By Our Reporter
25th April 2019
Parliament has approved a loan request from government to borrow US$ million approximately Shillings 380 billion for the second phase of the National Closed Circuit Television- CCTV Network.
Government will secure the funding from Standard Chartered Bank. Government will service the loan within 9 years. The three year CCTV project started last year.
At least 1756 out of the planned 3233 cameras have already been installed in Kampala Metropolitan area.
The Internal Affairs State Minister, Obiga Kania told the house during plenary all the 3,233 cameras will be installed by August this year.
He however, observed 446 of the 1756 cameras are nonfunctional because of power issues.
While defending the loan request, David Bahati, the State Minister for Planning said they opted for Standard Chartered Bank because World Bank and Exim Banks of China don’t usually finance such projects.
A group of legislators including the Kawempe North MP Latif Ssebagala, Rukungiri Woman MP, Bamukwatsa Betty, Erute South MP, and Kalungu West MP, Joseph Gonzaga Ssewungu asked government to ensure maintenance of the cameras and also extending them to rural areas.
The project is expected to cost USD124.49 million. 68.9 percent of the total funds will be spent on project implementation in Kampala Metropolitan area, 30 percent on Highways, municipalities, major towns, while 1 percent will cover management costs.
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