Blow to Kenya as Trump Cancels Ksh7 Billion Nairobi Road Project

The project has been in the pipeline since 2023, when Ruto visited the U.S. and inked a deal with former U.S President Joe Biden, and the government had plans to complete it in the June 2027 fiscal year...

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The U.S. government has canceled a Ksh7.76 billion GIS platform project aimed at easing Nairobi's traffic congestion, a significant blow to Kenya's urban transport initiatives. This setback is attributed to shifts in U.S. foreign aid policy and follows the disruption of other bilateral agreements since Donald Trump took office.

The canceled project, part of the Kenya Millennium Development Fund (KMDF), was intended to improve Nairobi's multimodal transport system and had only reached 30 percent completion.
The United States was to contribute Ksh5.8 billion, with Kenya providing an additional Ksh1.56 billion.
The stalled projects will be reconsidered under the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (NaMATA) in the next financial year, pending resolution of external funding issues.

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