Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has revealed that the Kenya Kwanza government will not build new roads.
Speaking on Wednesday, May 3 while appearing before the Senate, CS Murkomen explained that the government already has pending bills worth one hundred and fifty billion shillings that need to be cleared.
Murkomen noted that the government is already committed to building roads worth six hundred billion shillings.
“We have a very serious challenge of pending bills, we have up to Ksh 150 billion shillings of work already done, certificates have been issued ready to be paid and we have another Ksh 600 billion of roads committed to be done. I would be a liar to say that we will build new roads,” Murkomen stated.
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He however stated that his ministry is working around the clock to make sure the pending bills are cleared.
“My ministry is doing everything humanly possible to do away with these pending bills and committed amount. For the last one week I was in China to have a conversation with the Chinese Exim Bank and the Ministry of Commerce, Transport, and Foreign Affairs to discuss ways of partnering with them to see if they can help us shoulder this burden because most of our contractors are Chinese,” Murkomen added.
