An audit report has pointed out the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) over its failure to account for Sh2.7billion advanced to it.
According to Auditor General Nancy Gathungu, KURA did not have a separate account for this money as the funds were banked in the authority’s main bank account.
Gathungu added that the aforementioned money was not supported with a cashbook, bank reconciliation statement and bank confirmation certificates.
“In the circumstances the accuracy and completeness of the cash and cash equivalent balance of Sh2,717, 690, 436 could not be confirmed,” the report read.
She disclosed that physical verification conducted by the institution in February last year, revealed that the designated pedestrian footbridge of the main junction of Outering Road and Thika Road lacked barriers and lighting systems.
Regarding the footbridge, she said that the institution did not get any value for money due to poor road workmanship done on the bridge.
The report also shows that metal bars had been vandalised thus exposing pedestrians to the risk of being run over by speeding vehicles while crossing the road at undesignated areas.
“In the circumstances, value for money from road assets may not be achieved.”
According to Gathungu, Kura maintenance Levy Fund needs to put up tall guardrails of heavy gauge and have a multi-agency approach to protect road assets from vandalism.
The construction of the footbridge was carried through funding from African Development Bank (ADB) following the expansion of the 28km Eastern Bypass, which was being expanded into a dual carriageway at the cost of Sh12.5billion.