Water Agency Threatens To Terminate Contracts Of Non-Performing Firms
From left; Tana Water Works Development Agency chairman Wanyaga Gathaka, Othaya constituency MP Wambugu Wainaina and Eng. Philip Gichuki at Kaharo area, Othaya yesterday.
Tana Water Works Development Agency Says It Was Working On Terminating The Contract Of A Water Project In Othaya Constituency After The Area MP, Wambugu Wainana Complained Of Delay In Its Completion
By WMW
A government Water and Sanitation agency says it will terminate contracts of firms that are out of their sites.
Tana Water Works Development Agency (TWWDA) is said to be working on terminating a contract issued to a firm in Othaya constituency over it’s withdrawal from site.
The firm is said to have abandoned works of a water system meant to serve Mwai Kibaki Level VI Hospital.
Yesterday, the TWWDA board led by its chairman Wanyaga Gathaka and Chief Executive Officer Eng Philip Gichuki toured the project at Kaharo area in Mahiga ward where they met the area MP Wambugu Wainaina who complained of undue delay in its completion.
Wainaina said the project was initially meant to be completed in mid last year but so far, only about 30 per cent has been done.
Yo make it worse, the contractor left the site .
Eng Gichuki told the team that following the move by the contractor, his agency would be terminating the contract and give the job to another firm.
The firm is said to have abandoned site over non-payment by the government with Eng. Gichuki saying it was practically impossible for the State to pay a firm that is out of the site since it was not clear how such funds would be used.
The MP thanked the team for disclosing to take the step saying the Mwai Kibaki Hospital had been made autonomous and thus needed to have flowing services, including those of water.
The agency board and senior managers embarked on a four-day tour of projects in Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Embu, Tharaka-Nithi and Meru counties.
Some of the other projects that the team visited were KMTC Othaya campus which is part of Othaya Sewerage Last Mile Connectivity Phase II project.
Others were relocation of Ihwagi water intake project in Mathira constituency, Mung’etho Gacharu Community water project in Ndia, Kirinyaga County, Makutano Dispensary Borehole project in Mbeere South constituency, Embu County and Kerugoya/Kutus sewerage project.
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