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"speaker_name": "Hon. Murkomen",
"speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport",
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"content": "This has culminated in the accumulation of significant pending bills from certified works. Contractors have consequently been reluctant to complete the works in the affected projects, citing non-payment of their dues. The Government through the National Treasury is working on a mechanism to facilitate significant reduction of clearing of pending bills in the near future. This will result in the full resumption of completion of affected projects countrywide. The roads under the jurisdiction of Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) in Nandi County have been managed through performance-based maintenance contracts and routine maintenance contracts depending on the planned intervention and available resources. The agency is currently managing 10 ongoing maintenance contracts in the country. Nine of the maintenance projects are administered by the Western Region Office situated in Kakamega. Additionally, one project is administered in the North Rift Regional Office, that is the routine maintenance of sport improvement of JN A8 Eldoret Kapsabet Road, which is commenced on 8th March, 2024. Consequently, it is scheduled to end on 4th September, 2024 with a contract sum of Kshs38,219,314. The road is 40 kilometres long, but only 22 kilometres of it is in Nandi County, for instance, from the Mlango to Chebarbar. Lastly, the roads done under the jurisdiction of the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) are as indicated in the table. We are upgrading to bitumen standards the Kamogo Baraton University Road, performance based routine maintenance of Kapsabet Municipality in Nandi, which are one, two, three and four in Kapsabet and then routine maintenance of package of five roads in Kapsabet Road again, five and six. Additionally, upgrading of the Mosoriot Township 5.3 kilometres road. What are the reasons for delay in the resumption of the other roads? For the Kaiboi-Chepterwai Kapkatembu, Chemuswo-Chomisia-Danger, Timboroa-Maraba- Kopere Road. When I came to office this is one of the eight roads that we discussed with the agency and terminated their contract for non-performance. Since they had been awarded earlier in 2016 and nothing had happened for the entire period. Mr. Speaker, Sir, those roads are in Nandi, Meru, Baringo, Elgeyo Marakwet, Kisii, Homa Bay and Makueni counties. They are eight roads and I have the termination. I can share with the House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the project of Kaiboi-Chepterwai, Kapkatembu, Timboroa and all these roads commenced in February, 2017 and was to be completed in February 2021. The contract has since been mutually terminated due to contractual challenges. To enable timely delivery, the works were split into two lots. They were repackaged and retendered. The contracts were awarded on 14th March, 2024 and are expected to be signed within the next 28 days as per the law upon submission of the requisite securities by the contractors. The contractors will be then mobilized and commence works with immediate effect. On the Chemuswo-Chomisia-Danger, Nandi Hills-Himaki, Lessos- Kesses- Chetiret and Chepterit-Tulon-Moi University roads in Nandi County, these are parts of the ongoing roads which have faced challenges of completion."
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