Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has said that the dualing of the Rironi-Mai-Mahiu-Nakuru- Mau Summit highway will begin on July 1, 2025.

Speaking during a joint funeral service of six of the twelve people who perished in a grisly road accident in Nakuru County on Thursday, May 15, 2025, Kindiki stated that the expansion of the road would significantly boost the economies of the region and reduce accidents.

“From July 1, 2025, we shall begin the construction and dualing of the Nakuru-Mau Summit-Eldoret Road so that we can reduce accidents,” Kindiki said.

“In the spirit of opening up this region from Nairobi, Nakuru and all the way to Western Kenya and Nyanza, we have always wanted to ensure this road is made into a dual carriageway.”

Kindiki said that he has directed engineers and the technical staff at the Ministry of Roads and Transport to ensure that they are on the site by July 1, 2025.

Legacy project

“The Ministry of Roads and Transport is directed by the president that from July, they must be present on the road. I believe that is going to be one of the signature projects for President William Ruto, and from July, that project is beginning,” Kindiki ordered.

He observed that one of the legacy projects by the late former president Mwai Kibaki was the Thika Superhighway, which runs all the way to Murang’a, and has benefited the region.

Kindiki equally noted that Ruto will be launching the expansion of the Rironi-Mau-Summit-Eldoret highway as his legacy project.

The dualing of the road comes just weeks after Ruto sealed deals that are to see the construction of three major highways and the Nithi Bridge during his state visit to the People’s Republic of China.

Black spot

During the joint funeral service, Kindiki also ordered engineers to expand the road, which claimed the lives of 12 people in the Chebonde area, a known black spot near Chebonde Bridge on the Njoro-Elburgon Road.

12 fatalities, all from the matatu, were confirmed. Among them were six males, five females, and a female student. Five people survived the crash—three from the lorry and two from the matatu—including both drivers, who were seriously injured.

Kindiki promised that the road would be redesigned and a climbing lane constructed to reduce the number of accidents at the black spot.

He also promised to buy another school bus for a primary school in the area whose students are forced to walk long distances along the road, exposing them to traffic accidents.

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