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President Uhuru Kenyatta's road dream for Nairobi road network

Participants drawn from both Government and the private sector during the second State House Summit on Transport and Infrastructure at State House, Nairobi mAugust 8th ,2016. An elevated road with two lanes is part of President Uhuru Kenyatta‘s plan to decongest Nairobi. (PHOTO: COURTESY PSCU)

An elevated road with two lanes is part of President Uhuru Kenyatta‘s plan to decongest Nairobi. The Sh38 billion double-deck road between Mlolongo and Westlands that is set to be constructed from next year, when completed,
will render the city‘s traffic nightmare a thing of the past.

Motorists would, however, have to pay every time they want to use it at toll stations.
Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia expects to get the project funding from the International Finance Corporation by the end of this year to pave the way for construction.

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