President William Ruto has announced that the Rironi-Mau Summit Highway will be completed by April 2027, two months ahead of the initial June deadline.

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Speaking during a church service at St. Mark’s Catholic Church in Likuyani Constituency on Sunday, October 11, Ruto said the first phase of the Northern Corridor project, which runs to Mau Summit, would be completed by April next year.

The project forms part of the Northern Corridor, a major transport route linking the Port of Mombasa to other East African countries.

Ruto added that construction of the next section, from Mau Summit to the border town of Malaba, would begin once the first phase is complete.

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“I want to assure you that the road will connect Mombasa and neighbouring countries like Uganda. Phase One will reach Mau Summit. I will open the road in April 2027. That is when we will begin the construction of the Mau Summit-Malaba highway,” Ruto stated.

The President added that the highway would have four to six lanes in different sections to ease congestion and generate revenue for the country.

“We will construct it with six lanes in some areas and four lanes at some points to reduce congestion and also help us generate revenue,” he added.

The latest announcement brings the expected completion date of the 175-kilometre Rironi-Mau Summit Highway forward by two months, from June to April 2027.

Construction works have also been intensified, with some sections of the highway expected to open to traffic before the end of 2026.

According to Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir, the Rironi-Naivasha section of the wider Rironi-Mau Summit highway will be fully dualled by October 30, 2026.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke