The road corridor is the lifeline for the host and the refugee population of the districts of Moyo, Yumbe and Koboko.
[3] During the 2016 political electoral season, President Yoweri Museveni promised to tarmac this gravel surfaced road, which is in disrepair.
[4][5][6] In September 2020, the World Bank approved a grant of US$130.8 million from the International Development Association (IDA) to tarmac the road.
Part of the justification for the grant, is the estimated 800,000 refugees hosted by the districts in the Northern Region of Uganda, especially in the West Nile sub-region.
The majority of these refugees come from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.