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Roads and Transport CS Davis Chirchir has moved the opening of the Rironi–Naivasha section of the Rironi–Mau Summit road, built by China Road and Bridge Corporation, from the end of October to December 2026, the Daily Nation reported on 31 October. Chirchir has blamed a shortage of bitumen for delays on the road.
Kenya's Treasury puts the maximum cost of terminating the two Rironi–Mau Summit toll road contracts at KSh 93.38 billion and KSh 87.35 billion in 2027/28, in its draft 2027 Budget Policy Statement, Business Daily reported on 26 October 2026.
The Treasury plans toll concessions worth KSh 42.26 billion for Nairobi's Southern Bypass and a planned Mombasa Northern Bypass, Business Daily reported on 25 October 2026.
Kenya's Treasury has put the Naivasha–Malaba Standard Gauge Railway extension at KSh 651 billion, up KSh 148 billion on an estimate a year earlier, Business Daily reported on 22 October 2026.
China Road and Bridge Corporation has won a KES 3.22 billion contract to upgrade a seven-kilometre stretch of Old Mombasa Road in Nairobi, with the works expected to finish on 28 April 2029, Business Daily reported on 13 October 2026.
President William Ruto said he will open Phase One of the Rironi–Mau Summit highway in April 2027, ahead of the June 2027 date set at launch, Capital FM and Kenyans.co.ke reported on 11 October 2026.
On 7 October 2026, tarmac was being laid on the Rironi–Naivasha road in Kenya, The Star reported. Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir said on 9 September that the dualling would be finished by 30 October.
On 6 October 2026, the Kenya National Highways Authority said it had set up a Grievance Redress Mechanism for the Rironi–Gilgil section of the Rironi–Mau Summit highway, Kenyans.co.ke reported. The Rironi–Naivasha section is due to open on 30 October.
A study found the planned 243-km Mau Summit–Malaba highway technically viable within the existing road reserve; a full feasibility study will now set costs, traffic and tolls.
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are racing to finish venues for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, which starts on 19 June 2027. Kenya's flagship Talanta stadium was built by China Road and Bridge Corporation, and Kenya's organising chief says Kasarani's pitch should be finished by the end of October.
The Registrar struck off 176 more firms in September, part of a year of mass deregistration, as a Central Bank survey found 77% of employers plan no new hires.
Kenya restarted its stalled Nairobi–Malaba railway with Chinese contractors and separately swapped $3.5 billion of dollar SGR debt into yuan, saving an estimated $215 million a year.
