Road maintenance drops to 6-year low amid budget slash

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Thika super highway. 

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The total length of roads repaired by the State fell 28 percent to 35,965 kilometres in the year to June 2025, the lowest level in six years, as the government cut allocations for development, including road maintenance.

Road construction and maintenance agencies, for the first time in almost a decade, failed to meet their annual maintenance targets, missing the mark by 5,148 kilometres, which is roughly equivalent to more than circling Kenya’s borders.

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