Nairobi, Feb. 12 -- 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.

Martin Agumbi, the acting director-general of KRB, talked to the Business Daily about securitisation, deployment of RML collections and how the government intends to maintain enough collections of the levy despite rising uptake of electric vehicles.

There was public uproar and question...