Weakening shilling to hit expressway users in the pocket

Southern Bypass toll station. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

It will cost you more to use the Nairobi Expressway after the government adjusted the toll charges upwards to cushion the project’s investors from the weakening local currency.

The Transport and Infrastructure Ministry on Friday published new toll rates, increasing the minimum amount motorists can pay to Sh120 from the earlier Sh100, while the maximum will go up to Sh1,800 from Sh1,550. The charges will depend on the distance that motorists will cover on the expressway as well the size of their vehicles.