President William Ruto has signed into law the Kenya Roads (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 2025, introducing new governance rules for the leadership of the country’s main road agencies.
The legislation, assented to on August 8, 2025, standardizes the terms of office for Director-Generals of the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA), the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA), and the Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA) to match the Mwongozo Code of Governance for State Corporations.
Under the new law, road agency chiefs will serve a three-year term, renewable once, replacing the previous five-year renewable term. The same provisions will now apply to the Director-General of the Kenya Roads Board (KRB) through amendments to section 12(4) of the Kenya Roads Board Act, Cap. 408A.
The Kenya Roads Board is mandated to oversee the management, maintenance, rehabilitation, and construction of the national road network. It allocates funds, mainly sourced from the Road Maintenance Levy, to road agencies, and advises the Cabinet Secretary on all matters relating to roads.
The Act strengthens accountability measures by requiring annual road programes and enforcing technical, financial, and performance audits to ensure public funds are used efficiently and transparently. It also contains transition clauses to prevent disruptions during leadership changes, including a provision allowing current first-term directors to receive a one-year reappointment before the new term limits take full effect.
According to the government, standardizing the tenure of roads agency leaders will boost performance, streamline management, and align the sector with governance practices already in place across other state corporations.
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