Residents of Kavaani/Ikime village in Ngomeni ward of Kitui County have raised concern over poor workmanship of a toilet project at Muringani area. Even before the project that is being constructed for use by people who draw water from a public kiosk is complete, part of it has collapsed before reaching 25% completion.
Worried residents have already branded the public toilet project a death trap. They pointed out that beams and other materials used to reinforce the toilet slab are too weak to last long. "This is a public funds rip off. I saw the contractor removing concrete from the construction site at night. If they will not use strong metals in building that toilet, I think it should not be used because it will obviously collapse", a local warned.
Many residents who went into social media to complain about the project said the project's bill of quantity had been kept secret and they were not able to ascertain or verify the scope of the intended work on the condemned toilet project.
At the same time a sand dam constructed across Ndatani river was also flagged as substandard by locals. They have demanded that the contractors should be arrested for wasting taxpayers' money.
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