Billionaire businessman Peter Munga is quietly positioning himself at the heart of Kenya’s biggest road project— the Sh468 billion Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway. Regulatory records reveal that Munga’s family business, Kiewa Group, holds a 50 percent stake in Quickpass Ltd, the Kenyan firm working with Everstrong Capital, a US-based infrastructure investor behind the expressway. The road, set […]
Kenya’s dream of a faster, safer, and more efficient link between its two biggest cities has taken a major step forward. United States-owned Everstrong Capital has officially handed over a full feasibility study report to the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) for the Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway. The 2,300-page document details everything from engineering plans to environmental […]
The Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway, also known as the Usahihi Expressway, aims to reduce the travel time between Nairobi and Mombasa from the current 10.5 hours to approximately 4.5 hours, addressing one of Africa’s most congested routes.
“Usahihi will pay for itself, not burdening the Government of Kenya. It is structured as a Public Private Partnership with revenue coming from road users. Usahihi will organize finance, construction, tolling, operation, and maintenance of the expressway under a 30-year concession with construction lasting 3-4 years,”
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