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Murkomen: Sh 37.3 billion needed to repair roads destroyed by floods

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Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen. [Robert Tomno, Standard]

Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen says that the country will need Sh37.3 billion to restore roads and bridges swept away by flash floods during the October to December El-Nino rains and the March-April-May long rains.

Murkomen made the announcement after a meeting with director generals of the four road agencies that is; Kungu Ndungu (Kenya National Highways Authority, KeNHA), George Kinoti (Kenya Urban Roads Authority, KURA), Philemon Kandie (Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) and Rashid Mohamed (Kenya Roads Boards).

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