counties Road Maintenance Levy Fund Stories
MPs slammed KURA for weak oversight of contractors and called for stricter accountability measures to ensure roads are properly maintained.
Under the new law, each county must set up a dedicated department for road works, open a special account for funding and submit annual road programmes...
MPs questioned the legality and necessity of allocating 1.5 per cent of the Fund to the State Department of Roads and retaining 10 per cent for “criti...
However, the Cabinet said the disbursement will be conditional upon contractors agreeing to extend the final payment deadline by 120 days.
The appellate court suspended the implementation of a June 5 High Court judgment that had declared the exclusion of counties from the Roads Maintenanc...
The levy, collected at Sh18 per litre of petrol and diesel, is specifically earmarked to fund routine road maintenance across the country.
The funds, earmarked for feeder and rural roads, reignite long-standing tensions between MPs and county chiefs over control of infrastructure developm...
Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro, who co-chairs the mediation committee, pointed out the importance of supporting devolution and finding a fair resolution.
