Why State put Sh180bn Mau Summit highway plan on hold

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An artistic impression of Nairobi to Mau summit toll road. 

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The Kenya Kwanza administration put on hold the construction of the Mau Summit highway because it was expensive, with the State now pushing for a review of the Sh179.9 billion ($1.3 billion) project.

The new administration reckons that it found the total cost to be too high given the current dynamics where Kenya is in a tight fiscal space.

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