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Uhuru launch a Sh4.5b bridge to make Mombasa and Island

Mombasa will regain its status as an island in the next one year following a plan by the government to build a Sh4.5 billion fixed bridge.

Speaking when he launched the construction of the Kibarani bridge yesterday, President Uhuru Kenyatta said the Makupa Causeway that turned Mombasa into a peninsula will be demolished in the next 12 months.

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