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Sh1 billion set aside for Nairobi BRT plan 

BRT station

A Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) station under construction along the Thika Superhighway in this picture taken on August 17, 2021.

Photo credit: Diana Ngila | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The project seeks to help decongest traffic within the Nairobi central business district and its environs.
  • For the bus rapid transport, Nairobi Metropolitan Area Authority has gazetted 12 mobility corridors.

The State has allocated Sh1.17 billion to finance implementation of the Nairobi bus rapid transport (BRT) project in the financial year starting July.

The national government will provide Sh1.05 billion while the balance will be footed through foreign financing, the National Treasury said in its expenditure plan for the new fiscal year.