Some of the multimillion dollar shilling projects that could have angered Uhuru ▷ Tuko.co.ke

– Some projects remain incomplete while they have been under construction for decades and cost taxpayers billions of shillings

– The new building of Mitihani House in South B Nairobi has been under construction for 28 years years and requires even more funds

– Uhuru ordered officials to complete all current projects before embarking on new ones

Picture this. A child is born while a construction of a seven-storey building starts in the southern suburbs of Nairobi.

Some 28 years later, the child is now an adult who has graduated from university, is married and has even had children.

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But the building is still a shell that is just over 50% finished and continues to receive a budget allocation every year, but estimates indicate that it still needs billions of shillings. 19659005] It's the story of Ne w The building of Mitihani House in Nairobi, one of dozens of national projects stranded across the country that continue to rot, despite the cost of billions of dollars. shillings for taxpayers over the years.

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It is these projects that have prompted President Uhuru Kenyatta, Friday, July 20, to declare that all current projects should be completed before undertaking new ones.

New building of the Mitihani house, which belongs to Kenya National Auditor General Edward Ouko said that it needed an additional amount estimated at 2.6 billion KSh to complete it.

Yet Kenyans can feel lucky that KNEC has at least one physical shell to fill.

Ouko reports have exposed projects that cost up to 10 billion KSh of taxpayers' money, but which have never taken off.

An example is a fertilizer plant in Mombasa that has never been built despite the 6.3 billion KSh allocation.

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Here are other examples of projects that cost the taxpayer money and could have triggered the president's anger.

Irrigation Systems

In the 2015/16 report, the Auditor General raised questions regarding the allocation of 20 billion KSh to the National Board of Irrigation for various irrigation projects that could not be accounted for.

He asked about the reasons why the agency wanted 15 billion additional KSh to complete 21 irrigation projects launched in 2012 for 880 million KSh but which were blocked.

Blocked irrigation systems include: Kagaari Gaturi (333.9 million KSh), Komo (12 million KSh), Lokubae (36 million KSh), Kieni (KSh 24.7 KSh), lower Nzoia (KSh) 7 million). [19659005] Maugo (KSh 1.4 million), Rachuonyo (KSh 6.96 million), Rahole (KSh 1.71 million), Bura (KSh 45.8 million), Rapsu (KSh 32.62 million), Sio ( KSh 10.78 million).

Other are; Siso (13.39 million KSh), Suba Clusters irrigation project (1.4 million KSh), Subukia (2.4 million KSh), Tunyo (9.5 million KSh)

Elelea (4.4 million KSh), Hola (KSh 7.2 million), Kibwezi (1.1 million KSh) and Usueni (1.3 million KSh).

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Military Housing

Construction of 144 Three-Bedroom Military Officer Houses in Kenyatta Barracks in Gilgil has been waiting for 13 years.

In 2005, the Ministry of Defense awarded Capital Construction Company the mandate to build the houses within two years, which was then modified by two additional years, at a cost of 346 million Kenyan shillings. .

When the project was half completed and 295 million KSh already paid to the contractor, the offer was canceled and a new contract awarded, the cost of the project was revised upwards by 660 millions of extra KSh.

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Another contract of 316 million shillings for housing construction at the Embakasi garrison was awarded in 2013. [19659005] The project was to be completed in a year, but two years later and with 265 million KSh already engulfed in the project, it still had to be delivered.

Tree Planting Initiative

In 2009, President Mwai Kibaki launched a project called Miti Mingi, Maisha Bora, to be implemented by the Kenya Forest Service. The project aimed to increase forest cover in arid and semi-arid areas to promote regular rainfall and create an environment conducive to sustainable logging.

At the time of its closure in December 2015, the project had a budget of 2.4 billion KSh. At the time, it had depleted 1.4 billion Kenyan shillings, or 55 percent of the total amount received, and 131 million shillings remained in unspent cash in the project account.

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As a result, Ouko said the program could not use the KSh 1.08 billion since the project has already been concluded, adding that, as a result, the objectives and results of the program may not have been achieved.

Markets and Other Infrastructure

In 2009, President Mwai Kibaki launched national projects, mainly urban markets, as part of the economic stimulus package.

The program had initial funding of Ksh 22 billion.

Others were to be funded through the Electoral District Development Fund.

Nine years later, some of the key projects in the program are unused because they have remained inexplicably blocked.

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