The government plans to expand and toll the Mau Summit–Malaba Highway, a move that will require motorists travelling to parts of western Kenya to pay user fees for the entire journey from Nairobi.
This follows the launch of a pre-feasibility study aimed at upgrading the 243-kilometre highway, converting it into an access-controlled toll road and expanding it from two lanes to four, according to disclosures by the Public Private Partnership Directorate.
With the Rironi–Mau Summit section already being upgraded into a toll road, motorists using the route, including those travelling to Eldoret, Bungoma, Kitale and Busia, could be required to pay toll fees for the full journey from Nairobi.
