Dual cariageway to be built on Southern bypass

The government has signed a 16.9 billion shilling loan agreement with the Chinese government for the construction of the Nairobi southern bypass, a 28.6 kilometer dual-carriage road.

Kenya will fund 15 per cent of the project with the Chinese through its Export-Import Bank funding the rest of the project.China remains one of Kenya’s leading bilateral partners having taken the lead in development assistance especially around infrastructural development.