Nairobi County government will receive Ksh.43 billion from foreign partners to boost the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project that has stalled due to funding issues.
According to Governor Johnson Sakaja, the deal was sealed following months of negotiations with the European Investment Bank, European Union and French Development Agency.
The funds will now be used to construct Line 3 of the BRT which runs from Dandora to the Central Business District and Ngong.
Launched in August 2020, the BRT project is meant to ease traffic congestion within the county by providing dedicated bus lanes and modern stations.
“I want to promise that next year we’ll see a marked difference. Yesterday, I received a delegation from the European Investment Bank, European Union, and French Development Agency who have confirmed Ksh.43 billion for Line 3 of the BRT which comes from Dandora to CBD to Kenyatta and Ngong will be completed,” Sakaja said during the Jamhuri Day celebrations.
He pointed out that his administration would partner with the national government to revamp the roads within the city that have been left in a desolate state.
“We are increasing movement and mobility within the city. With the national govt we are addressing key roads that have been left dilapidated for many years,” he remarked.
“On Monday, we toured Uhuru Highway, Mombasa Road and Waiyaki Way with Roads CS Davis Chirchir to make sure that the undercarriage is restored. I want to promise that next year we’ll see a marked difference.”
In his speech, the governor added that the county would be renaming some of the roads in honour of Kenyan artists.
He acknowledged that one of the roads in South C would be renamed after E-sir (Issah Mmari), the hip-hop trailblazer whose musical journey was abruptly cut short after he died in a road accident at the tender age of 21.
