Roads, Transport, Infrastructure and Public Works

• Infrastructure development and maintenance.
• Open up all access roads by repairing, grading and gravelling
• Connect All Weather roads with bridges
• Repair and maintenance of roads to primarily be done through own machinery and MOUs with local sugar companies.
• Enhance monitoring and evaluation through stringent inspections.
• Institutionalize change management and organizational culture in managing people in depth.

VALUES

• Accountability
• Integrity
• Accessibility
• Equity
• Transparency
• Excellency
• Responsiveness
• Teamwork

ROADS SECTION The road directorate is charged with planning, designing, developing and supervising of projects to ensure safe, durable, functional and economical building of roads and bridges. Besides design work, the department also undertakes feasibility and technical investigations of sites, supervise the tendering procedures and logically resolve design and development problems associated with roads. PUBLIC WORKS SECTION This section facilitates provision and maintenance of building and other public works within the county. It also oversees development of design for public buildings, preparation of bill of quantities for building projects and other public works. The directorate provides projects and contract management services to building projects. TRANSPORT AND SAFETY SECTION This section oversees erection of road furniture, creation of bus bays, maintaining and improving transport systems, licensing, creation of transport policies and liaising with other players to enforce transport policies and regulations. The transport and safety department also includes the Fire Section which deals mostly with all types of disasters including fires, firefighting and rescue, emergency medical response services, trainings through lectures and demonstrations, drills, building inspections and enforcement of fire safety legislation/ compliance and fire investigations.

CEC – Boniventure Chengeck 

Profile Bonventure Chengeck Chemaket is the current County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Roads, Infastructure and Public Works, Bungoma County, having been appointed by Governor Kenneth Lusaka upon assuming office in August 2022 as the 3rd Bungoma County Governor. Chengeck hails from Mt Elgon Sub County, a Sabaot, the minority sub-tribe in Bungoma County. He holds a Bachelors of Arts in Development Studies (Honors) from Makerere University and a Strategic Management Masters Degree in Business Administration from Moi University. He is a seasoned Grants Manager, Peacebuilder, Conflict Resolution, Prevention & Countering of Violent Extremism specialist who has worked in East and Central Africa garnering over 14 years of working experience at the national, regional, and international level providing programmatic support to both the public and private sector. He has professional qualifications in grants management, finance, conflict management, democracy, and governance from recognized institutions of higher learning in the United States and Europe. Over his years of work, he has taken lead in organizational capacity building, community contracting, mobilization, advocacy and good governance. Prior to his recent appointment, he was serving as the Platform Manager in charge of Peace Building & Conflict Transformation at Act and the focal officer for the Inter-Government Authority on Development (IGAD) Conflict Early Warning and Early Response Network (CEWARN). CHIEF OFFICER Mr. Edward Makhandia