The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has issued a progress report on the construction of the 42-kilometre Mombasa -Kwa Jomvu-Mariakani highway.
In a statement on Friday, September 5, the Authority revealed that the first phase of the project, from Mombasa to Kwa Jomvu, was 95.45 per cent complete while the second phase, from Kwa Jomvu to Mariakani, was 35 per cent complete.
Speaking during a routine inspection of the project, KeNHA Director General, Luka Kimeli, issued key updates on the highway, including compensation for those affected during the project implementation.
Kimeli, who was in the company of Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir, disclosed that the government had already commenced the compensation of the victims, with the process expected to be complete by the end of September this year.