The
government is sourcing for funds to reconstruct the dilapidated Kisumu-Kisian
and Mamboleo-Miwani roads. This was disclosed to by the Kenya National Highway Authority CEO
Meshack Kidenda.
Kidenda
said talks between the authority and various development agencies towards
financing of the road projects were at an advanced stage and asked the
motorists and other road users to be patient.
He
added that already arrangements were being made to have the worst sections of
the roads recarpeted as a stop-gap measure before they embark on full repairs.
Last week, repair works were underway in the worn out sections near Kisumu
International Airport round-about to Kisian Kemri.
Kidenda
would not divulge the cost of the roads reconstruction because of procurement
rules only stating that it would require several billions of shillings to
execute the project. The works are yet to be tendered for, he added. This
stretch has been so bad that motorists plying the route to Bondo, Maseno, Siaya
and to Busia have had to constantly repair their cars.
Another
section that is completely worn out is the Mamboleo route, from the
junction off the Kisumu-Kakamega. The problem has been worsened by
the tractors that haul sugarcane from the farms to the sugar millers that ply
the road and also those that ferry goods to the quarries in the area.
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