The Nairobi Expressway is the first major road project constructed under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, marking a critical milestone in Kenya's pursuit of alternative infrastructure financing.
The project, whose construction started in 2019 and was completed earlier in 2022, is seen as having set the stage for the many mega projects that will now be built through the PPP model.
While PPP has in the past been billed as the panacea for reliance on costly debt, it remained elusive with investors giving Kenya a wide berth.
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