The billions that waste away in Nairobi’s endless traffic jams

Motorists stuck in heavy traffic on Mbagathi Way, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Traffic jams in Nairobi are now estimated to cost the Kenyan economy Sh100 billion every year, which would translate to about Sh11 million per hour.

So bad is the gridlock in the capital that a Government agency ranked Nairobi as the fourth most congested city globally.