Standstill residents up in arms against delayed works on the Kisumu-Kakamega highway

Pupils walk on an open drainage trench along the along Kisumu-Kakamega road on Wednesday. Residents are up in arms over the delayed construction of the road. [Photo: Collins Oduor, Standard]

Motorists, residents and the business community in Kisumu are up in arms over transport chaos caused by the extension of the busy Kisumu-Kakamega highway.

Works on the highway, which is being turned into an eight-kilometre dual carriageway between the Kisumu Boys roundabout to Mamboleo estate junction, have blocked access roads without offering alternatives.