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- 1 2 Aidah Nanyonjo (26 May 2010). "Mbarara Gets Sh459 Billion Bypass". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
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- 1 2 Nahamya, Joshua (1 March 2015). "Mbarara Bypass Construction Underway". Kampala: Chimpreports.com. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
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