Uganda, March 6 -- Legislators on the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have tasked the Ministry Of Defence and contractors of the proposed 250-bed Mbuya Military Hospital to ensure that they finish construction works his year.

The legislators led by PAC Chairperson, Mr Muwanga Kivumbi who visited the site on Wednesday were shocked to find out that the Shs106.2 billion project has since stalled with no recent signs of work in progress.

"When you pass around you may think this hospital is breathing, but the site has been abandoned for quite some time. Although they tried to slash and sweep around when they heard that we were coming, it was still visible," he told the journalists after the tour.

"We are going to remobilize an...