Beginning with the 2011/2012 national budget, road became one of those planned to be upgraded from gravel to
bituminous surface. With political pressure from the Karamoja parliamentary caucus, the road was prioritized in the 2013/2014 financial year. On 12 November 2013, President
Yoweri Museveni commissioned the start of construction. The China Road and Bridge Construction Corporation, a subsidiary of the
China Communications Construction Company, was awarded the contract for the road at a cost of US$80 million (USh:184 billion at that time), fully funded by the Ugandan government. The road is expected to be ready during the first half of 2016. ==See also==