President William Ruto is expected to break ground on the proposed Nairobi-Thika Expressway within the next two months, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has said. The elevated road is intended to ease congestion along Thika Road.
Speaking in Kiambu County on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, during the launch of works on the Kimbo-Matangi road, Kindiki said preparations for the project were at an advanced stage.
“Between one and two months, the President will come here for the groundbreaking of the road’s construction,” he said.
The expressway will run for about 60 kilometres, linking Thika town to Museum Hill in Nairobi, and is expected to be built through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP).
Kindiki said the new road would follow the model of the Nairobi Expressway, which has eased travel between Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and Westlands.
“We want to construct an expressway that links Thika town to Nairobi at Museum Hill,” he said. “The same way we have the Nairobi Expressway that begins from JKIA and terminates at James Gichuru in Westlands, we are going to connect Thika town with Nairobi at Museum Hill using an elevated expressway.”
Because it will be elevated, the expressway will give motorists a choice between using the new road and continuing to use the existing Thika Superhighway.
The Deputy President said the corridor needed additional capacity because traffic had increased alongside the expansion of towns along the route.
“Former President Mwai Kibaki built the Thika Superhighway, but people still experience traffic jams,” he said. “We have busy towns such as Thika, Ruiru and Juja.”
Preliminary estimates put the cost of the project at between Sh150 billion and Sh200 billion. Experts were engaged about a month ago to carry out the design and feasibility studies.
The studies cover the route, engineering, traffic capacity, construction costs, environmental and social impacts, and land requirements.
During an earlier tour of Kiambu on October 7, Kindiki said the project had reached the final design stage.
“We are designing and completing the feasibility studies for the Thika-Nairobi Expressway,” he said at the time. “We are building this country step by step, project by project, kilometre by kilometre.”
The expressway is part of a wider government plan to improve roads in Kiambu County. The government has set aside Sh152 billion to build and upgrade 1,656 kilometres of roads in the county. Of these, 368 kilometres have been completed at a cost of Sh20 billion.
Kindiki also said the Muthaiga-Kiambu road, which runs from Muthaiga Police Station to Ndumberi, would be expanded to ease peak-hour congestion for motorists travelling between Kiambu town and Nairobi.
“It is being upgraded from a single carriageway to a dual carriageway,” he said.
The contract for the Muthaiga-Kiambu road has been signed, and the contractor is expected to begin work soon.
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