Parliament diverts money for roads to complete CDF projects

National Assembly Budget and Appropriations Committee led by Chairman Mutava Musyimi and Vice Mary Emase at a recent event. [PHOTO.BONIFACE OKENDO/STANDARD]

With six months to go before the General Election, Members of Parliament have given themselves money meant for roads to finish Constituency Development Fund (CDF) projects. This is after they scrapped money meant for the construction of rural roads putting into question the Jubilee government’s ability to deliver on its promise to build roads covering 10,000 kilometre in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s first term.

A report by the Budget Committee proposed a reduction of Sh5 billion from the development estimates of the State Department for Infrastructure under the ‘Road Transport Programme’ meant for low volume seal roads. The money will now be channelled through the education docket which raised the secondary school budget for infrastructure to Sh10 billion.