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Moses Kuria Explains Why KURA & KeRRA Should be Disbanded

President William Ruto’s economic advisor Moses Kuria is proposing for the disbanding of The Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) and the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) saying too much money is mismanaged in the two bodies.

According to the former Trade CS, the National Government should only manage Kenya National Highways Authority (KNHA). He urges that 100% of the Roads Development Budget should not be directed to any other body other than KNHA, to allow the government have ease in monitoring the expenditures allocated to develop the roads in the country.

He also suggests that every county should establish a County Roads Authority to manage roads in every specific county.

Among these, Kuria has also made a few proposals that include:

-The Kenya Roads Board should allocate the funds from Roads Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF) to the County Roads Authorities in the same proportion as the Revenue Sharing Formula as set by Commission for Revenue Allication

-Any monies voted for Roads by County Assemblies should be vested with the County Roads Authority

-County Roads Authorities as autonomous entities should be guided by KRB to issue securitisation and other financial instruments to raise funds from capital Markets on the strength of their share of RMLF and County Roads Appropriation so as to generate resources to make development of roads assets to be viable

Branislav Moses Opudo

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