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Kenya’s good roads network increased to 18.2 percent in 2018 from 9.9 percent in 2009
  • Kenya has allocated $514 million in road improvements across the country.
  • This is a 22.2 percent increase in the funds allocated for road maintenance for the full year FY2021/2022. 
  • KeNHA is set to receive the largest share of the budget totalling to $212 million

Kenya has allocated $514 million in road improvements across the country for the year 2022/2023, a 22.2 percent increase in the funds allocated for road maintenance for the 2021/2022 full year. 

Latest data from the Kenya Roads Board Annual Public Roads Programme 2022/2023 report indicate that money was allocated to Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA), Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA), Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA), Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), and Roads Sector Investment Programme Gaps (RSIPG), for the purpose of maintenance and restoration of public roads. 

According to the report, KeNHA is set to receive the largest share of the budget totalling to $212 million with

Girls learning how to ride a bike. Rural communities in Africa are especially badly hit by transport challenges. www.theexchange.africa

The world today is at a crossroads dealing with numerous crises including the decades-long climate crisis which has led to unprecedented biodiversity loss and rising inequalities among other challenges. 

In 2019, the Covid-19 pandemic struck knocking everything off balance. 

It is against this backdrop that the UN climate change conference (COP26) is taking place in Glasgow, Scotland. 

As the world is resurging from the negative economic effects of the pandemic, the COP was a good place, and in good time, to help the world reset when it comes to matters climate change. One of the biggest casualties of the pandemic was transport which badly affected value chains as logistics became impossible. 

Making non-motorised transport chic 

Globally, transport is one of the biggest contributors to pollution. To address this challenge, the world has slowly been making positive steps towards making non-motorised transport chic in a bid to cut down