Govt Announces Increase In Nairobi Expressway Toll Charges

On Monday, January 1, the government announced an increase in what motorists pay for toll charges in exchange for using the Nairobi Expressway.

According to a special Gazette Notice approved by Transport Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kipchumba Murkomen, motorists will now pay Ksh500 for a full trip from Mlolongo to Westlands, up from the previous Ksh360.

“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 in part, which cited the depreciating Shilling against the United States Dollar as the basis for the increase.

“The Base Toll Rates may be adjusted as per the CPI and Exchange Rate on and after the Commercial Operation Date.”

In the new rates, motorists entering the Expressway on Mlolongo and exiting at the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) station and the Eastern Bypass will be required to pay Ksh250 up from the current Ksh100. 

In contrast, those exiting at the Southern Bypass will pay Ksh330 up from Ksh210.

On the same route, vehicles exiting at Capital Hill and Haile Selassie stations will pay Ksh410 up from Ksh210.

Exits at Museum Hill, The Mall and Nairobi Westlands terminus will attract a Ksh500 rate up from Ksh310.

The same rates will also apply to motorists travelling through the opposite route from the Nairobi Westlands entry terminus to the Mlolongo exit terminus.

The shorter routes from Syokimau to the SGR station and those from SGR and the JKIA stations to the Eastern Bypass will cost motorists Ksh170 up from Ksh100.

This is the least amount a motorist pays to use the 27-kilometre road. The same applies to the reverse routes.

The Ksh88 billion Expressway has 10 exits at Mlolongo, Standard Gauge Railway, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Eastern Bypass, Southern Bypass, Capital Centre, Haile Selassie Avenue, Museum Hill, and Westlands.

Here are the full charges below:

New charges for the Nairobi Expressway. /KENYA GAZETTE