By: Elijah Maingi
If legislators approve a law that paves the way for the introduction of users’ fee on major roads, bridges and tunnels, motorists will pay toll fees on both existing and new roads.
The National Assembly’s Committee on Delegated Legislation a week ago approved the Public Finance Management (National Road Toll Fund) Regulations 2021 and asked Members of Parliament to pass the proposed law.
The Public Finance Management Regulations 2021 seeks to establish the National Roads Toll Fund. The regulations, which will establish the National Road Toll Fund, seek to implement the Public Roads Toll Act, CAP 407, which guides the imposition of toll fees on major national roads.
The law empowers the Cabinet Secretary for Transport to declare any road or a portion including a bridge or tunnel on a public road as a toll road.
The Treasury told Parliament that tolling will be applied on roads that have traffic to generate adequate fees. These include Thika road and Jogoo road.
This comes as Kenyans continue to battle with a high economy as the prices of most commodities such as cooking oil, gas, maize flour and petroleum products goes up.
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