The Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation has been taken to task by parliament over the slow implementation and stalling of various multibillion shillings' projects across the country.
The Principal Secretary for the State Department of Water Julius Korir who appeared before the National Assembly Public Accounts Committee in Parliaments buildings yesterday had difficult time explaining why several Water projects remained incomplete despite funds being allocated.
Korir told the committee that the Ministry was currently carrying out performance evaluation and will be disqualifying some of the contractors who have failed to honour their agreements to complete water projects within the stipulated time period to avoid wastage of public resources. "I would like to admit that most water projects are at various stages before completion, in cases where the contractors have failed to honour their agreements, we are currently carrying out some evaluation and we are going to disqualify contractors who fail to live up as per the expectations," said Korir.
Lugari MP Nabii Nabwera pointed out that it was public knowledge that the ministry was held hostage by cartels and it was upon the top administration to work towards eliminating them if they intended to have the various projects that have stalled over the years' despite being allocated funds are completed.
