Road rehabilitation works are gaining momentum across Kiambu County, with local leaders intensifying efforts to improve accessibility, strengthen security and minimise the impact of heavy rains on residents and motorists.
The interventions, which include grading, murraming, compaction, tarmacking and drainage improvements, are targeting residential access roads and key commuter routes that serve thousands of residents, traders and other road users.
In Kiambu Constituency, attention has turned to Gituamba Circular Road in Ting’ang’a Ward, where rehabilitation works are underway in a fresh push to improve transport connectivity and make movement easier for residents.
Kiambu MP Machua Waithaka said contractors were undertaking grading, compaction and murraming as part of ongoing efforts to upgrade the road and improve its condition, particularly during the rainy season.
The project is expected to address challenges associated with deteriorating road surfaces, including difficult access, increased travel time and disruptions to the movement of people and goods whenever heavy rains hit the area.
Waithaka said the current intervention builds on an earlier security investment along the same road, where solar-powered streetlights were installed in February through the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC).
The lighting project was intended to improve visibility and enhance security for residents, motorists and pedestrians, particularly at night.
The MP said combining improved road infrastructure with street lighting would provide a more comprehensive response to the needs of residents, ensuring that better connectivity is matched with safer movement.
He noted that the road serves residents and businesses whose daily activities depend on reliable transport links, adding that the ongoing works would make access more convenient while strengthening connections within the ward.
Beyond infrastructure development, Waithaka said the project was also designed to provide direct economic benefits to the local community through employment opportunities.
He maintained that all labour requirements for the works had been reserved for local residents, enabling households to earn income while participating in the improvement of infrastructure in their neighbourhood.
The approach, he said, was intended to ensure that development projects deliver benefits beyond the physical infrastructure by creating opportunities for communities to participate in and benefit from public investments.
Road accessibility remains a major concern in many parts of Kiambu, particularly during rainy periods when poorly maintained access roads become difficult to navigate, affecting businesses, school going children and residents seeking essential services.
The Gituamba project is part of wider efforts to improve the condition of local roads and strengthen connectivity across the constituency.
Waithaka reiterated his commitment to infrastructure development, maintaining that improving roads, enhancing security and creating employment opportunities remained central to his development agenda.
He has adopted the slogan ‘Yangu Ni Kazi Tu’ and the nickname ‘Fundi wa Maendeleo’ to underline his emphasis on project implementation and service delivery.
