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Why US is yet to break ground for Sh300 billion Nairobi-Mombasa expressway

US Ambassador Kyle McCarter at Malaria Diagnosis Centre in Kisumu on Thursday. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

The US Government has temporarily shelved funding for the proposed Sh300 billion Nairobi-Mombasa expressway over cost implications.

The dualing of the 485-kilometre road to ease perennial traffic snarl-ups was to be done by American engineering firm Bechtel after Kenya and US struck a deal during last year’s meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Uhuru Kenyatta at the White House.

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