This archive report was first published on 12 August 2019.
Published on August 12, 2019, a report by the Nairobi County Assembly Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has put City Hall under the spotlight for slow and shoddy road construction.
The committee, chaired by Mabatini Ward MCA Wilfred Odalo, found that out of 25 projects initiated in the 2016/2017 financial year at a cost of over Sh1.3 billion, six worth more than Sh265 million had yet to start 19 months later.
Furthermore, only four of the 19 projects that had begun had been certified for payment, valued at a paltry Sh69 million.
The report revealed that some projects had been in implementation for over three years, with the quality of construction works being extremely poor. In some cases, contractors had abandoned the sites only to resurface before the committee's visit this year.
“Some of the companies contracted to construct or rehabilitate roads within the county lack financial and technical capacity to deliver,” the report stated.
The committee called for the blacklisting of one contractor, M/S Elite ITS Limited, which was responsible for the construction of Plains View Likoni link road in South B Ward and the rehabilitation of Academy Road in Karen.
The two projects, awarded in December 2016 at a combined cost of over Sh269 million, had been paid over Sh95 million despite the poor situation of the projects.
