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Kenyans will pay to access Rironi-Nakuru-Mau Summit road, says CS

L-R Devolution CS Eugene Wamalwa, Tourism CS Najib Balala and Transport CS James Macharia speaking to the press on the ongoing construction of the Nairobi Expressway at Nextgen Mall along Mombasa road on February, 2, 2021 [Emmanuel Mochoge, Standard]

Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia has announced that Kenyans will pay to use the Rironi-Nakuru-Mau Summit road once it is complete.

Macharia said the Sh160 billion road, whose expansion will start in September, will lead to establishment of tolls where motorists will be charged to be allowed to use the road to ensure that the private institutions that have financed the project recover their money.

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