Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has maintained that public participation will have to be conducted before part of the Karura Forest land is used for the expansion of Kiambu Road.
Speaking during an interview on Tuesday, December 17, the CS revealed that the plans for the expansion of the road were initiated by the Jubilee administration.
He expressed that a contract for the road was even awarded in 2018.
However, the CS maintained that his ministry would ensure that the public is involved before the project is undertaken.
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"A contract to expand the road was agreed on in 2018. What I have asked the people is whether public participation was done," he stated.
"If public participation was not done then the expansion of the road will not take place until public participation is done."
On the other hand, he acknowledged that there was a 1957 Gazette Notice that foresaw the use of Karura Forest land for the expansion of the road.
Various environmental groups have opposed the use of Karura Forest land for the expansion of the road which experiences traffic jams daily.
Notably, the Green Belt Movement has even moved to court to halt the Ksh38 billion project.
