Mega transport projects in Nairobi that never take off

A heavy traffic snarl-up on the Nairobi-Mombasa road at Athi River. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

For the last five years, several plans on how the city’s roads can be decongested have been mooted and laws created, but very few have been actualised.

Competing interests, duplication of roles, endless planning and grandstanding by stakeholders are standing in the way of an efficient traffic flow and a working public transport system in Nairobi.