
Protesters accused district leaders of ignoring repeated appeals for road repairs and condemned what they described as a pattern of unfulfilled promises and administrative inaction.
Oriat Moses, a resident who recently sustained injuries in a road accident, voiced the community’s anger. “The leaders are just sleeping in their offices, eating money meant for road construction,” he said, highlighting what many believe is a misuse of public funds.
As tensions escalated, Ivan Oile Ekemu, an aspiring Member of Parliament for Kapir County, arrived at the scene to address the protesters. Ekemu delivered a truckload of maram (gravel) to temporarily patch the worst potholes and called for immediate accountability from current district leaders.
“There is a budget already allocated for road works,” Ekemu told residents. “What’s missing is the political will and responsibility to act. If elected, I will prioritize infrastructure and ensure such negligence ends.”
The protest underscores a growing demand for transparency, better governance, and critical infrastructure development in Uganda’s rural regions.
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