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Freeze on new matatus, roundabouts to go as city traffic masterplan unveiled

Kenya: Nairobi residents could spend less time on busy highways if a new initiative to decongest the city is effected.

Among the measures unveiled yesterday, the national government and Nairobi County Government have jointly sanctioned removal of the six roundabouts along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway and a freeze on licensing of new matutus seeking to ply the city and its environs.

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