By:Faith Mukundi
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has stepped up the government’s infrastructure push in Kiambu County, inspecting ongoing road construction works in Lari Constituency as the administration seeks to improve connectivity and open up rural areas for economic activity.
Kindiki on Monday, October 5, 2026, inspected construction works along the 15-kilometre Nyambari-Uplands-Kambaa-Githunguri road, which forms part of a wider road network being developed under the same contract in Lari Constituency.
The Deputy President said the project is part of a broader 53-kilometre road network that includes the Kagwe-Githunguri and Kagwe-Mung’eero roads.
The projects are expected to improve transport links between communities in Lari and neighbouring areas, while easing the movement of agricultural produce, businesses and residents who rely on the roads to access markets and essential services.
Kindiki’s inspection comes as the government continues to highlight road construction as part of its development agenda in Kiambu, a county that has experienced rapid population growth and increasing demand for better transport infrastructure.
The Deputy President also pointed to completed and planned road projects in the wider region, including the Nyambari-Kijabe-Mahi Mahiu road, which he said has been tarmacked to completion.
According to Kindiki, the government is also planning to tarmac the 11-kilometre Kinale-Kiracha road, expanding the network of paved roads connecting communities in the area.
The infrastructure programme extends beyond Lari Constituency, with the government also advancing plans to upgrade major highways serving Kiambu and the wider Central Kenya region.
Kindiki said the dualling of the Rironi-Mau Summit highway is on course, with the project expected to transform the road into a four-lane highway and, in some sections, a six-lane highway.
The major highway upgrade is estimated to cost KSh200 billion, underlining the scale of the government’s planned investment in transport infrastructure.
The Rironi-Mau Summit corridor is a critical transport route connecting Nairobi and Central Kenya to the western part of the country, and its expansion is expected to address congestion while improving the movement of people and goods.
In Kiambu County alone, Kindiki said 1,656 kilometres of new roads are currently under construction, representing an estimated investment of KSh152 billion.
Of this network, he said 368 kilometres have already been completed at a cost of KSh20 billion, leaving more than 1,200 kilometres at various stages of construction.
The figures place road infrastructure among the major development projects being implemented across Kiambu, with the government seeking to link rural settlements, trading centres and agricultural areas to major highways and urban markets.
For residents of Lari and surrounding constituencies, the road projects are particularly significant given the area’s agricultural activity, with improved roads expected to reduce travel time and transport costs for farmers moving produce to markets.
Kindiki’s visit also comes as the government continues to use infrastructure projects to demonstrate its development record in the Mt Kenya region, where roads, markets, agriculture and other public investments have remained key issues in political and public debates.
The inspection of the Nyambari-Uplands-Kambaa-Githunguri road therefore placed the Deputy President directly at a project site while highlighting the wider road programme being undertaken across Kiambu.
The government has increasingly linked infrastructure development to economic growth, arguing that improved roads can support businesses, connect producers to markets and make it easier for residents to access services.