Tag: construction
Traffic Disruption: Major Roads Set for Upgrade in Nairobi
The Director-General of the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) Silas Kinoti published a full list of all major roads in Nairobi set...
Thika superhighway footbridges near completion
Completion of footbridges at Survey, along Thika Road, will take two more months, the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) boss has...
Section of Nairobi-Mombasa road to be closed for nine days
Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) on Tuesday said a section of the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway at Mlolongo area will remain closed for the...
Work on Uganda’s first car factory gets under way
Kiira Motors, Uganda’s state-owned automotive company, has begun work on a $263m assembly plant and plans to begin production for the...
Construction of Kenol-Isiolo dual road in Kenya to begin
Construction works of the Kenol-Isiolo dual road in Kenya, a project that seeks to further ease transportation and trade in the Northern...
Kenya to sign deal for Sh51 billion JKIA-Westlands expressway
The much-awaited Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA)-Westlands Expressway could soon become a reality as the State seeks to ink a deal...
Sh144bn road projects being undertaken
More than 11 major roads are being constructed at a cost of about Sh144 billion across the country.
The...
Major Nairobi Road to Face 12-Day Disruption
The Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) has notified commuters who use Ngong Road of planned traffic disruptions from March 25 to April 5,...
Construction of Likoni Special Economic Zones set to kick off
Construction of the US $30m Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and the second phase of the Dongo Kundu bypass in Likoni, coast of...
Construction of the Sh30 billion dual carriage road due this July
Construction will be under the supervision of Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA).
Yesterday, KeNHA Director General Peter Mundinia...
Compensation row: Omtatah wants construction of James Gichuru Road stopped
Activist Okiya Omtatah has moved to court seeking to stop construction work by China WuYi Limited along James Gichuru-Rironi highway.
Omtatah...
Kenyans embrace new SGR
As Uganda waits for Kenya to complete the second phase of its obligation to construct the Standard Gauge Railway to the boarder,in...
2018 in Review: Most popular construction stories in Kenya
As the year comes to a close, we disclose the news items that took the construction industry by storm in 2018 – sparking traffic...
Expanding the roads no panacea to Nairobi’s daily traffic gridlock
The Daily Nation recently reported the Transport ministry’s plans to construct a 28-kilometre highway to address the daily traffic jam on Mombasa Road, in a bid...
Airport-CBD overpass to be built next year, says Macharia
Construction of an overpass to link Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) with Central Business District is set to commence in March next year.
The overpass also known as a...
Stalled Outering Road now 94% complete, says Kura
The Kenya Urban Roads Authority has lagged behind in completing the Outering Road even after seeking a three-month extension in July. But now the...
