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The first modern concrete bridge in Mandera Town.
The newly-constructed interchange in the central business district.
Roads construction bolsters trade and security
he Ministry of Roads, Transport drifts across seasonal streams. employees.
and Public Works is committed to • Mandera South Sub-county Airstrip built • Empower employees at every level to
Tits vision to provide quality road to gravel standards and fully operational. provide county services with maximum
and transportation infrastructure to spur • Over 350km of new unclassified roads effectiveness and efficiency.
social-economic growth in Mandera have been successfully bush-cleared and • Develop employees to become leaders
County and the region at large. opened. who promote ethics, innovation, service,
The county has put in a lot of effort Roads constructed accountability and peak performance.
in the construction, rehabilitation and • Mandera-Arabia.
upgrading of the transport system, which • Arabia-Fino • Takaba-Wargadud National Government Support
is in line with the Governor’s manifesto Additionally the National Government
Suleikha relating to roads and infrastructure • Fino-Lafey • Elwak-Kutulo through agents like KeNHA, KURA and
• Fino-Waranqara
• Kutulo-El-ram
Harun development. KeRRA has constructed:
CECM, In recent years, the road network • Rhamu-Olla • Elwak-Shimbir • 135km of low-volume seal road from
Fatuma.
• Olla-Guba
Roads, Public connecting inter-ward and inter-sub- • Guba-Banisa • Mandera-Khalalio Rhamu to Elwak (KeNHA)
Works and county levels has greatly improved. Every • Maintenance of A13 Road (KeNHA)
Transport remote village is now easily accessible. • Banisa-Eymole • Khalalio- Sala • 11km tarmac road within Mandera Town
• Lafey-B9
• Banisa-Kiliwehiri
Security has also greatly improved and • Banisa-Takaba • Kutayu-Boji Garse Road (KURA)
this has promoted cross-border trade in • Banisa-Domal • Takaba-Bolowle • All-weather road murram road - 15km
the county. • Takaba-Shimbir • Domal-Murutho (KURA)
The County Government inherited from Fatuma • 60km of low volume seal Roads from
the National Government road networks • Takaba-Qofole Mandera – Arabia (KeRRA)
that were in a deplorable state, with the • All-weather murram roads- 100km
main artery linking the county to the rest Mission (KeRRA)
of the county Road A13 impassable due The ministry’s mission is to facilitate the
to the poor state of the road. The county construction, upgrading, rehabilitation Projects implemented
inherited the following roads: and maintenance of the road infrastruc- FY2018-19
• Bitumen road - non-existent. ture in Mandera County so as to enhance • Construction of Elwak- Kutayu Road
• Gravel roads - 100km. regional connectivity for sustainable so- • Construction of Rhamu Dimtu– Ardha
• Earth roads - 2,083km cial-economic development in line with Garbicha Road
The Roads Ministry has made tremendous Vision 2030. • Construction of Choroqo – Guba Road
gains in the public infrastructure sector. • Construction of Takaba- Gither Road
Some of the milestones covered are: Key Strategies • Construction of Karo Airport
• Bitumen roads (Mandera Town roads) - • Build capacity of Infrastructure, • Construction of passenger terminal and
24km currently at 98% complete. personnel and equipment. fencing for Karo Airport
• Bridge - Completion of Concrete • Facilitate public private partnership to • Construction of passenger terminal and
Bridge, Interchange of A13 Road and drive the development agenda. fencing for Takaba Airstrip
box culvert in Busley area which are fully • Citizen participation in the Planning • Construction of Daresalam- Saro Hindi
operational. and Execution of projects and Road
• Box Culvert- Commencement of 1 No. programmemes in civic education. • Maintenance of Lafey-Kabo Road
Box Culvert on Road 2 Mandera Town • Attract, hire, develop and retain • Maintenance of Arabia – Bambo 2 Road
• All-weather murram roads (1,300km) an effective, diverse, professional, • Maintenance of Afqoy-Libahiya Road
• Drifts - Construction of more than 62 dedicated and responsive team of