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The government spends more than Sh1.5 million daily to maintain Thika Superhighway, records from the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) show.
This makes the highway built during President Mwai Kibaki's administration the most expensive road to maintain in the country.
Nairobi News reports…
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A new report compiled by the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has named some of the most expensive roads in the country.
In the document, KeNHA lists Dongo Kundu Bypass in Mombasa as the most expensive road in the history of Kenya.
The highways agency says the the nine-kilometer stretch of…
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Uber has launched a Boda-Boda service that will allow commuters in Nairobi to hail motorbikes using the Uber app.
The new product, dubbed uberBODA, adds to Uber's growing number of services in Kenya, which include uberX, uberPOA, uberCHAPCHAP and uberSELECT.
The unveiling of uberBODA in Nairobi…
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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) says it will auction 568 cars that have overstayed at the port of Mombasa after importers failed to pick them.
In a gazette notice, KRA says it has given owners of the vehicles 30 days to clear them failure to which they will be auctioned.
Joseph Kaguru, the…
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Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia says the planned construction of an overpass from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) will begin soon.
Macharia says engineers are putting final touches on the design of the 28-kilometre bridge that will run from JKIA to…
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Moi International Airport (MIA) in Mombasa is set to undergo a major upgrade at a cost of Sh7 billion.
Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia says the funds will be used to refurbish airside pavements and airfield lighting system in the facility.
The upgrade, the Cabinet Secretary says, aims at…
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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has once again failed to meet its tax collection target in the three months ended September, 2018.
Latest data from the National Treasury shows the taxman fell short of the collection target by a whooping Sh60.46 billion.
The government expected KRA to net Sh 380.…
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A newly released survey report has ranked Nairobi as the most expensive city to live in the continent of Africa.
The survey, dubbed Cost of Living in Cities around the World: Prices and Earnings 2018, was carried out by UBS, a global bank headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.
The research which was…
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Uber is planning to launch minibus service targeting congested estates in Nairobi.
Uber’s East Africa General Manager Loic Amado says the service will be rolled out in Nairobi if the ongoing tests on the product in Egypt and Mexico are successful.
Uber says more than a third of Nairobi residents…
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Kenya Airways has reportedly reduced the number of flights flying directly on the newly launched Nairobi-New York route due to low demand
The airline's management attributes the low booking of tickets to effects of winter which has just started and hence the decision to cut back the number of…
