China Road and Bridge Corporation wins KES 3.22 billion Old Mombasa Road upgrade in Nairobi, Kenya

China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) has won a KES 3.22 billion contract to upgrade the seven-kilometre Old Mombasa Road between the Nairobi Inland Container Depot (ICD) and Syokimau, Business Daily reported on 13 October 2026, citing disclosures by the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (Kura).

CRBC was expected to start work on 1 September 2026 and finish on 28 April 2029. The contract covers 18 months of construction followed by 12 months of maintenance.

The works include pavement construction, drainage, road furniture, utility relocation and traffic management. They also cover 259 double-arm LED streetlights on 10-metre poles, with substations, distribution boxes and power cables, and two kilometres of temporary gravel diversions.

The project is meant to improve the capacity, drainage, safety and reliability of the road. The Kura disclosures show that CRBC won the tender competitively.

CRBC's other work in Kenya includes the Nairobi Expressway, built at an estimated cost of KES 86.8 billion, and the Standard Gauge Railway, whose total cost was US$5.08 billion (KES 658.1 billion). CRBC is also finishing the KES 46 billion Talanta Stadium.