RONALD MUBERWA LWAKATARE
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
Dar es Salaam,Tanzania
Summary
Advisory on PPP, Road maintenance & development, Road Financing & Technical Audit and Road Safety matters.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Independent Consultant
Independent Consultant
, Tanzania
05.2025 - Current
- Advisory on PPP, Road maintenance & development, Road Financing & Technical Audit and Road Safety matters.
Principal Engineer I
Ministry of Works, Directorate of Roads
, Tanzania
06.2022 - 05.2025
- Project Coordinator for Kibaha – Mlandizi – Chalinze – Morogoro Toll Expressway (205 km) under Public Private Partnership (PPP).
- Participated in the preparation of a Concept Note and Pre-Feasibility Study Report project which were approved by the Minister for Works and Transport.
- A Transaction Advisor (TA) procured in October 2022 is carrying out the Feasibility Study for Lot 1 Kibaha – Chalinze 78.9. km and Lot 2 Chalinze – Morogoro 84.9 km.
- The Feasibility Study Report for Lot. 1 Kibaha – Chalinze was approved by the Ministry of Finance and Planning PPP Steering Committee on 7th March 2023 and Request for Qualification advertised on 18th March 2023.
- Evaluation carried out and Request for Proposals (RFP) issued on 3rd August, 2023.
- RFPs submitted on 6th February 2024 and Pre-negotiations underway with preferred bidder.
- For Lot 2, TA completed Feasibility Study on 13th July 2024.
- Other PPP projects underway at different stages are Dar es Salaam Outer 78.65 km and Middle 53.31 km Ring roads; Morogoro – Dodoma Expressway; Second Kigamboni Bridge near current Ferry Crossing; and Transit Border Crossing at Tunduma/Nakonde between Tanzania and Zambia.
Chief Executive (CE)
DART Agency
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
01.2016 - 05.2021
- Managed the DART Agency organisation.
- Leader of Bus Rapid Transit Project Phases 1 to 6.
- Managed DART’s role in the Financing Agreement (Second Central Transport Corridor Project) between the United Republic of Tanzania and International Development Association – World Bank signed 21st February 2013.
- Managed DART’s role in the Financing Agreement (Dar es Salaam Urban Transport Improvement Project) between the United Republic of Tanzania and International Development Association – World Bank (Second Central Transport Corridor Project) signed 20th March 2017.
- Hosted missions from the World Bank on a quarterly basis and special ones.
- Managed contract between DART and the Bus Rapid Transit Operator for an interim phase.
- Managed preparation of DART Project PPP Feasibility Study Report (FSR), Procurement by PPP of Bus Operator, Fund Manager, Fare Collector.
- Followed up Development of new BRT corridors, Phases 2 to 6 by MOW/TANROADS.
- Managed review of Organisation and Management study of the DART Agency.
- Managed the Travel Demand Forecast Update and Service Plan Revision for DART.
- Managed Study on alternative energies for Buses.
- Managed development of the Government’s Fare collection system using local experts.
Deputy Manager Technical Services
Roads Fund Board, Tanzania
, Tanzania
07.2009 - 12.2015
- Head of Technical Services.
- Determining Road Maintenance needs of Tanzania’s road network.
- Determining Financing of Road Maintenance of Tanzania’s road network.
- Advise and implement Maintenance policies and plans for Tanzania’s road network.
- Participate in preparing Performance Agreements signed between RFB and Road implementing agencies.
- Conduct Technical Audits (Value for Money) of road and bridge projects.
- Review Maintenance and Development budgets submitted by TANROADS and PORALG (LGAs).
- Review of Progress reports submitted by TANROADS and PORALG (LGAs).
Planning and Monitoring Engineer
Roads Fund Board, Tanzania
, Tanzania
06.2000 - 06.2009
- Determining Road Maintenance needs of Tanzania’s road network.
- Determining Financing of Road Maintenance of Tanzania’s road network.
- Advise and implement Maintenance policies and plans for Tanzania’s road network.
- Conduct Technical Audits (Value for Money) of road and bridge projects.
- Review Maintenance and Development budgets submitted by TANROADS and PORALG (LGAs).
- Review of Progress reports submitted by TANROADS and PORALG (LGAs).
Maintenance Operations Engineer
Ministry of Works
, Tanzania
12.1998 - 06.2000
- Monitoring Maintenance Operations for Trunk roads in Seven regions in Tanzania (out a total of 20 regions).
- Prepared Quarterly and Annual maintenance schedules for Trunk roads.
- Review Periodic progress reports submitted by Regional offices.
- Review of Tender documents from Regional offices with values exceeding USD 30,000.
- Project Engineer for Five Emergency projects value of USD 8.7 million financed by EU and the World Bank.
- Conducted evaluation of Consultants for projects financed by EU, World Bank and African Development Bank.
- Worked with Maintenance Management System for Trunk roads.
Project Engineer
Ministry of Works
, Tanzania
05.1997 - 12.1998
- Project Engineer at Trunk Roads Directorate for Songwe to Tunduma road.
- Reviewed Tender documents for works and supervision submitted by a consultant.
- Advised on progress of the project.
Site Engineer
Ministry of Works, Mwanza Regional Engineer’s Office
Mwanza, Tanzania
11.1992 - 10.1995
- Site/Maintenance Engineer, Rural Roads Section, Mwanza Regional Engineer’s Office.
- Carried out Road and Bridge condition surveys.
- Carried out Traffic counts.
- Did Rural roads networks planning, budgeting and supervision.
- Prepared Progress reports (weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually).
- Did design, supervision and management of Large reinforced box culverts, bridges, rehabilitation projects for gravel roads; routine, periodic and emergency maintenance works.
- Did Tender evaluation of roads and bridges works.
- Did Contracts administration of roads and bridges works.
- Participated in using the Highway Design and Maintenance Standards design model HDM-III and Maintenance Management Systems MMS for Mwanza region road network (Trunk and Regional roads). Data collection, running the model and interpreting results.
Education
M.Sc. Eng. - Highway Engineering
University of Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaB.Sc. - Civil Eng., Hons
University of Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania‘O’ Level -
Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania‘A’ Level -
Pugu High School
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania‘A’ Level -
Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School
Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaParents
Samuel Lweyemamu Lwakatare, Bukoba, Tanzania, Tanzanian, Jairess Tumwine Lwakatare, Kigezi, Kanungu District, Uganda, Tanzanian
Academic And Professional Qualifications
University of Dar es Salaam Tanzania, M.Sc. Eng. (Highway Engineering), 1995-1997, University of Dar es Salaam Tanzania, B.Sc. (Civil Eng.), Hons, 1987-1992, Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam, 'O' Level, 1980-1983, Pugu High School, Dar es Salaam, 'A' Level, 1984, Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam, 'A' Level, 1985-1986, Engineers Registration Board (ERB), Tanzania, Registered Independent Consulting Engineer, 30, Engineers Registration Board (ERB), Tanzania, Registered Professional Engineer, 1,300, Institution of Engineers Tanzania, Member, 810, Tanzania Roads Association (TARA), Member, Engineers Registration Board (ERB), Co-opted Expert, 2023, Roads Fund Board Audit Committee, Member, 09/06/22, 2025, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
Further Training - Educational Trips Conferences Seminars
- Instructor’s Course for Engineering Practitioners, School of Professional Engineering and Leadership (SoPEL), Morogoro, Tanzania, 08/11/25 - 08/20/25
- Green Infrastructure for Buildings, World Bank, Gran Melia Hotel, Arusha, Tanzania, 05/26/25 - 05/30/25
- APMG, CP3P (Certified Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Professional), Arusha, Tanzania, 05/06/25 - 05/09/25
- Training of Trainers for Green Infrastructure Design Course, Part 1, World Bank, SoPEL, Morogoro, Tanzania, 11/25/24 - 11/29/24
- Crash Risk Mapping Training Course Online, International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), 07/01/24
- Urban Transport Planning and Management Programme, Golden Jubilee Building, Dar es Salaam, Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI), 05/06/24 - 05/22/24
- Intensive short course in Road Geometry Analysis and Design Techniques using Computer Software Auto CAD Civil 3D, Mbeya University of Science and Technology, CBE Dodoma, 03/18/24 - 03/22/24
- Certificate of Continuing Professional Education, the 10th Annual Governance Forum, Institute of Internal Auditors of Tanzania, Arusha, Tanzania, 09/18/23 - 09/19/23
- Courses under the Ten Step Plan Project – Tanzania, 03/2021 - 12/2022
- Certificate of Completion, ‘Introduction to iRAP in Tanzania’, 02/22/22
- Certificate of Completion, iRAP course Star Rating Essentials – Tanzania, 03/23/22
- Certificate of iRAP Accreditation for ‘Road Attribute Coding’, 06/08/22
- Certificate of Completion, Training course ‘Road Safety Audit’, 11/26/21 - 03/31/22
- Courses to be taken/currently being undertaken, By 12/2022
- Second Resilient Tanzania Summit (RTS 2020), Julius Nyerere International Conference Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 08/24/20 - 08/25/20
- First International Congress on Transport Sector Development (ICTSD 2019), Serena Hotel, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 11/05/19 - 11/06/19
- 2019 World Bank / IMF Annual meetings, Washington DC, USA, 10/14/19 - 10/20/19
- Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Innovation in Africa, Serena Hotel, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 07/29/18
- Transforming Transportation 2018, Washington DC, USA, 01/11/18 - 01/12/18
- Academy of Sustainable Urban Mobility (AoSUM), Vienna, Austria, 04/24/17 - 04/28/17
- Seminar for Public Institutions Accounting Officers, e-Government Agency (eGA), Utumishi building, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 12/05/17
- Development of Risk Management Framework for DART Agency, Institute of Finance Management (IFM), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 10/10/16 - 10/23/16
- Certificate of completion, Training course on Financial Modelling and Bus Operating costs, Rebel Group, Netherlands, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 12/06/16 - 12/09/16
- Training course on Public Procurement Act 2011 and its Regulations 2013, Dr Ramadhan Mlinga, Morogoro, Tanzania, 10/2014
- Sustainable Urban Transport - Training Course, 12/12/13
- Certificate of Training on the Road Network Evaluation Tools (RONET), Sub Saharan Transport Programme (SSATP), Naura Springs Hotel, Arusha, Tanzania, 09/16/13 - 09/20/13
- Corporate Governance Programme, Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI), 08/28/13 - 08/30/13
- BIG RESULTS NOW (BRN) initiative, 02/25/13 - 04/05/13
- Fraud Prevention & Forensic Audit, Crown Agents International Training Centre, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom, 11/19/12 - 11/30/12
- Performance & Value for Money Auditing, Crown Agents International Training Centre, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom, 11/12/12 - 11/16/12
- ASANRA; Peer Review Benchmarking Study of Road Asset Management Practices in the SADC region, 05/2012
- Certificate for course on the Economic Infrastructure Development (Tanzania), Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), 08/04/11 - 08/24/11
- Diploma in Transport Management and Planning, Galilee International Management Institute, Israel, 10/07/10 - 10/25/10
- Professional Certification of Certified Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Specialist, The Institute for Public-Private Partnerships, Washington, DC, USA, 05/10/10 - 05/20/10
- Study tour of Ghana, 10/30/08 - 11/07/08
- HDM-4 training course, Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) of the UK, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 09/11/06 - 09/15/06
- Study tour to South Africa, 04/27/04 - 05/02/04
- Study tour to Kenya, 04/18/04 - 04/23/04
- Study tour to Namibia, 11/18/02 - 11/23/02
- Senior Roads Executive training programme regarding Road Sector Reforms, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 06/03/02 - 06/14/02
- Study tour to Uganda, 04/08/02 - 04/12/02
- Introductory course on the Legal Aspects of Construction Contracts, National Construction Council, British Council Conference Hall, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 10/18/01 - 10/19/01
- Advance Course on Tender Evaluation for Civil and Building Works, National Construction Council, Eland Motel, Arusha, Tanzania, 10/22/01 - 11/01/01
- Workshop on Road Maintenance Management System and use of HDM-4, Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), ITECO office, Morogoro, Tanzania, 08/22/01 - 08/25/01
- Course on Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Infrastructure and the Poor, World Bank Institute, Tanzania Global Development Learning Centre, IFM, 01/16/01 - 03/23/01
- Advanced Training in Road Maintenance Management, Carl Duisburg Gesellschaft (CDG) of Germany, Roads Training Centre, Gaborone, Botswana, 06/08/98 - 12/03/98
- Annual Roads Convention (ARC 97) on Road Transport, TARA, Karimjee Hall, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 09/24/97 - 09/26/97
- Seminar on Supervision of Road Contracts, ESAMI (Arusha), New Mwanza Hotel, Mwanza, Tanzania, 11/14/94 - 11/25/94
Present Employer
Retired employee of the Government of Tanzania from 05/13/25
Nida Number
19650513-11473-00001-29
Place Of Living
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Publications
- Gap Analysis on Road Infrastructure Safety Management, Ronald M. Lwakatare, Dilys Mneney, Final Report, 12/2022
- Monitoring utilisation of Roads Funds in Tanzania, Lwakatare, R., Massawe, C., Proceedings of 6th International Focus on Rural Engineering (IFG), 2006
- Economic Evaluation of Road Projects with Congested Traffic using the HDM-Q model, Dissertation for the Master of Science degree in Highway Engineering, 10/1997
References
- Prof. Riziki Shemdoe, Dodoma, Dodoma, 2888, +255 653 275 385, Former Employer
- Eng. Lazaro Loshilaari, Dodoma, Dodoma, 1923, +255 784 376 004, lazaro.loshilaari@mow.go.tz, Former Employer
- Eng. Jackson M. Lwerengera, P.O.Box 2, Bukoba, Kagera, +255 763 996 081, jlwerengera@yahoo.co.uk, Colleague
Conclusion
I certify that the information contained herein is true and correct., CEng. Ronald Muberwa Lwakatare, 11/02/25
Personal Information
- Age: 60
- Date of Birth: 05/13/65
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Tanzanian
- Marital Status: Married
Languages
English
First Language
Swahili
Proficient
C2
Timeline
Independent Consultant
Independent Consultant
05.2025 - Current
Principal Engineer I
Ministry of Works, Directorate of Roads
06.2022 - 05.2025
Chief Executive (CE)
DART Agency
01.2016 - 05.2021
Deputy Manager Technical Services
Roads Fund Board, Tanzania
07.2009 - 12.2015
Planning and Monitoring Engineer
Roads Fund Board, Tanzania
06.2000 - 06.2009
Maintenance Operations Engineer
Ministry of Works
12.1998 - 06.2000
Project Engineer
Ministry of Works
05.1997 - 12.1998
Site Engineer
Ministry of Works, Mwanza Regional Engineer’s Office
11.1992 - 10.1995
M.Sc. Eng. - Highway Engineering
University of Dar es Salaam
B.Sc. - Civil Eng., Hons
University of Dar es Salaam
‘O’ Level -
Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School
‘A’ Level -
Pugu High School
‘A’ Level -
Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School