KeNHA headquarters is located at Barabara Plaza, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) Nairobi and Off Mazao Road opposite Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA). For directions, click on the link.
KeNHA has ten (10) regional offices and three Corridor management Offices. The regions are: Nairobi, Western, North Eastern, Lower Eastern, Upper Eastern, North Rift, South Rift, Coast, Central and Nyanza.
KeNHA derives her mandate from the Kenya Roads Act, 2007. The Authority designs, constructs, rehabilitates, and maintains trunk roads in Kenya.
KeNHA is responsible for the development, rehabilitation, management and maintenance of all National Trunk Roads comprising Classes S, A, and B roads.
- Class-S Road: A Highway that connects two or more cities and carries safely a large volume of traffic at the highest speed of operation.
- Class-A Road: A Highway that forms a strategic route and corridor connecting international boundaries at identified immigration entry and exit points and international terminals such as international air or sea ports.
- Class-B Road: A Highway that forms an important national route linking national trading or economic hubs, County Headquarters and other nationally important centers to each other and to the National Capital or to Class A roads.
A road shoulder is the strip of pavement outside the outer lane of the carriageway provided for emergency use by traffic and to protect the pavement edges from traffic damage.
A Public Private Partnership is an agreement between the public sector and the private sector for the purpose of designing, planning, financing, constructing, and/or operating projects that would traditionally be regarded as falling within the remit of the public sector.
All internship applications are made through the Public Service Commission. For attachment placements, an application is made directly to the Authority through a letter addressed to the Human Resource, with the necessary documents from the university.
A Virtual Weighbridge System (VWS) runs on a High Speed Weighing in Motion (HSWIM) backbone which captures data from the sensors and cameras, classifies the vehicle and thereafter transmits the database for analyses to the Control Center.
The Nairobi Expressway Project is a dual carriageway designed to run along the middle of the Mombasa Road/Uhuru Highway/ Waiyaki Way (A8) starting from Mlolongo all the way to James Gichuru Road Junction. It measures 27.1 kilometers
There will be 11 interchanges on the Nairobi expressway: Mlolongo, SGR, JKIA, Eastern, Western and southern bypasses, Capital Center, Haile Selassie, Museum Hill, Westlands and James Gichuru Road.
Road users using toll roads will pay tolls. The tolling system will be both electronic and manual to ensure ease of payment and reduce time taken at the tool plaza
The tariff is calculated according to vehicle type and distance covered. Small vehicles will pay a total of shs. 300 across the entire stretch from Mlolongo to James Gichuru.
Payments will however be graduated depending on where one joins and exits.
All tenders are available on our website. Kindly visit the tender section(Tenders) on the website and follow the tender application procedure.
a) Exemption (Abnormal/ Wide Load) Permits
b) Directional Signage Approvals
c) Way Leave Approvals (Communication, Power, Water and Sewer lines)
d) Access Road Approvals
a) Exemption (Abnormal/ Wide Load) Permits
Kindly click on the link below:
Exemption permits application Steps
b) Directional Signage Approvals
Kindly click on the link below:
c) Way Leave Approvals (Communication, Power, Water and Sewer lines)
Kindly click on the link below:
d) Access Road Approvals
Kindly click on the link below:
Payments are made through direct bank deposit and Mpesa
Kindly click on the link below for more payment guidelines:
Permits take maximum of 5 working days to process.
Permits are strictly applied online through the KeNHA website.