Motorists have been asked to be cautious during this season as rains continue to pound various parts of the country.
Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen noted that with the rains having already wreaked havoc on roads and claimed lives, there was a need to exercise maximum caution.
“I appeal to drivers to exercise caution while plying our roads, especially those that cut across rivers and areas prone to flooding,” he said in a statement to newsrooms.
Murkomen said his ministry is closely monitoring all roads across the country by engaging with all road agencies to ensure the restoration of damaged infrastructure.
He said he has directed all road agencies to act promptly to the emergencies as they occur even as he tasked KeNHA with the coordination and ensuring issuance of public notices to all motorists, clearly identifying the affected sections.
“I have appointed the KeNHA to be the lead agency in the coordination of all the intervention works to ensure traffic is restored as quickly as possible,” he said.
His ministry, he added, is using contractors already on site to undertake any emergency works on the affected roads.
“We have also put on high alert other nearby contractors for assistance in the restoration works once the water subsides,” he added.
The most affected roads, he said, where traffic disruptions have occurred include Isiolo-Marsabit (A2), Wamba-Lareta (B121), Marsabit-North Horr (B75), Nuno-Modogashe (A13) and Modogashe-Wajir (A13).
Others are Garisa-Sareto-Dadaab (A3), Isiolo-Kulamawe-Modogashe (B84) and Elwak- Lafey- Mandera (B95) roads.
At the same time, he has asked road users to avoid unnecessary travel and activities that predispose them to dangers occasioned by flooded roads.
