New Multi-Billion Roads Breathing Life into Quiet Kenyan Towns
Ongoing construction on an access road in Thika town.
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Kenya's little-known towns are turning into business hubs with accelerated infrastructure development by the government over the past years.
According to the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), there are 40 ongoing road projects in the country under the agency.
All these projects amounting to billions of shillings are part of the government's plan in building 4,120 kilometres of roads countrywide, of which an estimated 1,413 kilometres were completed by end of 2019.
Ongoing construction along the Mombasa, Mariakani road.
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The South Sudan Link road project is being undertaken by the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) at a cost of Ksh37 billion.