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KENYA ROADS BOARD ALLOCATES 28.

7 BILLION FOR ROADS MAINTENANCE

By: Ujenzi Kenya

Tuesday 24 March 2020

The Kenya Roads Board (KRB) charged with the responsibility to oversee and coordinate
Road Maintenance Levy in Kenya has allocated Kes. 28.7 Billion for road maintenance for
the financial year 2019/2020. This represent a decrease of 14.5% compared to the previous
year allocation of Kes. 33.4 Billion, a decline of Kes. 4,697,017,060 Billion.

This comes in the wake of President Uhuru Kenyatta signing into law, the Kenya Roads
Board (Amendment) Bill 2019 on 6 December 2019. The signed Bill restructured the
mandate and operation of the Kenya Roads Board and other agencies in the roads sector
by outlining how funds including exchequer resource will be utilized in the construction
and, maintenance of the country’s roads.

Key reforms outlined in the Kenya Roads Board (Amendment) Bill 2019 is setting the limit
of the money allocated to rural roads at 10 percent of the funds appropriated by Parliament
annually. Further, the new law caps administrative expenditure on rural roads such as
research, standardization, capacity building, monitoring and evaluation to 18 percent of the
total allocation.

The act also empowers the Kenya Roads Board to borrow and to set aside funds for
repayment of loans and other facilities taken for purposes of road maintenance,
development and rehabilitation.

This year’s allocation will see road maintenance works programmes for the National and
Rural Road Network partially affected. The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA)
and the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) are the most affected with each entity
losing at least Kes. 2 Billion compared with the financial year 2018/2019 allocations.

Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) shall receive Kes. 3,058,404,255 Billion compared
to Kes. 3,407,702,510 Billion during the 2018/2019 financial year. County Government’s
shall receive Kes. 4,492,031,250 Billion compared to Kes. 4,134,500,000 Billion. Kenya
Wildlife Services and the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure will receive Kes.
227,950,699 and Kes. 4,848,759,322 respectively.

The economic pillar identifies six key sectors that have the highest potential for economic
growth, including tourism, agriculture, manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, business
process off-shoring and financial services. Infrastructural development stands out as the
main bridge for full exploitation of the growth potential from these sectors. The road
network is a key element of infrastructural development, representing a significant portion
of the Government’s investments in fixed assets.

Road transport is the most widely used means of transportation for people and freight in
the Sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, road transport accounts for over 80% of land freight
and passenger traffic and hence the need to have all road networks in a motorable state.

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