As blame games go on between the state and political players over flagrant graft ailing the country, a resident of Nakuru county has narrated an instance in which he saw a man die while heading to hospital due to impassable road.
In a video shared by Daily Nation on Sunday, August 23, the Elburgon resident disclosed that he was going about his business when the man got dropped on the road by a boda boda rider who was was transporting him to hospital.
He further indicated that the road, whose construction discussion by the two governments (national and county) has been going on for more than 10 years, gets worse whenever it rains.
"This road has caused us sorrow especially at this time when rain is pounding hard. Recently, witnessed a sick man who was being taken to hospital get dropped because of poor roads.
"The road has a lot of portholes. On another occasion, a lorry nearly fell on traders after it lost control on this bad roads," he stated.
He further noted that the road network connecting towns in the area including Marioshoni and Molo had dilapidated causing losses to the majorly farming families that reside in the region.
"We started receiving notices roughly 10 years ago that this road would be tarmacked. This road is a busy one with motorbikes and cars.
"We urge both the national and county governments to fulfill their promises so that we can proudly live in Elburgon Town," he added.
This comes a midst a nasty blame game between the state and other leaders over the loss of over Ksh43 billion that was meant to help the country deal with the first spreading Covid-19 virus.
A report from the Ministry of Transport indicated that President Uhuru Kenyatta's administration had built 80,000 kilometres of roads between 2013 and 2018.
This catapulted the country's road network to 246,757 kilometres increased the length of tarmacked roads by 6,000km to 17,600km in 2018.
To achieve the feat, the head of state is said to have spent Ksh900 billion in constructing the roads with a huge chunk of the funds originating from foreign loans.
A report by former Auditor General Edward Ouko, however, revealed that the country loses an average of Ksh1 trillion every year to corruption.
Below is the video of his narration:
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