…Kenya’s Roads agency on the spot over half-done multibillion-dollar projectsNAIROBI – Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu has put the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) on the spot over delayed completion of multibillion-shilling road projects that may cost the government dearly.This comes even as MPs launch investigations into the projects that cost the taxpayer at least Sh14.24 billion yet their completion dates are not yet known more than 10 years since they were awarded.The audit reveals that some projects were awarded in 2010 and were to be done in three years but they are yet to be completed despite the budgetary amounts being availed by the government.Gathungu in her audit report on the accounts of KeRRA for the financial year 2018/9, currently before Parliament, has also raised a red flag over irregular dealings at the roads agency.At the time the audit issues were detected, Luka Kimeli, who wants to be Marakwet West MP in the 2022 election, was […]
ROADS SCAM
