Department Of Infrastructure & Energy
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.
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 Energy within the County.
Deputy Director Public Works
Name: Johnkevin Otwani
Undergraduate: Electrical Engineering(Kenya Armed Forces Technical College)
Masters: Project Management(University Of Nairobi)
Director Roads & Transport
Name: Eng. Cyprian Oliko
Undergraduate: BSC.Civil Engineering, University of Nairobi.
Masters: Construction Engineering Management(Ongoing)
ACHIEVEMENTS - ENERGY
The Directorate of Energy has made the following Achievements;
FUTURE PLANS - ENERGY
The Directorate of Energy has the following Future Plans;
ACHIEVEMENTS - Roads and Transport
The Department of Roads and Transport has made the following Achievements;
Operates a fleet of road construction equipment within the County.
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.