Nairobi secures investment to enhance urban connectivity

NAIROBI Kenya  – Nairobi City is set to benefit from a Ksh800 million ($60M) to improve urban connectivity and promote economic growth in Kenya. Governor Sakaja Johnson said when he opened a two-day meeting with the County leadership.

The Kenya threshold program agreement was signed by the Government of Kenya and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) on the sideline of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) last month.

“This agreement will help build the capacity of the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (NAMATA) with their plans to ease movement in Nairobi and the surrounding areas. The project will also focus on non-motorized transport (NMT), which will help Nairobians particularly those who use non-motorized transport as public service vehicles,” Sakaja said.

Speaking during a  meeting with County Executive Members, Chief Officers, and Directors for a workshop to align sectors and prioritize service delivery for the people of Nairobi governor Sakaja said that the  objective of the meeting is to share sectoral successes, challenges and the way forward to ensure that service delivery capabilities are improved to  Nairobi residents.

“The objective of today’s meeting is to share sectoral successes, challenges, lessons learnt and way forward in order to ensure we improve our service delivery capabilities to Nairobi residents,” Sakaja said.

He further commended the team for their efforts in the last financial year that led to the county collecting its highest revenue in the past five years, adding that this financial year 2023/2024 is going to be the best financial year Nairobi has ever had and this is because of the team’s  efforts.

”Nairobi wants results and we must deliver. I believe this team will deliver,” reiterated the governor.