Kenya
National Highways Authority (KeNHA) on Tuesday said demonstrators who
have been burning public roads during protests will face the full force
of the law.
KeNHA chair Erastus Mwongera said they will
prosecute culprits who burn tyres on public paved roads during Nasa
protests so as to recover repair costs.
Sh100m a kilometre
It is estimated that a kilometre of paved road cost in excess of Sh100 million to repair.
This translates to Sh100,000 per metre or Sh50,000 per cubic metre of bituminous surface repair.
“In
view of the above, instances where the authority will encounter tyres
set ablaze on any public paved road, we will have no option but to
prosecute the culprits in courts of law and recover the cost of repair
from the persons who will be found culpable for having organised the
demonstrations,” he said.
The Kenya Roads Act, 2007 Section 58 (b&c) stipulates that
any person who unlawfully damages or in any way interferes with any road
or other properties of an authority in such a manner as to endanger the
life any person commits an offence and is liable to conviction of
imprisonment of a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine not
exceeding Sh100,000, or both.
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