Rivers are an invaluable resource beneficial to many reliant on its use. There is need to safeguard this natural resource as a way to mitigate the harmful effects of pollution and depletion of fresh water sources. River Sosiani flows through the town where effluent is openly discharged into it from car washes, abattoirs, processing plants, storm drains, and garages along its course. It also passes downstream into informal settlements like Langas and Huruma where sanitary and waste disposal systems are poor therefore domestic waste ends up in the river.

The main objectives of this study were to study road maintenance system by Kenya Urban Roads
Authority, Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) and Kenya National Highway Authority in
Homa Bay County, Identify the common problems facing road maintenance and finally come up
with recommendations on how to improve road maintenance based on the identified challenges.
 

Quality infrastructure has been and still is the top priority of any economy especially in
the developing. This has been a daunting task to many governments though it has been
declared a millennium development goal to be achieved in this century. The Kenyan
government has also outlined this to achieve its vision for the year 2030 which is the
country’s new development blue print covering the years 2008 to 2030.This goal cannot
be achieved if expensive construction methods and approaches are still used as is the case