Kenya imepata grant kutoka Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) kusaidia maandalizi ya barabara ya Mau Summit–Eldoret–Malaba, project inayokadiriwa kugharimu karibu Sh130 bilioni.
Rais William Ruto amesema takriban Sh300 milioni zimepatikana kwa advanced feasibility study ya corridor hiyo. Serikali pia ilithibitisha Septemba 16 kuwa imeingia grant agreement na AIIB kwa ajili ya project preparation.
Lakini kuna distinction muhimu:
Hii si Sh300 milioni ya kuanza kujenga highway.
Fedha hizo ni za maandalizi—ikiwemo feasibility studies na kazi zinazohitajika kuifanya project iwe tayari kwa financing na implementation kupitia Public-Private Partnership (PPP).
Kwa kweli, rekodi rasmi za AIIB zinaonyesha kuwa Novemba 2025 iliidhinisha kuwasilishwa kwa grant proposal ya USD 3 million kwa project-preparation support ya Mau Summit–Malaba PPP. Haijawekwa wazi katika taarifa za sasa kwa nini figure hiyo inatofautiana na Sh300 milioni iliyotajwa na Rais.
KeNHA tayari imeanza procurement ya technical feasibility study, na documents zinaonyesha project inachunguzwa kama toll-road PPP, ambapo private investors wanaweza kushiriki financing, operation na maintenance.
Barabara hiyo ni sehemu muhimu ya Northern Corridor, ikiunganisha Western Kenya na mpaka wa Uganda kupitia Malaba na kusaidia biashara ya kikanda. Treasury pia imeiorodhesha miongoni mwa priority PPP infrastructure projects za FY2026/27.
Rais William Ruto amesema takriban Sh300 milioni zimepatikana kwa advanced feasibility study ya corridor hiyo. Serikali pia ilithibitisha Septemba 16 kuwa imeingia grant agreement na AIIB kwa ajili ya project preparation.
Lakini kuna distinction muhimu:
Hii si Sh300 milioni ya kuanza kujenga highway.
Fedha hizo ni za maandalizi—ikiwemo feasibility studies na kazi zinazohitajika kuifanya project iwe tayari kwa financing na implementation kupitia Public-Private Partnership (PPP).
Kwa kweli, rekodi rasmi za AIIB zinaonyesha kuwa Novemba 2025 iliidhinisha kuwasilishwa kwa grant proposal ya USD 3 million kwa project-preparation support ya Mau Summit–Malaba PPP. Haijawekwa wazi katika taarifa za sasa kwa nini figure hiyo inatofautiana na Sh300 milioni iliyotajwa na Rais.
KeNHA tayari imeanza procurement ya technical feasibility study, na documents zinaonyesha project inachunguzwa kama toll-road PPP, ambapo private investors wanaweza kushiriki financing, operation na maintenance.
Barabara hiyo ni sehemu muhimu ya Northern Corridor, ikiunganisha Western Kenya na mpaka wa Uganda kupitia Malaba na kusaidia biashara ya kikanda. Treasury pia imeiorodhesha miongoni mwa priority PPP infrastructure projects za FY2026/27.
