Davis Chirchir Unveils New Plan to Fast-Track Rironi-Naivasha Highway Works

Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir announced a new strategy to accelerate work on the 60-kilometre Rironi-Naivasha section, targeting one kilometre of road per day. Crews will complete the road base first so they can apply the final asphalt layer more quickly; ten asphalt pavers have arrived in Mombasa, and the government says earlier bitumen supply constraints have been addressed. The government now aims to open the section to the public before the end of the year, after missing an October 30 deadline and moving the opening target to early December 2026. Chirchir said more than 90 teams were deployed along the route, where work had previously progressed at about four kilometres per week.