The Nairobi Expressway; is it the last frontier in privatisation?

President Uhuru Kenyatta with Chinese Ambassador to Kenya, Dr Zhou Pingjian after he unveiled a commemorative plaque to officially commission the 27 km Nairobi Expressway, Nairobi County on July 31, 2022. [PSCU, Standard]

In the summer of 2005, I drove through a toll station in Long Island, New York State, without paying. I chose the express booth. One week later, I got a letter in the mail demanding that I pay $20 dollars for failing to pay $6 toll.

Payment options were listed, including contesting in court. There was a discount if I paid in the next two weeks. It did not matter that I was driving a hired car. They still traced me as the driver. I promptly paid. Two things caught my attention. One was the way the legal system works with carrots and sticks. Two was that in most toll roads, there was an option, another road, as good.