Kenya Urban Roads Authority Director General Silas Kinoti innovatively joined the bandwagon to honour the retiring Kenyan head of state Uhuru Kenyatta.
The agency vowed to complete more than 700 kilometres of ongoing road projects spread across different counties, started during president Uhuru’s tenure in the office.
” The promise is to ensure the projects will be completed even after President Uhuru leaves the office, ” Kinoti clarified.
KURA, initially dominated by scandals and power wars has been experiencing smooth operation since Kinoti took over as the new DG.
Insiders describe him as a team player who is keen on quality service delivery.
The ongoing projects are distributed in 31 counties are at various stages of completion.
Nairobi boasts the lion’s share with a length of 172.6 kilometres valued at Sh52 billion, followed by Machakos whose length of projects is 83.6 kilometres at a cost of Sh6.8 billion.
Ongoing projects in Nakuru, Mombasa and Kisumu cities have a length of 44, 24.7 and 11.8 kilometres, respectively. They will cost Sh3.5 billion, Sh1.8 billion and Sh687 million respectively.
Trans Nzoia county is at the bottom of the list with a 2.2-kilometre road that will cost Sh164 million, followed by Embu’s 2.5 kilometres at Sh254 million.
