The Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) is planning to renovate 8 kilometres of roads in Umoja Estate, Embakasi West Constituency.
The project which will be undertaken at a cost of Sh902million will touch on eight roads within Umoja Innercore and its environs.
Umoja Innercore is composed of several road links that include Ruaraka Crescent Road, Kangundo Moi Drive link, Malewa – Mwangaza Road, Nasra Estate Road, Kifaru Mutindwa Road, Kangundo Service Road, Mowlem Link Road, and Outer Ring Road.
Plans included in the project involve upgrading the roads to bitumen standards, a 7-meter wide two-lane carriageway, inclusion of a 2-meter footpath, bus bays, drainage facilities, road marking, and street lighting. The authority detailed that the road project is expected to be complete by November 2022.
Speaking during the commissioning of the road, Embakasi West MP George Theuri promised that the road project would improve opportunities for residents and locals in the area.
“This project will open up Umoja and its environs to commercial ventures, enable residents to move with ease, improve security, create local employment, and improve connectivity within Embakasi West,” Theuri mentioned.
Theuri has already announced plans for similar undertakings within Innercore in his last year’s development plans.
The rehabilitation is part of Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS’s) ambitious plan to rehabilitate 444 kilometers of road in one year. NMS Director General Maj. Gen. Mohammed Badi pointed out that the aim of the 444-kilometer project is to increase accessibility in the informal settlements.
“One year from now, all access roads within the informal settlements will be tarmacked,” Badi affirmed.
