The construction of the Kericho interchange, which was started in 2016, is yet to be completed.
The Sh1.3 billion interchange, which is located at the intersection of Kisumu-Kericho Road, Kericho-Mau Summit Road, and Sotik-Chemosit Road, has been at the center of a controversy.
The government re-advertised the tender after Israeli contractor SBI International Holdings AG (Kenya) pulled out.
Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) Director-General Peter Mundinia, who inspected the project on Wednesday, said that the project should have been complete by now.
He revealed that the government released the advance certificate and money to the contractor last month, says the project will be due for completion at the start of November 2021.
KeNHA re-tendered the project last year and awarded it to Jiangxi Zhongmei to complete the work.
However, Mundinia said Monday that the issues had been overcome, and that work on the project began in February of this year.
“The previous contractor had done the works up to 60 per cent. The earthworks and the bridge had been done meaning the works at the Kericho interchange is less that than the pending works at the Ahero interchange. We expect that the site will be handed to the government on November 5”
