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 scrutiny for its slow rate of implementing projects.
Despite contractors being paid millions of shillings, many projects have stalled or failed to kick off, with some contractors abandoning sites only to resurface before the committee's visit.
According to the report, the county's Transport and Public Works department initiated 25 projects in the 2016/2017 financial year at over Sh1.3 billion. However, six of these projects worth more than Sh265 million were yet to start 19 months later.
Out of the 19 projects that were underway, only four valued at a paltry Sh69 million had been certified for payment.
The report also revealed that some projects had been in implementation for more than three years, with the quality of construction works being extremely poor.
“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, chaired by Mabatini Ward MCA Wilfred Odalo, 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 seen the contractor paid over Sh95 million despite the poor situation of the projects.
