Revamping the Road Transmission & Distribution Network
The Kenya Kwanza government promised to mobilize the resources needed to revamp the road transmission and distribution network.
4th September 2023 – The government is firming up plans to dual the Eldoret- Nairobi highway before extending the same to the border town of Malaba. This move, Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen says, will help ease the movement of goods and services.
14th April 2023 – Kenya has signed a Sh37.2 billion ($286.1 million) loan deal with China to finance the conversion of Kiambu Road into a dual carriageway to ease traffic congestion. According to Roads PS Joseph Mbugua, the Kenyan government – through the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (Kura), has entered into a deal with Chinese firm Sinohydro Corporation Limited for execution of the Kiambu Road dualling project.
20th April 2023 – KeNHA announced that the dualling of the Bomas-Rongai-Kiserian road will resume after six years. Speaking during a stakeholder’s public engagement forum in Rongai, KeNHA Nairobi Region Coordinator, Grace Mathaai, stated that the 27-kilometre stretch would be expanded to ease traffic.
