For years, the Kenya Roads Board (KRB) has largely undertaken its mandate behind the scenes, despite being at the core of the country’s vast road network.
But a recent decision to securitise Sh7 from every Sh25 collected from a litre of petrol and diesel as Roads Maintenance Levy (RML) has since catapulted the agency into the limelight as Kenyans scrutinise the impact of the decision, which came a year after the levy was hiked by Sh7.
