Description

The project road is an important section of the Northern Corridor (NC) which links the port of Mombasa in Kenya with the land-linked eastern and central African countries of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Mombasa-Mariakani road is located in Mombasa and Kilifi Counties of Coastal Kenya. The Project consists of the dualling of 41.7 km of the Mombasa–Mariakani Highway with grade separated junctions and associated soft components including training of unemployed youth, capacity building consultancy services for mainstreaming gender in road sub-sector and to improve sustainability of road maintenance. The total cost of the project is UA 189.42 million. The project is co-financed by the Bank Group (42.2%), German Development Bank (KfW) (22.2%), European Investment Bank (22.2%), Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund (8.9%) and Government of Kenya (4.5%). The overall implementation period is 5 years (2015 – 2020) with additional maintenance period of 5 years.