President Uhuru Kenyatta is facing a nightmare as he looks for money to complete Sh293 billion projects stalled across the country.
Fresh details emerged yesterday as Uhuru struggles to deliver his legacy projects under the Big Four agenda in three years and six months before leaving State House in 2022.
The Big Four — healthcare, food security, manufacturing, and housing — are to be his legacy, as well as crushing corruption.
A report by Treasury Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge tabled in Parliament yesterday revealed that a chunk of the stalled projects were to be executed by the Transport and Infrastructure ministry.
The ministry headed by James Macharia failed to finalise 10 key projects valued at Sh66 billion, which had been approved in June 2018.
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.
The Sports ministry has also failed to complete construction of the Kenya Academy of Sports (Sh859 million) as well as the establish the National Sports Lottery (Sh882 million).
“The Sh244 million allocated under the establishment of the lottery has been spent to meet the initial set-up costs. The current allocation of Sh69 million is not enough to operationalise the lottery and generate revenue,” the report states.
Also on the spot is the Ewaso Ngiro North River Basin Development Authority which needs more than Sh51 billion to complete. It is projected to be finished by 2022.
A chunk of funds was allocated to construction and operationalisation of the Dual River Transboundary Management headquarters.
The State Department of Interior headed by Fred Matiang’i has also been cited after it deferred construction of a Crime Data Repository Unit.
It was allocated Sh27 billion but amount was suspended pending comments from the Auditor General and Department of Justice.
It has also emerged that the State Department of Trade is yet to actualise Sh10.1 billion projects, while the Correctional Services Department has Sh543 million stalled projects.