Upgrading of 121km Merille River-Marsabit road to ease trade between Kenya and Ethiopia

Construction workers from Jiangxi Zhongmei Engineering Construction Company Ltd along the Turbi-Marsabit road that borders the area. [PHOTO: JAMES WANZALA]

Upgrading of the Sh13.7 billion Merille-Marsabit Road is scheduled for completion by early 2016, Kenya National Highway’s Authority officials (KeNHA) have said. This follows a visit by top KeNHA officials, where they were briefed that the 121Km road is 32 per cent complete, having commenced in January last year.

The road that begins at Merille River and runs in a northerly direction through Logologo to Marsabit, constitutes the second section of the 501km road from Isiolo to Moyale and Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. The road was commissioned by former President Mwai Kibaki and jointly funded by the European Development Fund and the Government.