This archive report was first published on 22 December 2019.
Construction of the Mau Mau Road, a 540-kilometre artery that will connect four counties in Central Kenya, is set to begin next month. The project, valued at Sh30 billion, will be handled by four contractors and will be completed within two years.
According to Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia, the project will be done in four phases, with a two-year completion period. The road will start at Gataka in Githunguri, Kiambu County, and end at Njengu in Nyeri, where it will join the Nyeri-Nyahururu road.
The road will pass through 69 market centres in the upper tea-growing regions of Nyeri, Muranga, and Kiambu, with a branch through the Aberdare Forest from Murang'a. It will also connect to Nyandarua at Njabini in Kinangop.
President Uhuru Kenyatta has pledged that the project will be completed before his term ends, in honour of freedom fighters who made huge sacrifices for the liberation of the country.
During an inspection of roads ahead of construction, Mr Macharia said the ministry had chosen to have the project handled by four contractors – two for the stretch in Kiambu and one each on Murang'a and Nyeri sections.
