But Waita hit back saying, "How does a Public-Private Partnership become a loan? Your story is an outright lie".
Waita said the Nakuru-Mau Summit Super Highway will be a toll road given to a concessionaire to finance, build and operate.
He said through the Toll Fund recently enacted by the National Assembly the government will guarantee the availability of traffic.
"The combined effect of expanding Waiyaki Way from James Gichuru - Rironi and the new toll road from Rironi - Mau Summit will completely transform the economies of counties along the route," he said.
He added, "Later the planned Mau Summit - Malaba expansion will complete the corridor to western Kenya".
The road once complete will be a key segment of the Northern Corridor which will significantly cut travel time for both people and goods, reducing the cost of doing business.
The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) last year awarded the construction tender to a French firm Meridiam International, with others in the consortium including Vinci Highways SAS and Vinci Concessions SA.
The project is expected to be undertaken on a PPP basis that will see the consortium raise finances for the road, design, construct, maintain and operate the road on pre-agreed standards and specifications.
