Partial Closure on Mombasa-Nairobi Highway and Dualling Plans for Nairobi-Nakuru Highway Amidst Gridlock - August 2025

Kenya's major transport corridors are facing significant disruptions and planned developments. The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) announced a two-week partial closure of a section of the Mombasa-Nairobi Highway from Makupa Bridge to the Changamwe Interchange, beginning August 23, 2025. This comes as severe traffic gridlock has left thousands of travelers stranded for nearly two days on the Nairobi–Nakuru and Nairobi–Narok highways. Separately, the government has initiated stakeholder consultations for the dualling of the 175-kilometre Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit Highway, a project announced by Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir.