Premium
Laikipia faces claims worth millions for paused works
Workers at a road construction site in Nyahururu town in April. The new administration has suspended several infrastructure projects started by former Governor Ndiritu Muriithi.
Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group
What you need to know:
- The standoff could see the county administration lose millions of shillings following the suspension of the projects that were aimed at improving 11 towns and the multi-billion equipment and vehicle leasing programme.
- The works under the smart town’s initiative of former Governor Ndiritu Muriithi were to be funded through an infrastructure bond worth Sh1.16 billion.
- However, on September 6, the acting Land, Infrastructure and Urban Development chief officer Peter Macharia wrote to the consultant on the projects asking him to urgently suspend works.
The county government of Laikipia is in a standoff with contractors who were hired by the previous regime to work on multi-million development projects.
The standoff could see the county administration lose millions of shillings following the suspension of the projects that were aimed at improving 11 towns and the multi-billion equipment and vehicle leasing programme.
