Construction of BRT system in full swing in East Africa

Posted on :Monday , 17th June 2019

Successful demonstration of BRT was done by Dar es Salaam, which is the first city to launch a BRT system in East Africa. After the completion of the first phase of the 21 Km BRT in the Dar Es Salaam which includes five terminals, seven feeders, 27 stations and three connector stations. Currently, around 140 buses are running daily on their special lanes. On the same lines the national treasury. . .

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN KENYA GETS A USD 250 MILLION BOOST

Posted on :Monday , 13th May 2019

A USD 250 million loan to Kenya has been approved by the World Bank for a large scale affordable housing project. World Bank’s Kenya Country Director Mr. Felipe Jaramillo, said that the establishment and operationalisation of the Kenya Mortgage Refinance Corporation (KMRC), a largely private sector-owned and non-deposit taking financial institution supervised by the Central Bank of Kenya . . .

CONSTRUCTION OF OUTER RING-THIKA HIGHWAY EXCHANGE IN KENYA COMMENCES

Posted on :Monday , 29th April 2019

The Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) has started construction of a advanced flyover exchange connecting the Outer Ring Road and Thika Super Highway in Kenya, in a bid to comfort traffic congestion as a result of high population frequency in the Eastern Nairobi.

The cooperation has therefore declared a 3 month closure of the overpass at GSU headquarters to make sure that the con. . .

KENYA ON THE CUSP OF AN UNPRECEDENTED CONSTRUCTION BOOM

Posted on :Monday , 22nd April 2019

The central pillar of Kenya’s Vision 2030 infrastructure development is among the strong holds and in 2015 the USD 3 bn construction sector contributed 4.8% to the Kenyan economy. According to a recent survey 148,000 people are formally employed in the domestic building and construction industry.

 Although building and construction contractors are required to be registered wi. . .

Kenya to sign deal for the US $3bn Nairobi-Mombasa expressway project

Posted on :Friday , 12th April 2019

Kenya is set to sign the US $3bn deal with USA for the construction of Nairobi-Mombasa expressway this month. US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter announced the reports and said the deal will pave way for construction works to begin anytime after June.

The contract includes development of three additional Special Economic Zones along the alignment next to strategic interchanges w. . .