President William Ruto has ordered out a multimillion French company over incomplete road construction project.
Addressing during a groundbreaking of a power plant in Menengai Nakuru today Thursday, President Ruto poked holes into the conduct of the foreign construction company which he ordered to close shop in Kenya and live.
The French company is accused of failing to construct a dual-carriage highway from Nakuru to Nairobi despite signing a Public-Private Partnership agreement with the government.
In his remarks, Ruto blamed the company for causing the many traffic congestion problems along the Nakuru-Nairobi Highway.
“Travelling from Nakuru to Nairobi has posed a significant challenge because of the traffic snarl-up. I want to tell you that the French company that was granted the tender to construct the road has failed in its duties and now I have told them to leave,” Ruto said.
The head of State would immediately direct the Ministry of Transport to work handily with officials from the Nakuru County Government to ensure the traffic menace along the route that leads to the capital city is eased for the sake of economic activities.
President Ruto’s new orders comes against the backdrop of the planned construction of the Nairobi-Malaba Expressway.
The State is also in top gear to award an Indian conglomerate Adani Group multimillion government entities to run them for a period of 30 years.
