Kisumu residents criticise award of Sh99m road tender to ‘outsiders’

Kisumu Deputy Governor Mathews Owili (center) with Kisumu City Manager Doris Ombara (left) during the launch of of Nyamasaria- Magadi road construction (Photo: Collins Oduor)

KISUMU, KENYA: Kisumu County Government has defended Kisumu Urban Project (KUP) over award of a Sh99 million road tender to a contractor based outside the county.

The road project is one of the tens of opportunities in the Sh4 billion French Government-funded initiative, among others; the constructions of five model schools, five bitumen standard roads, three gravel roads, three markets, 28 floodlights, one health centre, a social centre, three Bio Centres, the local detailed plan of the city and capacity building.