Wednesday, August 14, 2024 - Nairobi County Senator, Edwin Sifuna, has joined millions of Kenyans in opposing the proposal by Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) to toll Thika Road.
In a statement on Tuesday, Sifuna who is also Orange
Democratic Movement (ODM) Secretary General, questioned why KeNHA would start
collecting fees for a road that has already been built with taxpayers'
money.
Sifuna promised to invite the KeNHA team to the Senate to
explain the proposal and its reasoning.
"I don’t know how KeNHA justifies the proposal to
start tolling roads built by taxpayer money years ago. Build new toll roads
mchukue pesa but you can’t start charging us for using Thika Road," said
Sifuna.
In a statement on Tuesday, KeNHA said there is an ongoing
discussion on the development of a Road Tolling Policy.
According to the authority, the policy will be developed with
extensive public participation to ensure all ideas from members of the public
are heard.
Some of the highways that are being considered for tolling
include the Nairobi Southern Bypass, Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit Highway, Thika
Superhighway, Kenol-Sagana-Marua Road, Mombasa Southern Bypass and Dongo Kundu
Bypass.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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