The 192-kilometre Kibwezi-Migwani-Mbondoni road is now 52 per cent complete, the government has announced, with substantial completion expected before the end of the year.

🇰🇪 Breaking It Down

Principal Secretary for the State Department for Livestock Development Jonathan Mueke, provided the update after inspecting the project on June 28, describing the highway as a key infrastructure development expected to boost trade, create jobs and improve livelihoods across the Ukambani region.

"I inspected the progress of the Kibwezi-Migwani-Mbondoni road, a key infrastructure project that will boost trade, create jobs and improve livelihoods across Ukambani," Mueke said.

"The project is now 52 per cent complete, and we expect it to be substantially completed by December 2026 as part of the Government's economic transformation agenda," he added.

📌 What You Need to Know

The 192-kilometer Kibwezi-Mutomo-Kitui-Migwani-Mbondoni Road is a critical infrastructure project that links the Mombasa-Nairobi Highway to the Thika-Garissa Highway.

The overall cost of the infrastructure project is approximately Ksh21.5 billion to Ksh22.2 billion, depending on the addition of counterpart allocations, as it combines a major highway contract and a newly launched extension section.

The road provides linkages to six distinct counties. Starting at Kibwezi, off the Mombasa-Nairobi Highway, the route offers Coast-bound traffic from Mombasa and Kwale counties a direct alternative that bypasses Nairobi's notorious congestion.

It then cuts through Makueni and Kitui counties before terminating at Mbondoni, where it connects with the Thika-Garissa Highway, opening corridors toward Garissa, Meru, and far northern routes, including Moyale.

The significance of the project is that the road is expected to reshape how cargo moves across Kenya, offering commercial trucks a direct bypass between the Mombasa-Nairobi Highway and the Thika-Garissa Highway, cutting out Nairobi's crippling congestion.

Beyond easing city traffic, the route also serves as a vital alternative corridor linking coastal ports to northern counties such as Garissa, Wajir, and Isiolo, directly supporting the broader LAPSSET development agenda.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke