Uganda, May 10 -- The infrastructure set up in regional cities and municipalities under the Uganda Support for Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) programme is on the verge of collapse after leaders failed to develop sustainability plans for the project, the Daily Monitor has established.

In Masaka City, many solar lamps installed in 2015 and 2016 on roads such as Yellow Knife Road, Edward Avenue, and Jathebai Street, are no longer functional, while others have been vandalised.

Manhole covers are also not spared. Some have been stolen and many road pavements that errant motorists have knocked remain unrepaired.

The Masaka City Clerk, Mr Simon Ejua, said they have been grappling with the problem of limited funds for repairing t...