Shape up or ship out, state tells local road contractors

Roads and Civil Engineering Contractors Association chairman Kishan Gehlot (left) and contractor Daniel Wamahiyu (right) present their annual report to PS for Infrastructure Julius Korir and Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

Local contractors are fighting to keep themselves afloat as mightier Chinese colleagues elbow them out of mega projects.

At a meeting with the Ministry of Transport officials on Friday night, the Roads and Civil Engineering Contractors Association pleaded with the government not to condemn all local firms due to a few bad apples.