Why Uhuru’s projects stalled?

President Uhuru Kenyatta is struggling to deliver his legacy projects under the Big Four agenda before his second term comes to a close in three years time.

The Big Four — healthcare, food security, manufacturing, and housing — are to be his legacy, as well as crushing corruption.

Construction equipment at the site where Greenfield terminal is supposed to stand. /FILE

A report by Treasury Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge tabled in Parliament yesterday revealed that a chunk of the stalled projects, valued at Sh365 billion, were to be executed by the Transport and Infrastructure ministry.

President is now looking for money to complete Sh293 billion projects across the country.

The ministry headed by James Macharia failed to finalise 10 key projects valued at Sh66 billion, which had been approved in June 2018.

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They include civil work on the Nanyuki airstrip, rehabilitation of Wajir Airport, Tseikuru airstrip; Voi Ikanga airstrip, Wagadud airstrip and Wilson Airport.

The Transport and Infrastructure ministry has put on hold construction of the Greenfield Terminal after spending Sh4.3 billion to execute five per cent of the work.

Work on a ‘reallocation unit’ at Kibera, fencing of Embakasi land, and a transport data centre are among other stalled projects.

Stalled stadiums, some of which figured prominently in the Jubilee 2013 and 2017 manifestos, were also cited as stalled projects.

During the 2017 campaigns, Deputy President William Ruto had promised that most stadiums would be completed in six months.

Three were to be put up in Mombasa, Eldoret and Nairobi as well as in seven regional headquarters for Sh37 billion.

The projects did not pick up for lack of funding, despite completion of feasibility studies.

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