The government has increased the charges for using the Nairobi Expressway from Ksh.100 to Ksh.310 to a new range of Ksh. 170 to Ksh.500 across all the stations along the Mlolongo-Westlands route.
In a gazette notice dated December 31, 2023, Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen announced the new fees and said they would be effective immediately.
CS Murkomen ascribed the increase to the rates of global dollar variation.
“In exercise of the powers conferred by section 4B (3) of the Public Roads Toll Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport approves the toll rates for the Nairobi Express Way as set out in the Schedule,” stated the notice.
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Hallo Mhesh, first the increase is not 50%. If you take the maximum increase which is from 360 to 500 you will get a difference of 140 Shillings. if you divide Kshs 140 by Kshs 360 and multiply by 100 you will get 38.89%. Now the last adjustment was done when one dollar was equal… https://t.co/5sinnJQ3td
— KIPCHUMBA MURKOMEN, E.G.H (@kipmurkomen) January 1, 2024
“The Base Toll Rates may be adjusted as per the CPI and Exchange Rate on and after the Commercial Operation Date.”
Under the new rates, drivers will have to pay Ksh. 250 instead of Ksh. 100 when they enter the Expressway on Mlolongo and exit at the SGR station and the Eastern Bypass. Those who exit at the Southern Bypass will have to pay Ksh. 330 instead of Ksh. 210.
Vehicles leaving the Capital Hill and Haile Selassie stations on the same route will now pay Ksh.410 instead of Ksh.210.
The rates for exits at Museum Hill, The Mall, and Nairobi Westland's terminus will increase from Ksh.310 to Ksh. 500.
Drivers using the opposite route from the Nairobi Westlands entry terminus to the Mlolongo exit terminus will likewise be subject to the same rates.
Drivers will now pay Ksh.170 instead of Ksh.100 for the shorter routes from Syokimau to the SGR station and from SGR and the JKIA stations to the Eastern Bypass. This also holds true for the opposite routes.
