Govt Explains Sudden Blockade Next to Eastern Bypass
24 May 2021 - 6:54 pm
Police officers manning a roadblock that went up in Eastleigh estate on May 7, 2020, after the government ordered a lockdown over a spike in Covid-19 cases.
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The government has issued an explanation on why it abruptly closed down a slip road connected to Nairobi s Eastern Bypass.
In a statement issued on Monday, May 24, the state, through Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA), explained that the closure of the road was necessary since it was considered a bottleneck that was causing traffic.
Motorists had raised safety concerns to the authority complaining that it had erected blockades without issuing a notice or having a warning road sign.
KeNHA Acts After Mombasa Road Traffic Outrage
Traffic on Mombasa Road in May 2021.
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The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has defended itself over the traffic disruption on Mombasa Road, occasioned by the construction of the Nairobi Expressway.
In a statement on Tuesday, May 18, the road agency assured that it was addressing some overbearing factors that had made traffic on the road worse due to the ongoing rains in the city. We have initiated drainage improvement works at locations such as Nyayo Stadium Roundabout to ensure the drainage remains free-flowing at all affected locations, KeNHA revealed.
The agency noted the rains had created constrictions, as the relocation works in some instances, had interfered with the existing side drainage causing ponding of water along with certain locations on the road.
Sh18bn Kibwezi-Kitui road opens up region for trade
Wednesday May 19 2021
By PIUS MAUNDU
Summary
The Kenya National Highways Authority (Kenha) managing director Peter Mundinia says the Sh18.4 billion project, which is funded jointly by Kenyan taxpayers and the Chinese EX-IM Bank is more than 90 percent complete.
However, the agency has opened up the road for use ahead of its commissioning.
The class B road, which is part of the Mombasa-Isiolo-Addis Ababa Transport Corridor, will provide a direct link between Mombasa and Ethiopia through Isiolo and Moyale.
The 192km Kibwezi-Kitui-Migwani road is not yet complete but its benefits are already being felt.
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At least 11 people reportedly drowned and property worth millions of shillings destroyed in Machakos and Nairobi counties following heavy rains.
The heaviest death toll was recorded in Machakos where six people were swept away by raging waters in three separate incidents on Thursday night.
The first incident occurred at Itunduimuni seasonal river in Masinga location, where three people were swept away as they tried to cross the flooded river.
Flooded Ombaka village in Nyando Kisumu county as a result of the backflow of Lake Victoria. Over 2,000 households have been displaced from the village. (Collins Oduor, Standard)
Among them was a mother and her baby who were riding on a motorcycle when they were swept away by flood waters.