Govt Kicks Off Plan for Dualing of Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit
The project is expected to take 24 months...
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The Kenyan government has initiated stakeholder consultations for the expansion of the Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit Highway, a critical infrastructure project aimed at dualing the 175-kilometre stretch. Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir announced the engagement on Monday, August 18, emphasizing public participation and transparency for this ambitious undertaking.
- The project is expected to take 24 months to complete, generating formal and informal jobs.
- Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir stated that transparency will be maintained throughout the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) process, similar to the Nairobi Expressway model.
- The original Ksh190 billion contract with a French consortium was cancelled due to financially unsustainable terms, with two Chinese companies now competing for the project.
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Bus Incidents Occur on City Roads as Govt Initiates Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit Highway Dualing - August 2025
The Kenyan government has initiated stakeholder consultations for the expansion of the 175-kilometre Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit Highway. Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir announced the public engagement on August 18 for the project, which aims to dual the critical stretch. On the same day, a Guardian Angel bus erupted in flames on the Nairobi–Nakuru Highway at Soysambu, causing significant traffic disruption. In a separate incident in Nairobi, a passenger bus from the Kanash fleet plunged into a ditch on Magadi Road near the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, reportedly after veering off the road while overlapping, leading to major traffic congestion.
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