Kenyans To Fork Out Land For Gov’t’s Multi-Billion Dual Carriageway
The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) announced on Friday that it will acquire additional land from Kenyans for the Mombasa-Mariakani Road project.
In an official gazette notice dated September 13, 2024, the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) announced its intention to acquire land parcels ranging in size from 0.1 to 0.8 acres.
This, according to KeNHA, will assist the government in its efforts to dual the Mombasa-Mariakani (A109) Road.
In the notice, Gershom Otachi, Chairperson of the National Lands Commission (NLC), advised affected parties to obtain land plans for inspection at Ardhi House and the National Land Commission’s County Co-ordinator’s Office in Mombasa County prior to potential compensation.
Previously, KeNHA obtained land from residents in order to dual the Mombasa-Mariakani Road in a legal dispute.
In 2015, KeNHA’s efforts to acquire more land were thwarted when the affected residents sued the agency.
The petitioners claimed that the due process for compulsory acquisition had been violated and that they had not been compensated.
The Kenyan government received funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB), the German Development Bank (KfW), and the European Union-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund (EU-AITF) for the Mombasa-Mariakani (A109) Highway road project.
The project begins at the Kwa Jomvu interchange and follows the existing road’s alignment through Miritini, Mazeras, and Mariakani, ending just after the Mariakani weighbridge.
KeNHA is facilitating the construction of the 30.4-kilometer road at a cost of Ksh 10.4 billion.
The new project is expected to increase capacity from the current two-lane roadway to a four-lane dual carriageway with climbing lanes and service lanes in urban areas.
It also aims to improve grade intersections along the project road and build non-motorized facilities such as pedestrian footbridges, improved urban drainage, truck parking facilities, and weighbridges.
Kenyans To Fork Out Land For Gov’t’s Multi-Billion Carriageway
