Road network in Migori County have been improved. This is according to former Civic leader, Samuel Kerioba who said the current regime under President Uhuru Kenyatta’s watch, has seen a good number of the once impassable roads in the area have now received perfect facelifts after millions of shillings were directed allocated to improve accessibility to rural human establishments.
The Kehancha-Migori and Kehancha-Isebania roads in Kuria were once neglected by the past regimes. It used to take motorists more than two hours to go through craters and mud, just to cover the 30 kilometers stretch of the earth road between Migori and Kehancha and, 22 kilometers between Kehancha and Isebania border town to reach the then district headquarters, now Kuria West Sub-County Headquarters.
The two roads form the gate way to the Maasai Mara Game Reserves for tourists approaching from the western part of the country and the only links through which tobacco, maize, millet and sweet potatoes from Kuria and Tanzania, reach Nairobi and other towns in Kenya and beyond. For many years, farmers who transported produce to markets had to live with unfulfilled promises from the sitting government officials and local leaders.
Road facelift
In addition, commuters along the routes were to dig deep into their pockets to enable them pay the high fares that had come along with the deteriorating condition of the two roads.
“We are happy with the government for bettering the status of the roads in Kuria land and particularly making Kegonga and Ntimaru accessible by all means of transport,” said Mr. Samuel Kerioba.
Currently the State, in collaboration with the World Bank (WB) and African Development Bank (ADB) is implementing a road facelift in the region estimated to totaling over Sh15 billion, a move that is expected to further open up the southern corridor linking up Kenya, Tanzania, and Democratic Republic of Congo and beyond.
Already, a road-web project is designed to run all the way from Isebania border town through Maasai Mara to Mulot, Narok and finally to Nairobi, a distance of about 130 kilometers. The road will be linked at various points with several under grade tarmac roads from surrounding towns and trading centres, providing good accessibility opportunities to surrounding communities.
