Roads board authority to make changes in conformity with new constitution

By Edwin Makiche

BOMET, KENYA: The Kenya Roads Board would restructure its operations and devolve part of its mandate to county governments.

Board Chairman Joel Wanyoike said construction and maintenance of class D and E roads would now be the mandate of the counties.

 He said Kenya Rural roads authority (KERrA) and Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA), which are the board's implementing agencies, would work with the respective county heads in designing plans for the construction and repair of such roads.

He said with the new dispensation there was need to consult the governors on key priority areas that required to be addressed urgently.

He spoke in Bomet when the board visited Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto.


 

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