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Freeze put on new road projects for lack of funds

Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen. [Denis Kibuchi, Standard]

The government will not undertake new projects in the transport sector, Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has said.

Murkomen on Wednesday told the National Assembly that the move had been occasioned by financial constraints. However, he said the government would only initiate new projects if they are funded by development partners "on concessional terms".

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