Luanda residents back Ruto’s planned expansion of Kisumu-Busia Highway
By Enock Amukhale, November 21, 2025Luanda residents in Vihiga county have given their reactions to President William Ruto’s plan of including the Kisumu-Busia road among the roads to be expanded.
Most of the residents have welcomed the plans of expanding the Kisumu-Busia road, which passes through Luanda town.
Residents who spoke to People Daily digital on Friday, November 21, 2025, said the expansion of the road will ease transport along the busy highway.
“We are fully supporting President William Ruto’s move to include the Kisumu-Busia road among the highways to be expanded. The expansion will ease traffic movement and also promote the economic growth of the Luanda market,” Wycliffe Mitimo, a trader at the Luanda market.
He also noted that the expansion of the highway will reduce cases of accidents that occur frequently on the highway.
Many residents propose the construction of flyover road at Luanda town to save many business buildings from demolition.
He, however, decried that the Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA) has been demolishing structures at Luanda town to pave the way for the expansion of the Highway, but nothing happens.
“We want President Ruto to actualise the plan of expanding the Kisumu-Busia highway. It should not be a storytelling issue. KeNHA has been demolishing our structures to pave the way for the expansion of the highway, but we have seen nothing. We want to see the super Kisumu-Busia highway,” Maritimo said.
On his part, Daniel Mbalanya says that with the expansion of the Kisumu-Busia highway, the ongoing construction of the Modern Luanda market will have value.
He says that with an expanded highway, the Modern Luanda Market will receive many traders.
“With the expansion of the Kisumu-Busia highway, the Modern Luanda Market will be connected to many business networks,” Mbalanya stated.
Ruto’s plan plan
The Head of State announced an ambitious nationwide infrastructure programme that will see the government dual 2,500 kilometres of road and tarmac an additional 28,000 kilometres over the next ten years.
The initiative, he said, is part of a broader effort to scale up Kenya’s transport and logistics capacity and support economic growth.
Speaking during his State of the Nation Address in Parliament, Ruto said the plan will ease mobility, unclog major transport corridors and enhance regional trade.
The government will also rely on Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs) to accelerate aviation infrastructure upgrades, including the modernisation of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Mombasa Airport and Lamu Airport.
The arrangement is also expected to support Kenya Airways, which continues to face operational challenges.
“This work is already in progress. Next week, I will launch the dualing of the 170-kilometre Rironi–Naivasha–Nakuru–Mau Summit Road,” the President said.
“On the same day, I will break ground for the dualing of the 57-kilometre Rironi–Mai Mahiu–Naivasha Road.”
He noted that the persistent gridlocks that paralyse traffic on the corridor, especially during weekends and holidays, will soon be a thing of the past.
The Nairobi–Nakuru highway is one of the country’s busiest and most economically significant routes, handling massive volumes of cargo and passenger movement.
Other major roads earmarked for dualing include Muthaiga–Kiambu–Ndumberi Road, Machakos Junction–Mariakani Road, Mau Summit–Kericho–Kisumu Road, Kisumu–Busia Road, Mau Summit–Eldoret–Malaba Road, Athi River–Namanga Road, Karatina–Nanyuki–Isiolo Road, Makutano–Embu–Meru–Maaua Road, Mtwapa–Malindi–Mombasa–Lunga Lunga Road, Kericho–Kisii–Isebania Road, Nakuru–Nyahururu–Karatina Road, and Kisii–Oyugis–Ahero Road.