Nakuru County Deputy Governor Dr Erick Korir(Left) with Engineer James Ochieng' during the launch of a rural roads improvement programme dubbed "Boresha Barabara 2018" in Mau Narok. [Photo: DG/facebook]
The county government of Nakuru will not relent in taking legal action against road contractors who do shoddy work.
Acting county CeC for Roads and infrastructure Eng. Lucy Kariuki said the county has set up monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to ensure value for money.
“That era has gone...the era we are in is value for money. Those who are out there should know that this is new era and we are going to ensure value for money and that no shoddy work will happen anymore,” said the CeC.
The county government of Nakuru has initiated a rural roads improvement programme dubbed "Boresha Barabara 2018".
The program which seeks to improve all dilapidated roads in the entire county was a follow up to a promise made by Governor Lee Kinyanjui during campaign tours in different parts of Nakuru County.
The CeC said the county has decided to use internal resources in the first phase to give a first aid to the dilapidated roads across the county.
“As a stop gap measure or first aid we decided to use the internal measure the machines and the resources to do first aid to our very dilapidated roads. However, the second phase we have budget and that goes to the tenders which we shall be advertising soon,” she said.
The county is set to use close to sixty five million shillings in the program that targets all the wards within the first 16 weeks.
While launching the program in Waseges Ward Subukia, Nakuru Governor Kinyanjui reiterated his commitment to ensuring that rural roads are in good condition.