Nandi: Cherargei petitions Assembly over poor state of feeder roads in the county

From left; Governor Sang and Cherargei (courtesy)

Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has petitioned the Nandi County Assembly on behalf of residents of Chepting'ing, Mogoon, Lessos Ward Nandi County over the deplorable state of the feeder roads under the county government. He said that he shall follow up on the mater to its logical conclusion.

According to the residents, they wondered how comes the area had been neglected though they overwhelmingly voted for Governor Stephen Sang's administration. They lamented that for the past two years, they've been grappling with poor state of the roads which has caused them severe losses especially when transporting tea from their farms to the companies that buy their produce.

They stated that in certain instances, farmers are forced to carry their own produce from their farms to Mogoon shopping center a distance of about 3kms and would sometimes be disappointed when they get to the center and find the buyer has already left, leaving the farmers with unexplained loses.

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Fundraising for road repairs

According to the residents, they were forced to fund raise for repairs of a section of the roads. They parted with their money to repair the Kapchereren Stream and murraming of the road to make it accessible.


In the recent past, there has been increased cases of residents fundraising to build roads after they have felt neglected by the county administration. With the ongoing rains, most county roads have become impassable despite the huge amounts of money that has been used to make repairs and also open up the feeder roads network.

It remains to be seen what the Assembly will do to address the issue.