Compensation for landowners to delay Eldoret bypass plans

The construction the Sh6 billion Eldoret Southern By-pass project is expected to take longer than expected due to delays by the National Land Commission (NLC) to release funds to compensate families displaced to pave way for the implementation of the project.

The project was launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta in August 2017 and was expected to be completed by August next year to ease serious traffic snarl-ups that been witnessed in Eldoret town's central business district that connects North Rift to the neighbouring countries such as Uganda, South Sudan and Rwanda.