[B]Nakumatt Mega - Uhuru Highway[/B]

Thika Road Super Highway Expansion

MAIN PROJECT| Expansion of Thika Road from a four to eight-lane superhighway.

[B]PROJECT 2|[/B]Widening of University Way to eight lanes from six, four lane fly over across Globe Roundabout, widening of Murang’a Road to six lanes, underpass at Pangani, flyover on Muthaiga roundabout and provision of footpaths.

[B]PROJECT 3|[/B]On the Forest Road – Museum Road – Museum Hill roundabout section, construction works will involve widening of Forest Road to six lanes from four lanes, widening of Museum Hill road to six lanes, provision of forked fly-over on Limuru Road and provision of footpaths.

[B]PROJECT 4|[/B]The Muthaiga roundabout-KU section has been designed as a high-speed highway with limited access and exits. The proposed improvements on this section include widening of carriageway to eight lanes- (Muthaiga – Kasarani) and 6 lanes (Kasarani – KU).


[B]PROJECT 5|[/B] Provision of service roads intermittently, construction of underpasses at Kahawa and KU, provision of interchange at GSU roundabout, flyovers at Kasarani and Githurai roundabouts, underpass at former Nakumatt Thika Road site, subway at Survey of Kenya and provision of footpaths.

[B]PROJECT 6|[/B] KU-Thika section include widening the carriageway to six lanes up to Juja and maintaining the existing provision of service roads, construction of six lane flyover at Eastern Bypass, intermittent service roads, underpass at Ruiru sports club and at Mang’u High School as well as provision of footpaths.

[B]COST of PROJECT| 24 Billion Kenya Shillings[/B]

[B]DATE OF COMPLETION| 2011[/B]

They are now preparing to construct pillars for the dual carriage flyover over the globe cinema roundabout. (Project 2).



Widening of the highway around KU (Project 4).

Project 4- The eight lane highway is taking shape. This was taken somewhere between Kasarani and Allsops roundabout.



Earthworks around Githurai. (hazy pic)

Project 3: Turning Forest road into a six lane highway is about to start. Got some of the plans. Notice there is a new flyover junction over Limuru road. (to the far left)

Project 4.



Update Project 4. Around Githurai.



Digging the foundations for some pillars for another flyover where one of the bypasses should be built (near where Nakumatt Thika road once stood). If you look closely, you can notice some metal bars sticking out of some concrete next to those excavators. The old EABL buildings at the top of the hill have also been demolished.

Some more updates: Underpass construction has started. They are building supporting walls for the underpass around the Kasarani suburb near the United States International University.



Some general pics.







Underpass for Kenyatta University.

Journey from Nairobi to Central Kenya.

The starting point is on the A2 highway commonly known as Thika road heading north.(Before construction started)





Some projects coming up along the highway.



JKUAT flyover (30Km from Nairobi.)



New suburbs springing up around Thika town, Central Province. (40 Km from Nairobi.)





Highway at Del Monte. (45km from Nairobi)



Pineapple plantations, Del Monte (poor pic).



Newly recarpeted section heading towards Kenol town.







Coffee plantations and highway, Maragua district.





Highway past Kenol (Dual carriageway ends here.)



Tree farm, Kakuzi.





Hydroelectric power project, Sagana.



Countryside near Karatina town.



Karatina town. (160 Km from Nairobi.)





Inside Uchumi supermarket Karatina branch.

Salt Factory, Lake Magadi. (Southern kenya)



Lake Magadi (has one of the largest soda ash deposits in the world).

diasporan Nigerias would lament over these (the above) kind of roads when they see them in Nigeria.

They want all Nigerian roads looking like this:


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not saying roads arent in a dire state in Nigeria, but just showing the levels of comparison.

So good for Thika road. is anything happening on the Outer Ring Road front. This road has been a nightmare and would love it to have a four to six lane expansion from the airport to Ruaraka.

diasporan Nigerias would lament over these (the above) kind of roads when they see them in Nigeria.

They want all Nigerian roads looking like this:

They have a right to.Nigeria is well endowed with resources and a large workforce.Its not the same situation in Kenya and the govt is doing its best to catch up on development which had been stagnated by the incumbent.

So good for Thika road. is anything happening on the Outer Ring Road front. This road has been a nightmare and would love it to have a four to six lane expansion from the airport to Ruaraka.

Yes it is.I will get you the details and maybe some pics later.

[b]This is a list of shopping malls in Kenya.Most of them are anchored by the three biggest supermarket chains in Kenya namely,Nakumatt,Uchumi and Tuskys.They have also opened malls in Uganda,Rwanda and soon Tanzania and Burundi.

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Nairobi:

    * Sarit Centre - Westlands
    * The Mall - Westlands
    * The Village Market - Gigiri
    * Yaya Centre - Kilimani   
    * Westgate Mall - Nairobi
    * The Junction - Nairobi
    * Capital Centre - Mombasa Road, Nairobi
    * Panari Centre - Mombasa Road, Nairobi
    * Prestige Plaza - Ngong road
    * Nakumatt Lifestyle - Nairobi
    * Galleria mall - Karen-Langata Road, Nairobi
    *Nakumatt Karen - karen
    *Tmall - Langat Road - Nairobi
    * EastGate - Nairobi
    *warwick centre gigiri
    *ABC Place
    *Diamond Plaza
    *Alibhai megastores

Other towns:

    * Mega Plaza - Kisumu
    * Mega City - Kisumu
    * United Mall - Kisumu
    * Nakumatt Nyali - Mombasa
    * Nyali Cineplex - Mombasa
    *Nakumatt Meru- Meru (eastern province)
    *Nakumatt Nanyuki-Nanyuki (Rift valley province-still U/C)[/b]

[B]T- Mall[/B]

Situated on Langata Road.





Inside the T-mall.





Inside the Tusky's supermarket.

Game drive anyone?

Ol-Tukai Lodge - Amboseli National Park









Interesting tusk chandelier



Rooms




















Dust devil (mini tornado) in the Amboseli. They don't cause any damage.

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Windsong Apartments -Greenwood Dr, Nyali(U\C)

Fort View Apartments - Nyali



[B]Astonishing Views from Fort View[/B]