Ruto reveals plan to expand busy Nairobi-Nakuru to six-lane highway
President William Ruto has announced the government’s plan to expand the traffic-prone Nairobi-Nakuru highway to hasten transport.
Speaking on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, in Keratina, Naivasha, in Nakuru County, Ruto said the busy highway will be expanded to a six-lane dual carriageway.
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“Tumekubaliana hii barabara yenu tunapanua. Tunaweka badala ya leni mbili, tunaweka leni sita kutoka Nairobi hadi hapa Nakuru. Na mimi nakuja kuanzisha hiyo mwezi ujao, next month,” he said.
The Head of State said the move is part of the government’s initiative to foster development in the country and at the same time address road accidents, especially on busy highways.
“Hakuna vile Nakuru na Kenya itabadilishwa bila maendeleo. Hiyo lazima tufanye,” Ruto said.
The sentiments come days after he revealed plans to extend the expansion of the Nairobi–Nakuru–Mau Summit highway further into Western Kenya.
Speaking at the launch of the Mau Forest Complex Integrated Conservation and Livelihood Improvement Programme in Nakuru County on Monday, the president outlined that the road project would extend from Mau Summit westwards to Kericho and Kisumu, while another branch will stretch from Mau Summit to Eldoret and onwards to the Malaba border with Uganda.
“The expansion will not stop in Mau Summit. I want it to go to Kericho and then Kisumu and another to extend to Eldoret and then the Malaba border,” President Ruto stated.
The expansion project is slated to commence next month, with Ruto noting that progress is already underway due to the involvement of the private sector through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model.
“If we would have said to use the national government budget, we would not have managed. We have to think outside the box; if we have to build enough roads in Kenya, we have to bring investment from the private sector,” the President explained.
The President defended the government’s choice of the PPP model, highlighting its role as the only sustainable approach to financing large infrastructure projects without straining the national budget.
He urged MPs to fast-track the enactment of the Infrastructure Bond legislation to support the timely delivery of the government’s ambitious development goals.
“We need to entrench the Infrastructure Bond into law to enable the government to deliver on its development pursuits in time,” Ruto said.
