Infrastructure
Governors lobby to manage county roads
Governors want the law that allows Kenya Roads Board (KRB) to allocate road funds to constituency amended to cater for counties. Machakos County Governor Dr Alfred Mutua They also want roads classified as C that run through their counties placed under County Government rather than the National Government as is the case currently. “We have roads More...
Kaberuka named Africa’s infrastructure personality
The President of African Development Bank, Dr Donald Kaberuka, has been named the continent’s infrastructure personality of the year in recognition of his support and contribution towards infrastructure development. The More...
Downpours destroy Arusha roads
As rains continue to pound Arusha Region, the Tanzania Roads Agency (TANROADS) here has reported that the downpours have destroyed infrastructure at the tune of over 700m/-. TANROADS Regional Manager, Eng Desdedit More...
Infrastructure gets lower provision
NAIROBI, KENYA: The ministry of Transport and infrastructure will receive Sh125.72 billion from this year’s budget as the Jubilee Government moves to fast track implementation of projects meant to propel the county More...
Turkish firm targets US$ 25mil ports investment
Istanbul based port operator, Ozuaydin Crane and Port Management Incorporation, has since last year invested some 3m US dollars in heavy duty cargo handling and construction equipment and plans to invest another More...
Arusha – Holili highway for upgrading
Demolition exercise along Arusha-Moshi highway is now inevitable because the African Development Bank has inked the loans needed to upgrade the corridor onto a dual carriageway. The AfDB has approved two loans totalling More...
Sh1.1b spent to upgrade Kapsabet water system
NANDI, KENYA: Persistent water shortages in Kapsabet town will now be a thing of the past after the completion of a multi-billion project to provide water services to the town’s over 50,000 residents. River Yala The More...
Uganda wants to run Mombasa Port
Uganda is seeking to participate in management of Mombasa port and other ports in the East African Community, a senior government official has said. Mombasa port The Permanent Secretary Ministry of East African More...
Tanzania: Road projects get Japanese funding
The Government signed a loan agreement on Monday and exchanged notes with the government of Japan that will enable the nation to access a concessional loan of 129.48bn/- from Japan International Cooperation Agency More...
Uganda: Works on four major roads to start
Despite not being able to start any major projects in the first quarter of 2013, the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) is confi dent that six major road works will start this year. The authority hopes works More...
