The Nairobi Expressway Is Almost Complete. Here Are The 3 Modes Of Payment To Use It

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 6- The landmark 26 kilometers Nairobi expressway is almost complete, but are you ready to use it?

Kenyans are already aware of some of the things barred from the expressway like Bodabodas and wheelbarrows. Others area handcarts, bicycles, scooters and tuk-tuks.

You will also need at least Sh12,000 to use the expressway for a period of four weeks. But that is not all.

China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) through their subsidiary Moja expressway, says all motorists intending to use the road must register with them.

Moja expressway is set to manage the road for a period of 27 years, during when it shall recoup through toll fees money spent on building it.

What do you need to register?

The company says one will need to have a logbook, a national identity card, or other identification documents.

The purpose of a logbook is for safety guarantees and to make sure that the car matches with On-Board Unit (OBU).

Once the OBU is installed, it cannot be transferred to another vehicle, hence the need for the logbook while registering.

“Yes we are currently only registering the people who we have worked with, but we are not yet open to the public. These are the people who will get the priority to test the highway,” Jeanne  May Ongiyo, the Public Relations and Communication Manager at Moja Expressway said.

Already, Ongiyo said the company has come up with three modes of payment, for motorists intending to use the expressway.

They are Electronic Toll Collection (ETC), Manual Toll Collection (MTC), and cash.

At the moment she said “we do not have a mobile phone type of payment but we will revisit it later. “

Motorists who will use cash to pay for using the expressway, she said will not be required to register with the company.

“Only those who want to install the OBU are required to register,” she said.

Companies, she said, will require a copy of the certificate of incorporation, company KRA PIN certificate, contact person’s ID card, vehicle logbook and a letter introducing the contact person for the service.

The dual carriageway has 11 interchanges at Mlolongo, Standard Gauge Railway, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Eastern Bypass, Southern Bypass, Capital Centre, Haile Selassie Avenue, Museum Hill, Westlands and James Gichuru Road.

The road starts at Mlolongo area and links up via an interchange with Airport South road of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, along the Nairobi-Mombasa Road.

The highway continues along the existing roadway to the Likoni Road Junction, a distance of approximately 12 kilometres.

The road is intended to ease traffic from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport that accesses the Nairobi city center.

Also, traffic from Central Nairobi is expected to be facilitated, to reduce the number of departing passengers who miss their flights, while stuck in road traffic jams on the city streets.