Government commits to paying Sh165b pending bills

Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen when he appeared before the National Assembly Finance Committee during the institution hearing on the Finance bill, 2024, on June 11, 2024. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The government will ensure pending bills are paid to allow contractors build more roads, Transport and Roads Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has said.

Appearing on Spice FM's Situation Room, Murkomen said there are Sh165 billion pending bills that have almost grounded construction of new roads across the country given that some contractors were almost being auctioned because of government failure to pay them.