Members of County Assembly of Kitui decried slow pace of constructing a police post along Kitui -Tana River boundary to avert perennial banditry attacks that have plagued the boarder area in the past.
On Tuesday , a House Committee toured Kandolongwe police post construction site in Egamba area of Endau/Malalani Ward in Kitui East constituency. The Assembly Committee on Implementation was led by Chuluni MCA Mathew Vuthi. It sought to establish why the work was not completed more than six months after a contract was awarded.
"We are here to establish why the contractor has nothing much to show months after the contract was awarded last year", said MCA Vuthi, the Implementation Committee boss.
Mr Kiema Masua, a foreman at the site attributed the delays in completing the work to insecurity along the porous border region."When we were awarded the contract, there was a lot of security tensions in the area especially after construction materials were burned down by unknown people in the neighborhood ward" Mr Masua told the Kitui county legislators.
The Governor Dr Julius Malombe-led administration is keen in beefing up security along the border areas. Visiting the county on March 22, Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Dr Alfred Mutua said the devolved unit had done a commendable job in boosting tourism opportunities in the region.
In the 2022/23 Fiscal Year, the County Government of Kitui allocated up to KSh 50 million to construct police posts along the porous border region. Each police post was appropriated KSh 10 Million, a communique from County Assembly of Kitui said.
Kandolongwe police post is among four others the County Government of Kitui is constructing in order to restore security in the banditry -prone area.
STORY By MUSYOKA NGUI
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