The Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) came under pressure from the National Assembly's Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy after lawmakers raised concerns over delays in completing the Likoni Bridge construction in Nairobi County.
The lawmakers' concerns followed an Auditor General's report indicating that although construction of the road began five years ago with a one-year completion timeline, the multimillion-shilling project remains incomplete four years past the scheduled timeline.
The Likoni Bridge construction is part of a government tender awarded to a construction company for the improvement of Nairobi Lot 2 - Upgrading of Shreeji Road and Parts of Likoni and Enterprise Roads.
According to the report by the Auditor General, the government awarded a total of Ksh892.6 million for the project, yet the contractor has only managed to complete 86 percent of the project four years later.
