Jubilee Development - Boost for Tharaka-Nithi as tarmacking of 23km Kajiunduthi-Weru road starts

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From left: Tharaka-Nithi Woman Rep Beatrice Nkatha, Senator Kithure Kindiki, Maara MP Kareke Mbiuki and Tharaka-Nithi County Assembly Majority Leader Wilson Nyaga flag off graders to start the tarmacking of the 23km Kajiunduthi-Weru road on January 17, 2017. PHOTO | ALEX NJERU | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By Alex Njeru

Farmers in Tharaka-Nithi have a reason to smile following the start of tarmacking of the 23 kilometre Kajiunduthi-Weru road which will ease transport and allow them to transport agricultural produce in time. The tarmacking project was launched Tuesday by Senator Kithure Kindiki. The road is being built by Don Woods Company Limited and will take at most one year to be completed.

Speaking during the launch at Kajiunduthi Secondary School, Prof Kindiki said the road will boost agriculture and local economy.

“The construction will improve transport to the tea growing zones,” said Prof Kindiki.

The road is among five others under construction in the county. Senator Kindiki praised the government for financing the building of hundreds of kilometres of roads in the county within four years of Jubilee administration, noting that by 2013 there were only 15 kilometres of tarmacked roads in the county. Prof Kindiki said with the help of other leaders, he will ensure each of the 15 wards in the county has 15 kilometres of tarmacked roads by 2021, when he will be quitting the senatorial seat to contest for the presidency. Maara MP Kareke Mbiuki asked the contractor to employ locals.

“More than 80 per cent of the casuals should be locals,” said Mr Mbiuki.

The senator asked the residents who are not registered as voters and have reached the age of 18 years to take advantage of the one-month registration exercise being conducted by IEBC. He said local leaders will ensure as many voters as possible, especially in Jubilee strongholds are registered in readiness for the August 8 elections.

“We want every person who has attained 18 years to register so that we can vote back Mr Kenyatta and other Jubilee leaders,” said the legislator.

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#tukopamoja

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Atleast hizo area zilikuwa zimeanza apathy, now wataona wamekumbukwa.

@spear ata Ngong - Kiserian pia pia

At least votes hazitachelewa

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Finally Intex construction has mobilized at the site. This is a annuity contract so it took longer to start because the winning bidder(Intex) does feasibility study to determine how many lanes among other factors, designs, liase with NLC to acquire land, builds, maintains the road for 10 years after commissioning. The government pay them a percentage of the fee annually until the 10 years are over.

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nope, i think ni rehabilitation works tu. See attached notice.[ATTACH=full]78922[/ATTACH]

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Ragwa absence is quite telling.

@spear just talked to Kerra personnel na anasema sio annuity…annuity itakam baadaye

Tharaka Nithi county has one tarmac in the upper part that was finished i guess in 1986 or something like that by baba na mama. Its the Nairobi-meru highway. It was not actually going to tharaka nithi, but had to pass through to reach the neighboring meru county and the former defacto administrative center of the whole region, meru town. The lower part has a shortcut tarmac that was constructed by the so called RWNBP a few years back. The rest is wilderness with earth roads to date and the lower part of the county has perpetual famine and neglect.
No new tarmac road has ever been constructed there apart from those two.

Hii ni propaganda tu. Kuja uniite negativo.

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The area is not well developed. Kukifunguka kutakuwa sawa.

This is emergency repairs, the annuity program is the complete road being redone.

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Precisely, baadaye imeshafika Intex has already set up site office and work will begin this month as President Uhuru promised Kajiado leaders last week.

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what about the Meru-mukothima road? that road goes to the breakbasket in Tharaka, and it is where senator kindiki comes from. It is only 40kms. during the rains season, the roads becomes completely impassible

@spear and when are they planning to expand bomas-ngong-kiserian? Najua SGR imekubali kujenga the Nazarene-Tuala rd, so wenye tuna speculate huko we should wait for a windfall

:D:D:D:D:D hiyo SGR build of Nazarene-Tuala Rd is news to me.
Ngong-Kiserian isn’t a road but part of moon surface. Emergency repairs have started especially the potholes/craters. Intex construction have set up site base to begin the actual complete road construction. President Uhuru will be there soon to launch it.

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President Uhuru will be in Meru this Saturday and I hope there will be some announcement then.

There was a meeting last week between residents and SGR team and that was one of the conditions put across before they start constructing. So it was agreed it will be tarmcked and a better bridge constructed across the river before Tuala

This Chinese firms have seen and experienced alot in Kenya. Thank goodness they are good at improvisation and getting through stumbling blocks. They did alot of CSR and side projects along route 1 Mombasa port to Nrb that if you quantify it then, it’s billions of Kshs.

Ciakariga-Marimanti kawa vipi? 17km of pure torture maze.