Enraged Nakuru residents blasted workers on a road construction company accusing them of doing shoddy work.
The residents threatened to destroy their construction machinery, which they forced out of the premises to the Njoro police station.
The audience further demanded audience with the governor on the quality of roads being done in the area under the Boresha Barabara program.
The standoff, which lasted for hours, saw the county employees call for assistance from the police who assisted them move the machinery away from the charging protestors.
According to John Ng’ang’a, a resident, the community living around Egerton were not happy after the county diverted marram meant to rehabilitate a road in the area to construct another road.
“An Asian investor gave away marram for rehabilitation of the Egerton-Ng’ondu road but the county government diverted the materials to do a different road. We can’t allow our resources to be used in developing other areas facing the same challenge,” said Ng’ang’a.
Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui visited the area alongside County Executive Committee Member for Roads and Infrastructure Lucy Kariuki to calm the situation.
Addressing the residents Kinyanjui urged the roads department to look for alternative source of construction materials saying that the ones used were of low quality.
He added that more funds would be set aside for the roads in the area since they are currently doing spot patching only.