Recently the United States agency for International Development (USAID) donated road construction equipment worth $1.5 million dollars to the Uganda wildlife Authority to help in the road construction process.
The United States Agency for international development has been undertaking many programs to support biodiversity conservation in Uganda among which include the training of wildlife scouts and now helping in the repairing and setting of new roads in the Uganda national parks to the help in the process of monitoring and navigation of both rangers and tourists.
Some of the equipment they donated to the Uganda wildlife authority includes heavy construction vehicles like bulldozer, vibratory roller, an excavator, a low bed transport and 2 Tippers. All these equipment will help in the opening of new roads and repair the old ones that will easy the work of monitoring by the Uganda wildlife authority rangers patrols and more effective.
This has brought a smile on many people’s face as this will easy game drives in parks as visitors on self-drive or guided tours will explore new areas they haven’t been before and it will ease driving through the park. Not only that but also it will help to reduce the threats of poachers most especially in Murchison and Kidepo valley national park and by the time of writing the construction process is ongoing.
This is good news as the construction of new roads and repairing the old ones will help to boast tourism growth through employment and better transportation services in and around the parks. First results will be registered since these donated equipment’s will speed up the construction process.
Ugandan’s in general have appreciated the continued support united stated have especially for the low developing countries in Africa which is good for relations, trade as well as tourism. Uganda is known for having poor roads especially in the remote areas especially around national parks most of the roads are marram and dusty, a very big step have been reached as a result of the donated kits.
