Ruto cuts construction of new roads by 69pc on policy shift

A truck passes at a construction site along the Dualing of Mombasa -Mazeras- Mariakani Highway on December 18, 2024. 

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The length of new roads constructed in the last two financial years has fallen by nearly 70 percent, reflecting President William Ruto’s major shift from the heavy investments in infrastructure development by his two successive predecessors.

State-run road agencies — the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (Kura), and the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) — constructed a combined 1,037 kilometres of roads in the first two financial years under President Ruto’s administration.

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