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UDA MPs threaten to impeach Murkomen over stalled Mau Mau road

They gave six-month ultimatum or they'll start signature collection to oust CS

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by EMMANUEL WANJALA

News04 December 2023 - 14:42
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In Summary


  • • MPs said the government has already utilised a lot of funds in the construction of the road and it will be a waste of public resources if it remains incomplete.
  • • They claimed the amount allocated for the completion of the road in the last supplementary budget was slashed to Sh175 million from Sh280 million.
Kangema MP Peter Kihungi speaks at Ndueni Full gospel church in Kangema on Sunday, December 3, 2023.

Some Mt Kenya MPs have threatened to censure Roads and Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen over stalled road projects in the region.

They particularly called Murkomen's attention to the Mau Mau road whose construction was started by the Jubilee regime but stopped due to lack of funds.

"Murkomen should ensure the road is completed and we will not wait more than six months. If after six months contractors will not have returned on site, we will collect signatures to impeach you," Kangema MP Peter Kihungi said.

Kihungi spoke on Sunday at Ndueni Full gospel church in Kangema in the company of Juja MP George Koimburi and Kinyona MCA Liz Mbugua and other local leaders. 

They called on the government to complete all stalled road projects in the region besides the Mau Mau road which links many counties in the region.

They said the government has already utilised a lot of funds in the road projects and it will be a waste of public resources if they remain incomplete.

The legislators claimed that before the Mau Mau road stalled, the Jubilee administration had pumped Sh4.5 billion for its construction.

They further claimed the amount allocated for the completion of the road in the last supplementary budget was slashed to Sh175 million from Sh280 million.

Mbugua said President William Ruto promised to have stalled road projects in the region completed but the promise was taking too long to be implemented.

She said area residents are having a rough time navigating different places in the region amid the ongoing heavy rains which have rendered the road impassable.

"We have problems because those from one side of the area cannot access the other side. Even taking patients to hospital is a big problem now," she said.

Koimburi claimed that the government is acting as if the dilapidated Mau Mau road is not a priority project yet it was one of the pledges they made to their constituents. 

"I want to tell the President, I want to tell the CS that Mau Mau issue is now a concern for our locals," he said.

The 165-kilometre Mau Mau link road was meant to commemorate Mau Mau war veterans and open up the Aberdares forest ecosystem.

The road links Murang’a, Kiambu, Nyeri and Nyandarua counties.

The Kenya Roads Act 2007 bestows the mandate of developing, rehabilitating, maintaining and management of rural roads in the country to the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA).

The authority is also mandated with ensuring that the quality of road works is under such standards as may be defined by the CS in charge of the Roads and Transport Ministry.

However, Mau Mau Road-LOT 3 is within the jurisdiction of the Kenya National Highways Authority.


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