DETAILS

Department of Transport, Roads and Public Works

Overview

The Department Infrastructure and Energy  is one of the devolved functions under the Constitution of Kenya 2010.The Department derives its mandate from the 4th Schedule of the Constitution under the County Government Act.

Administrative Structure

The Department is headed by the County Executive Committee Member for Infrastructure Mr. George OkwaraEkirapa and Three Chief Officers under him, NamelyMs.PriscaOmoit in Charge of Infrastructure in the Lower Region, Mr.StephenNasiagi in charge of Infrastructure in the Upper Region and Eng.GilbertOduory in charge of Transport and Energy. Under the three Chief Officers there are three Directors in the Department Namely Eng.CyprianOliko in charge of Roads Directorate,Eng.JohnkevinOtwani in charge of Public Works and Eng.McVivian Anyang who is charge of the Energy Directorate.

Vision

Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure and provide access to safe affordable public transport systems.

Mission

To expand public Transport and build infrastructure with special attention on to the needs of women, children and people with disability through production of appropriate designs and increase investment.

Core Values

  • Transparency

We encourage openness in sharing information between the department and the public.

  • Accountability

We hold ourselves answerable to the highest ideals of professionalism, ethics and competency.

  • Integrity

We believe that acting honorably is the foundation of everything we do and the basis of public trust.

  • Teamwork

We understand the strength of cooperation and collaboration and that our success depends on our ability to work together as one cohesive team.

  • Fairness

We have an open culture and are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone.

  • Honesty

We insist on truthfulness with each other and with the citizens we expect value openness.

  • Equity

We believe in fairness for every resident in distribution of resources and opportunities.

Mandate

The Department has a mandate of supporting and facilitating the development of infrastructure within the County, Maintaining and Upgrading of County Roads as well as enhancing connectivity to Electric Power and promote use of 

ACHIEVEMENTS

ACHIEVEMENTS - ENERGY

The Directorate of Energy has made the following Achievements;

  1. Through their Partnership with state owned and mandated entities, Busia County Government has enabled over 4000 new Connections to the mains grid Electricity Network and over 2000 new connections to the remote Solar Micro grids.
  2. The Directorate has conducted Four Renewable Energy Campaign Drives on Proper Energy Use and Conservation to the County residents.
  3. Built and Maintained Over 300 Mass Lights and Street Lights.

FUTURE PLANS - ENERGY

The Directorate of Energy has the following Future Plans;

  1. Construction and equipping of an Energy Center for residents training and demonstration activities.
  2. To erect Mass-light towers to all major urban centers within the County.
  3. Designing and implementing the Busia Energy Master Plan.
  4. ACHIEVEMENTS - Roads and Transport

    The Department of Roads and Transport has made the following Achievements;

    • It has established and Operationalized the County Transport and Mechanical team which

    Operates a fleet of road construction equipment within the County.

    • It has maintained existing roads under the Fuel Levy Program covering Approximately 850 Kilometers
    • It has upgraded selected gravel roads to Bitumen Standards in BusiaCBD,Malaba CBD and Kocholya Township totaling to 10.5KMS
    • It has upgraded approximately 1100 Kilometers of earth Roads to gravel Standards throughout the County.
    • It has opened up approximately 950 Kilometers of earth roads in Remote areas within the County that were previously inaccessible

    Future Plans - ROADS & TRANSPORT

    The Directorate of Roads and Transport plans to establish a materials testing Laboratory to enhance quality control of Projects which will make it easier for Upgrading of more Roads to Bitumen Standards within the County.

    The Directorate Plans to Upgrade the newly opened earth Roads to Gravel Standards and also construct the Missing links such as bridges and box culverts to the newly opened road network.

    The Directorate plans to buy an additional fleet of Road Maintenance Equipment and dispose unserviceable ones in accordance with the Procurement and Disposal Act.

    The Directorate intends to build storm water drains to channel the storm waters safely to their natural water ways which has affected some Urban Centers.

Our Projects

Explore Our Projects

Transport, Roads and Public Works Street lightling programme

Transport, Roads and Public Works Street lightling programme

Transport, Roads and Public Works Posta, Forest Farm View road

Transport, Roads and Public Works Machakusi - Gara Road

Transport, Roads and Public Works Box Culvert along Akoreet-Odioi Road in Amukura West Ward

Transport, Roads and Public Works Malaba mixed day Junction-Ateker House Road

Transport, Roads and Public Works Upgrading of Busia Town roads. (LOT-2)

Transport, Roads and Public Works Malaba Primary -Garden Park -emael Junction

Transport, Roads and Public Works Kocholya Hospital Road links Malaba-Eldoret Highway to Kocholya hospital

Transport, Roads and Public Works YMCA-Jua Kali-Forest Bitumen Road

Transport, Roads and Public Works Garage Bitumen Road within Busia town

Transport, Roads and Public Works Rastopark - BCRH Bitumen Road