Egypt's leading construction firm, Arab Contractors has signed a new contract to implement a new project in Kasese district, in the Western Region of Uganda. With total cost of US$2.7 million, the Kasese project aims to overcome the dangers of floods. The project is part of the Egyptian government's technical and water cooperation plans with Uganda and other Nile Basin countries, said Arab Contractors' chairman Mohsen Salah. Upon the contract, Salah said Arab Contractors is to implement several works in Kasese to face floods including drilling and dredging to remove rocks from the mainstream, then placing water barriers across the bridges of the River Nyamwamba. Arab Contractors began its operations in Uganda in 1997, and to date the firm has managed to carry out key strategies for both the Ugandan government and private sector, the Egyptian official added. Arab Contractors' total volume of current businesses in Uganda amounts to US$30 million.
