Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has defended President William Ruto’s move of relaunching projects that had been launched during President Uhuru Kenyatta’s regime.
Murkomen says that all the road projects neglected by the Jubilee administration are going to be re-launched.
The CS cited the projects that were launched by then Deputy President William Ruto which he said were sabotaged following the fallout with his boss retired President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Murkomen was responding to Alego Usonga MP Sam Atandi who questioned Ruto over the relaunch of a road in Nyandarua.
“Mheshimiwa, we are restarting all the road projects that were abandoned by the Handshake administration especially those abandoned because the then DP Ruto launched them,” said Murkomen.
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Ruto launched the 55km Captain- Ndemi-Wanjohi-Kwa Matu-Geta-Kahuruko-Ndunyu Njeru and Access to Karima Girls High School roads on Thursday, a project he had also launched in 2018.
Ruto however, defended his action saying many projects he started when he was Deputy President were deliberately denied funding even though they were in the government’s programme.
“During last year’s election campaigns, President Ruto promised to complete all stalled projects, including roads,” State House Spokesperson, Hussein Mohammed said in a statement.
“Today, it’s evident that the architects of these schemes that they thought would frustrate President Ruto, ultimately hurt the people, the economy and Kenya.”
