Thursday, October 24, 2024 –A multimillion French construction company has been ordered by the government to quit Kenyan market over incompetence.
Addressing during groundbreaking of a power plant in Menengai Nakuru County today Thursday, President William Ruto poked holes into the conduct and capacity of the foreign construction company which he ordered to close shop in Kenya and leave.
The commander-in-chief faulted the French company for failing to construct a dual-carriage highway from Nakuru to Nairobi despite signing a Public-Private Partnership PPP agreement with the government.
In his remarks, Dr. Ruto blamed the company for causing the unending traffic congestion problems along the Nakuru-Nairobi Highway.
“Traveling from Nakuru to Nairobi has posed a significant challenge because of the traffic snarl-up. I want to tell you that the French company that was granted the tender to construct the road has failed in its duties and now I have told them to leave.
“So I told them to leave so that we can find another contractor because the highway from Nakuru through Mau Summit to Nairobi we must make it a dual-carriageway so that people from Nakuru and Western Kenya can go home easily,” Ruto added.
The head of State would immediately direct the Ministry of Transport to work handily with officials from the Nakuru County Government to ensure the traffic menace along the route is eased for the sake of business and other economic activities.
President Ruto’s new orders comes against the backdrop of the planned construction of the Nairobi-Malaba Expressway. On Wednesday, October 23, the National Treasury announced government’s intention to construct a direct route from Nairobi to Malaba in the next couple of years.
The State is also in top gear to award an Indian conglomerate Adani Group a series of multimillion government entities to run them for a period of 30 years.