Nyandarua: Nyandarua County is set to benefit from a road network under Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA) worth Sh 20 billion, covering over 424 kilometers. Among these projects are four Sh 4.76 billion road projects upgraded to bitumen standards covering 78 kilometers, where two are fully complete, and the other two are substantially complete. This was revealed by Eng. Willy Mburu, who is in charge of KERRA Station in Nyandarua County, during the Nyandarua National Government Development-County Implementation Coordination and Management Committee (NGD-CICM) meeting.
According to Kenya News Agency, Eng. Mburu noted that the Kirima-North Kinangop Hospital road in Kinangop Constituency is 100 percent complete and handed over to the government, while the Mirangine-Kanyariri road in Olkalao Constituency is also 100 percent complete but yet to be handed over. The Roliondo-Captain Road project in Olkalou Constituency and the Gilgil-Machinery Road project in Kipipiri Constituency are substantially complete, await
ing completion of some pending minor works.
Additionally, Eng. Mburu noted that a stretch of 346 kilometers of 10 other road projects worth Sh 15.2 billion are ongoing, where 9 are progressing well while the contract of one road was terminated but is under procurement. Eng. Mburu further told the committee members that KERRA has overseen maintenance to completion of a 24 km road stretch at a cost of Sh 68.9 million. He further revealed that maintenance of another 17 km road stretch is ongoing at a cost of Sh 146.6 million.
Nyandarua County Commissioner Abdirisack Jaldesa, who chaired the meeting, called upon the government officials to be ambassadors of what the government is doing at the grassroots level by ensuring proper communication of government projects and programs to the wananchi.