President Museveni has suspended three senior engineers in the Ministry of Works and Transport over corruption in the implementation of the Busega–Mpigi Expressway project.
In a June 26, 2026 letter to Inspector General of Government Justice Aisha Naluzze Batala, Museveni directed that Engineers Edwin Raymond Kiyaga, Dickens Ahimbisibwe and Patrick Muleme be suspended from duty.
The president also directed that the Ministry of Works Permanent Secretary, Waiswa Bageya to step aside to pave way for investigations.
Museveni expressed concern that while government borrowed shs600 billion from the African Development Bank to construct the road, the money was paid but not even half of the work has been done so far.
“As of now only 40% of the work has been done but all the money was paid. What happened? The corrupt Engineers altered the route of the road and avoided the route that was already compensated for and charted a new route going through their own lands that needed fresh compensation,” Museveni said.
He said , now, after the corruption, the road that was supposed to cost Sh 600 billion will now cost shs1.3 trillion which is more than double the original cost.
“ These thieves must be destroyed,” he said.
Museveni directed the IGG to investigate the three senior engineers, noting that the State House auditor must also be involved.
He also directed that the Under Secretary Barbara Namugambe is now appointed acting Permanent Secretary.
The development comes at a time when President Museveni has vowed to decisively deal with corruption in the new term .
The road
The Busega-Mpigi Expressway is 23.7-kilometre dual carriageway which was launched in May 2020 with a projected cost of Shs 547 billion and a completion timeline of 30 months.
However, four years later, progress stands at just over 40 per cent.
The works will also include construction of interchanges, bridges, toll plazas, and service lanes, including the long-awaited Busega Interchange, which will link the Kampala–Mpigi Expressway to the Northern Bypass.
These works aim to ease the persistent traffic congestion between Busega and Mpigi a critical choke point along the Northern Corridor connecting Kampala to Kigali.
Once complete, the 27.3-kilometre expressway is expected to cut travel time from over two hours to under 45 minutes, improving mobility for over one million people living and trading between Busega and Mpigi.
