Transfer of KeRRA functions to county governments

Motion text

THAT, aware that Fourth Schedule of the Constitution assigns the responsibility of construction and operation of national trunk roads to the national Government and that county transport, including county roads are the responsibility of the county governments; acknowledging that the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) is mandated under the Kenya Roads Act (2007) to administer funds for the development, rehabilitation and maintenance of roads in constituencies, which are roads within counties and which fall under Class D category and below; cognizant of the fact that there are already established KeRRA structures in each of Kenya’s 47 counties; the Senate urges the national Government to transfer all functions of KeRRA to the county governments in order to ensure faster and more efficient delivery of services.