Prices of local building materials increase!

Monday, 16th May, 2011
Workers load bricks on a truck in Namanve, Mukono By Samuel Balagadde THE prices for local building materials haveshot up, industry players have said. They said prices of sand, stones, stone aggregates and timber have increased in the recent past. An average-sized clay brick is sh300, from sh220, while a two-tonne Elf tipperful of sand, is sh100,000 from sh70,000, depending on the distance to the site. Godfrey Lukwago, a sand and bricks dealer in Namasuba on Entebbe Road, said the increment was partly due to the general rise in prices of all goods in the country. He added that there was also a shortage of quality building materials like sand and stones aggregates. The retail price for a 50-kg bag of cement has increased to 26,000, from between sh24,000 and sh25,000 less than a month ago. A 10-feet, 30-gauge coloured iron-sheet is sh45,000 or more, from sh43,000 a month back.