The County government of Kiambu has opened tenders for interested bidders to apply for the construction of 90 km Tenders for two roads in Kiambaa and Juja sub-counties.
Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA) Director in Kiambu Engineer Joseph Mbugua confirmed the report and said that bidding for tenders were opened on April 7th 2021 with a two weeksโ grace period notification for the interested contractors to respond within the 28 days and issue proofย ย that they were in a position to accomplish the projects.
The road is part of the development agenda that had been initiated by Kiambaa Member of Parliament Paul Koinange before he passed on last month. The two roads measuring 90km and 25km respectively are set to be upgraded to bitumen standard and the exercise is scheduled to begin in three months after the contract is awarded. The 90km road in Kiambaa was estimated to cost Sh 3.9 billion.
Development agenda
Some of the trading centre the Kiambaa roadworks will traverse include Nduota, Muchatha-Kaiyaba-power-Karura-Kihara loop, Gachie-Gacharage, Kiambu-Raini, Kantaria (ACME)-Raphaelites-Kabuku, Gitangu-Kwa Henry, Universal-Kaimba, Manjiri-Railway crossing, Ngecha-Rironi roads.
The 25 km road Juja road is expected to cover-Juja farm through Munyu junction up to the Garissa Highway. Kiambaa-Nduota road will join a 1.7 km road being constructed by the County Government of Kiambu and begins from Post office in Kiambu town via Indian bazaar to Red Nova.
Upon completion, the road is likely open up most of the areas in Kiambaa including public institutions and enable farmers take their produce to markets. The road is part of the development agenda that had been initiated by Kiambaa Member of Parliament Paul Koinange before he passed on last month.
