KeNHA to build high speed Nairobi-Mombasa highway

A section of Nairobi Mombasa highway at Tsavo National Park. The Expressway, once completed, is expected to reduce travel time from 10 hours to 4 hours. Photo: Denish Ochieng, Standard

Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has signed a deal on construction of an express highway from Nairobi to Mombasa.

The deal was signed between KeNHA and Bechtel International of San-Francisco with financing being sought from export credit agencies in the United States of America.