Journal of Building Construction and Planning Research, 2017, 5, 30-44 http://www.scirp.org/journal/jbcpr ISSN Online: 2328-4897 ISSN Print: 2328-4889 DOI: 10.4236/jbcpr.2017.51003 March 28, 2017 Contractor Monitoring and Performance of Road Infrastructure Projects in Uganda: A Management Model Aloysius Byaruhanga 1 , Benon C. Basheka 2 1 Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda 2 Uganda Technology and Management University, Kampala, Uganda Abstract An understanding of the influence of contractor monitoring on performance of road infrastructural projects in Uganda provided an impetus for this study. The objectives of the study were to: assess the relationship between contrac- tors monitoring and performance of national road infrastructure projects and the relationship between contractor monitoring components and performance of national road infrastructure projects in Uganda. Purposive sampling was employed in selecting the procurement professionals, engineers and simple random sampling was adopted in selecting private consultants, members of parliament and respondents from the civil society organizations. Data for this study were collected using a closed ended questionnaire and interviews. Some of the major finding from this study include: weak procurement rules which lead to awarding road projects to incompetent contractors; contractor moni- toring being handled by unqualified, incompetent and inexperienced profes- sionals; lack of contractors and contract supervisors appraisal system; delay of contractors payments which affects timelines in services delivery; lack of a strong internal project monitoring and evaluation mechanism at the Uganda National Roads Agency (UNRA). The research therefore recommends the es- tablishment of an Independent Public Infrastructure Development and Mon- itoring Unit by government and adoption of systems that appraise both con- tractors and contract supervisors with clear disciplinary actions for unsatis- factory performance by the UNRA. Keywords Contractor Monitoring, Performance of Roads, Infrastructure Management, Uganda How to cite this paper: Byaruhanga, A. and Basheka, B.C. (2017) Contractor Moni- toring and Performance of Road Infrastruc- ture Projects in Uganda: A Management Mo- del. Journal of Building Construction and Planning Research, 5, 30-44. https://doi.org/10.4236/jbcpr.2017.51003 Received: January 23, 2017 Accepted: March 25, 2017 Published: March 28, 2017 Copyright © 2017 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access