Kenya's NLC gives notice to acquire 11 parcels for Kiambu Road dualling, a Stecol contract financed by a China EXIM Bank loan

The National Land Commission (NLC) has given notice that it intends to acquire 11 parcels of land in Nairobi and Kiambu counties for the dualling of the Muthaiga–Kiambu–Ndumberi road. Kenyans.co.ke and The Kenya Times reported the notice on 7 November 2026, and Kenyans.co.ke says it is dated 6 November.

The commission is acting for the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) under section 110 of the Land Act, 2012, which covers compulsory acquisition of land for public purposes.

The road is the 23.5-kilometre project for which an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract was signed with the Chinese firm Stecol Corporation on 17 March 2026, the Kenyan construction news site Mjengo Hub reported. Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir witnessed the signing. Mjengo Hub and the construction news site Construction Review both put the cost at KSh 38.7 billion, financed by a loan from China's EXIM Bank, with about KSh 7.2 billion of the total set aside for land acquisition and for moving services such as water and power lines.

Kenyans.co.ke lists the 11 parcels by land reference number and size, in acres: 12826/2 (10.85), 5980/1 (4.67), 80/2 (1.25), 12855/26 (1.09), 81/2 (0.88), 5918/14 (0.54), 4884/1 (0.49), 5989/188 (0.48), 7022/10 (0.21), 5989/183 (0.15) and 5989/186 (0.06).

Interested persons can inspect the plans of the affected land at the NLC offices, Ardhi House, 3rd Floor, Room 305, 1st Ngong Avenue, Nairobi. The Kenya Times adds that the plans can also be inspected at the county coordinators' offices in Nairobi and Kiambu, during official working hours.

The dual carriageway is to run from Pangani through Ridgeways, Windsor, Runda and Kiambu Town to Ndumberi, Kenyans.co.ke and Mjengo Hub say. The existing two-lane B32 road is to become a four-lane dual carriageway with service lanes, pedestrian walkways and six footbridges.

Construction Review lists new bridges and overpasses at Muthaiga Golf Club Spur, Coffee Garden, Tala Road, Ridgeways and Kirigiti Junction. Kenyans.co.ke also lists U-turns at Coffee Garden, Ridgeways and Runda, and an overpass at Mua Road.

In a notice on 15 July 2025, the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) said the government had received a commitment from China through the China Export Import Bank, Kenyans.co.ke reported that day. KeNHA was the initial executing agency during prequalification and tendering in 2025; KURA is now the primary implementing agency, Construction Review says.

Construction is to take 36 months, followed by a 24-month defects liability period. Construction Review's factsheet gives early 2029 as the scheduled completion.