Thursday, 9 April, 2026
Parliament Buildings, NairobiTuesday April 7, 2026
Members of the National Assembly Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy have challenged water works development agencies in the country to be swift in handover of completed projects to counties to ensure smooth and efficient maintenance of the relevant infrastructure.
This emerged during a meeting of the Committee chaired by Pokot South MP Hon. David Pkosing, with the North Rift Valley Water Works Development Agency for review of its Auditor General's reports between the 2018/19 to 2024/25 Financial Years.
Hon. Pkosing noted that most of the completed projects were in dilapidated state as demonstrated by the Auditor General's reports due to poor maintenance and management after completion.
"You need to undertake speedy handover of the complete projects to the Counties so that they can take charge of their maintenance for the benefit of the people," noted the MP.
Among the queries noted by the Auditor General during the years under review was delayed completion of a number of projects, delayed implementation of projects, lack of risk management policy and lack of governance audits among others.
Some of the projects that came under review include; the Kosisch-Embobut Water Supply Project and the Moiben-Kuserow Phase 1 Water Project among others.
The Auditor General had noted that four projects with a total sum of Kshs. 81.8 Million had not been completed despite being past completion timelines.
"This is contrary to Section 79.2 (b) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012 which states that a public officer employed in a national government shall ensure that resources within the officer's area of responsibility are used in a way which is lawful and authorized; and is effective, efficient, economical and transparent," read the Auditor General's Report in Part.
The Committee also noted concerns regarding ethnic composition of the Agency where human resource data revealed that of all the 11 staff, 10 were from one dominant community; representing 91% of the staff population contrary to the National Cohesion and Integration Act, 2008.
The Agency' team led by the CEO Mr. Edwin Rotich pledged to cure this during subsequent recruitment.