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China's investment cap leaves State grappling with two toll tariffs

President William Ruto during the launch of the Rironi-Mau Summit road project, on November 28, 2025. [PCS]

The splitting of the contract to expand the Rironi–Mau Summit Road has caused complications for the roads agency, as it emerges that the two consortia had proposed different toll rates and annual price escalation rates. 

The Kenya National Highways Authority (KenNHA) last week announced that the expansion of the road, a critical artery for Kenya and its neighbours, would be undertaken by the two companies that had submitted Privately Initiated Proposals.

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