This archive report was first published on 23 December 2021.
Kenya's multi-billion shilling Nairobi Expressway project is on track to be completed in March 2022, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced on Thursday, December 23, 2021.
During a tour of ongoing infrastructural developments in Nairobi, the Head of State praised the Kenya-China partnership, thanking the Chinese government for its support.
'Our partnership with China is one that is mutually beneficial, based on win-win, and we are very grateful to the Chinese government for the support that they continue to render not only to our country but also to the rest of the countries in Africa,' President Kenyatta said.
The Sh60 billion Expressway project, which broke ground in October 2019 with China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) as the contractor, will have a four-lane and six-lane dual carriageway within the existing median of Mombasa Road, Uhuru Highway, and Waiyaki Way, as well as 10 interchanges.
State House confirmed that the Expressway was 93 per cent complete, with the section between the Eastern and Southern bypasses to be a six-lane dual carriageway, and the section from the Eastern Bypass and that from the Southern Bypass to James Gichuru to be a four-lane dual carriageway.
