KeNHA Warns Kenyans as Five Convicted of Encroachment
The authority warned Kenyans to comply or face a similar fate...
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The Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA) announced that five Kenyans were convicted in a Mombasa Law Court for encroaching on a road reserve along the Mombasa–Nairobi highway. This follows their failure to comply with multiple vacation notices issued on April 4.
- Five Kenyans pleaded guilty to encroachment charges.
- The KeNHA case cited violations of Section 49(1)(a) read with Section 49(6) of the Kenya Roads Act No. 2 of 2007.
- This incident comes as the proposed 419km Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway Project, dubbed Usahihi Express and estimated to cost Ksh468 billion, recently faced setbacks with its development proposal being abandoned by the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Committee.
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