Major Nairobi Roads To Be Closed This Friday Ahead of POTUS Visit

By Caleb Chuma

Update: July 24, 2015 9:00 AM

A more comprehensive update on roads has been issued by Inspector General @JBoinnet through his Twitter handle:

1. From Friday (24/7/15) to Sunday (26/7/15) from 1200 noon to 1400 hrs:

  • No access from Waiyaki Way to Chiromo past Westlands Roundabout
  • No entry/exit to/from Riverside
  • From Forest Road, no access to overpass onto Chiromo, blocked at Museum Hill
  • No access to Chiromo through University Roundabout
  • On Uhuru Highway from University Roundabout to JKIA closed from 1600 hours on both sides of dual carriage way inbound & outbound.

2. Saturday from 7:00 AM – 13:30 hrs:

  • Ojijo under/overpass, Forest Road/Limuru Road to UN Headquarters & back, blocked.
  • Bomb Blast area – 11:00 hrs; Haile Sellasie/Moi Avenue, Railways PSV terminus, cleared of motor vehicles. From Landhies blocked at Choo No. Nane.
  • Route from Bomb Blast area to State House & back to hotel closed and from hotel to State House and back closed intermittently between 1300 hrs to 2300 hrs.

3. Sunday from 8:00 AM to 17:00 hrs: 

  • Thika Super Highway closed both sides up to border with Kiambu County.

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Nairobi Beautification Not About POTUS

By Caleb Chuma

Photo by: @ronoray
Photo by: @ronoray

Nairobi is abuzz with roadside construction as the city undergoes an extreme makeover in an effort to ‘beautify,’ as Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero puts it. Around the city and its outskirts, major roads are undergoing renovation, with many road users terming the renovations a nuisance and an additional cause of traffic jams. Many citizens believe this work is aimed at pleasing The President of The United States (POTUS) Barack Obama who is set to visit Kenya between the 24th – 26th July this year. These efforts have brought praise and criticism in equal measure from Nairobians. A disappointed road user tweeted, “Obama will only be here for a day. They should have used the money to unblock drainages, which are always a problem to motorists every time it rains.” Another road user tweeted, “Congratulations for the beautification ongoing around the CBD of Nairobi City @KideroEvans.”

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