Kenya: Embu Signs Sh3.8 Billion Road Project Contract

Posted on : Thursday , 17th December 2015

The Embu government has signed a Sh3.8 billion contract with a Malaysian company to tarmack county roads.

Governor Martin Wambora yesterday said this is in line with a court ruling last Friday that county governments should manage their roads.

The Council of Governors sued the national government, demanding full control of county roads.

"Owing to the favourable ruling, I will not let the national government tender for construction of rural roads in my county," Wambora said.

He said the national government should only deal with highways passing through the counties and leave interior roads to the counties.

Wambora urged the Kenya Rural Roads and Kenya Urban Roads authorities to hand over all the funds they had set aside for construction and maintenance of rural roads in Embu.

The governor said his administration will immediately take over the supervision of roads being tarmacked by the national government.

He cited the Embu Siakago road.

Wambora spoke when he inspected the Embu-Kibugu road.

The tarmacking will start with 12.5km of the 100km Ring Road, which connects Embu town to Kibugu market. The construction will be done by Probase Kenya Company.

Wambora said the road, which will be constructed using modern technology, will cost Sh331 million.

Each kilometre will cost Sh31.8 million.

Probase Kenya managing director Winson Choong said construction of the 12km will take six months and the rest one-and-a-half years.

Source : allafrica.com

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