Kenya woos private sector for Nairobi’s long-awaited rapid transport project

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A section of Thika Superhighway. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya has backtracked on the planned Ksh1.64 billion ($16.4 million) purchase of high capacity buses for use in Nairobi’s Bus Rapid Transit system project and will instead use public-private partnerships.

Local manufacturers will lose out as they had been assured of supplying half the buses.