By Eye Media Uganda | Kampala | August 11, 2026
Former Works Minister Gen Katumba Wamala and former UNRA Executive Director Allen Kagina were on Tuesday August 11, 2026 summoned by Parliament over suspected revenue leakages on the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway.
Parliament’s Committee on Physical Infrastructure wants the former officials to explain decisions surrounding the procurement and management of the expressway tolling system.
The development followed an inspection of the 25-kilometre expressway by committee members, who uncovered weaknesses in the collection system.
Committee chairperson Mwine Mpaka said MPs inspected operations at the Kajjansi toll gates to understand how transactions and collections are handled.
The lawmakers established that vehicle classification is done manually, creating room for vehicles to potentially be placed in incorrect payment categories.
For instance, a vehicle falling under a higher-paying category could reportedly be classified as a saloon car and charged a lower toll.
Officials explained that such discrepancies are later identified by reviewing video footage. MPs, however, questioned whether the arrangement sufficiently protects public revenue.
The committee also established that the tolling system sometimes freezes. Such interruptions can reportedly result in vehicles passing through the toll gates before payment is captured.
Francis Katamba, a project manager with Pinnacle Security Limited, acknowledged that the system has experienced such incidents.
He, however, maintained that the challenges had not resulted in financial losses.
The findings have prompted MPs to widen their scrutiny to decisions taken when the toll collection contracts were awarded and subsequently changed.
The expressway’s toll operations were initially managed by Egis Road Operation under a five-year arrangement that began in 2021.
Following the expiry of that arrangement, the tolling project was transferred to Pinnacle Security Limited during Katumba’s tenure at the Works ministry.
Mpaka said the committee wants to hear from officials who participated in the different stages of the project and procurement process.
Katumba, Kagina and other officials are expected to appear before the committee on Thursday August 13, 2026.
Their appearance is expected to help MPs establish whether weaknesses in the tolling system have cost government revenue and whether accountability measures were adequate.
The committee has not yet established that money was lost, and Pinnacle has disputed suggestions that the identified system failures resulted in financial losses.
