Construction of the Taita Taveta road that had stalled since 2017 is set to commence. Wundanyi MP Danson Mwashako made the announcement and said implementation of the key road project was historic since the area has been marginalised for many years in terms of infrastructure.
The government is set to tarmac the Msau-Mbale-Werugha-Mgange-Bura road at a cost of Sh2 billion. Mr Mwashako said the contractor awarded the tender will soon establish a construction site in Wundanyi town to start rehabilitating the road.
Worst road infrastructure
The MP noted that his constituency has the worst road infrastructure, claiming that only one kilometre road had been tarmacked since Kenya attained independence in 1963.
“The constituency has only a one-kilometre tarmac road from Mbengonyi to Wundanyi town. The road was completed in the 1970s,” said Mwashako.
The MP said the rehabilitation of the road will enable horticultural and dairy farmers in Taita Hills to easily transport farm produce to market centres in Voi and Mombasa. The national government is also constructing a Sh425 million power station in Wundanyi town which will be completed in December this year.
Mwashako also noted frequent power blackouts in Wundanyi town and its environs will now be a thing of the past once the project is completed.
“Politicians will no longer use the road and frequent power blackouts to solicit votes. The two projects will be completed before 2022,” said Mr. Mwashako.
