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Building footbridges should not cost taxpayers an arm and a leg

Reports that four footbridges to be built on Nairobi’s Lang’ata Road could cost Sh5 billion- making them some of the world’s most expensive footbridges- stirred an uproar yesterday.

Worst of all, the proposed Sh65 billion expressway along Mombasa Road could render the bridges useless in what is akin to throwing money away.

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