Western only fares slight better than the Coast, with six major road projects ongoing or complete. The roads cumulatively cover 165 km, which is about 20 per cent more than the distance of the Coast roads. Started in 2012, it is one of the few major roads projects in recent years that was completed within the allocated timeframe. All these road projects in Nyanza were approved by the coalition government. Among the road projects completed in Northeastern from 2013-2016 were the 120.6km Merille River – Marsabit and the 122km Marsabit – Turbi.

Source: Daily Nation April 15, 2017 17:48 UTC