Government project to connect Mt Kenya and Rift Valley regions in line

Ground is set for the ambitious Mau Mau road  designed to increase business activities in Central Kenya.

 The Sh30 billion project has been awarded to  five contractors  and designed to be completed in two years.

In the 500 kilometers stretch to connect counties of Kiambu, Murang’a, Nyeri and Nyandarua funded by Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA)  will pass through more than 200 market centres.

Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia, KeNHA Chairman Eng Wangai Ndirangu and Director General Peter Mundinia said the project is earmarked to end in two years, to ease transport in the counties and beyond.

“The Sh30 billion project is on course with five contractors on site, as the government promised to deliver Mau Mau road  to ease connection in transportation of people and goods,” said   the CS.

Macharia spoke during a tour of inspection of status of the road in Murang’a said the project is an appreciation to the Mau Mau war veterans  who passed through the route when fighting the colonial soldiers along the Aberdare Forest.

The project starts at Gataka area in Kiambu and extends to Njeng’u area in Mweiga along the Nyeri-Nyahururu road.