How new rules, legal changes will boost funding for Kenyan roads

Workers at a road construction site in Kwale. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The Kenyan road sector has been grappling with huge infrastructure funding deficits which calls for innovative ways to bridge the gap currently standing at approximately Sh600 billion.

Currently, the Kenya Roads Board (KRB) fully depends on collections from Roads Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF) charged at Sh18 per litre of petrol and diesel and transit tolls to maintain over 164,000 kilometres of the road network.

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