Section Of Nairobi Expressway To Be Closed For 12 Hours On December 27

• Moja Expressway announced that the Nairobi Expressway will close on Wednesday, December 27, 2023
• Nairobi Expressway will be closed ar at the Mlolongo Entrance from 7am to 7pm
• Moja Expressway urged the public to use the Syokimau entrance when heading to the Nairobi CBD from Mlolongo

Dennis Lubanga, a Kenyan journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings more than 10 years of experience covering politics, news, and feature stories across digital and print media in Kenya.

Nairobi - Moja Expressway, the company managing the Nairobi Expressway has announced temporary closure of the road.

The company announced that the road will close on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at the Mlolongo Entrance from 7am to 7pm.

Motorists were advised to use the Syokimau entrance when heading to the Nairobi CBD from Mlolongo.

"We will temporarily close the Mlolongo Entrance from 7am to 7pm. We urge the public to use the Syokimau entrance when heading to the Nairobi CBD from Mlolongo. Apologies for the inconvenience," the statement read in part.

When will Nairobi Expressway exit be completed

Earlier, TUKO.co.ke reported that Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen announced that the Nairobi Expressway exit into the Central Business District (CBD) will be completed by mid-January.

Murkomen made this declaration during an inspection of the ongoing construction of the new Nairobi Expressway Exit Plaza at Greenpark.

"Today, I inspected the ongoing work on a new Nairobi Expressway Exit Plaza at Greenpark that will have five toll lanes," Murkomen tweeted on X.

The project, expected to be completed in mid-January, will help reduce traffic congestion and improve vehicle flow in the city," he added.

The exit will diverge in two directions, one leading to Processional Way into Haile Selassie Avenue and the other towards the Kenyatta Avenue roundabout.

What's the impact of Nairobi Expressway

Murkomen highlighted plans to expand the Museum Hill Exit by adding two more lanes to the existing three.

Murkomen emphasised the positive impact of the Nairobi Expressway as a testament to the success of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), noting that the expressway has significantly reduced travel time from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to Nairobi, cutting it down from two hours to a mere 20 minutes, and all without imposing any costs on taxpayers.

The CS further noted that the Expressway had created both temporary jobs during construction and permanent jobs for Kenyans operating the tolls.

"It has also become a major job creator, employing 6,000 Kenyans during its construction and now offering 500 permanent jobs. Some 200,000 subscribers have enrolled for the E-Ticketing system in 19 months, and the road has carried 26 million vehicles, proving that there was indeed demand for it," noted Murkomen.