Kajiado, Sept. 5 — President William Ruto on Friday launched construction of the Ngong-Kibiko-Kangeria road in Kajiado West Constituency, a 22-kilometre project set to link Kajiado and Kiambu counties.

The Sh1.4 billion road will be upgraded to bitumen standard, connecting Ngong and Kibiko through Kangeria before proceeding to Gikambura in Kikuyu Constituency, Kiambu County. Ruto said the road is expected to ease transport, improve connectivity between the two counties, and boost access to markets for farmers along the corridor.

The launch forms part of a broader three-day tour of Kajiado County that Ruto undertook this week, during which he inspected or commissioned a string of projects spanning roads, last-mile electricity connections, irrigation schemes, modern markets, student hostels and affordable housing units in Rombo, Loitoktok, Kimana, Namanga and Kajiado town. The tour has doubled as an outreach drive to the wider Maa community, which spans Kajiado, Narok and Samburu counties and accounts for roughly 1.09 million registered voters, as political formations begin jostling for position ahead of the 2027 general election. The road’s Kiambu-facing terminus in Kikuyu Constituency has also drawn attention as part of Ruto’s efforts to shore up support in Mt Kenya, a region where his standing has been tested since the impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.

The Ngong-Kibiko-Kangeria project follows a pattern of similar rural road upgrades in Kajiado under Ruto’s administration. The most notable comparison is the Ngong-Suswa road, a 70-kilometre, Sh4 billion low-volume seal road that was first launched by former President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2018 but stalled in 2020 with seven kilometres left incomplete. Work resumed under Ruto and the road was finally completed in December 2025, opening a direct alternative to the congested Nairobi-Maai Mahiu highway, cutting public transport fares on the Ngong-Narok route from about Sh600 to Sh500, and spurring business activity in previously quiet trading centres.

Ruto’s government has also flagged plans to dual the Kiserian-Ongata Rongai-Nairobi highway, a 20-kilometre corridor beginning at Lang’ata Road near the Bomas of Kenya, with feasibility studies currently underway. That project, like a growing number of road developments in the Nairobi metropolitan fringe, is earmarked for funding through the National Infrastructure Fund (NIF), the financing vehicle the administration has increasingly turned to as it moves away from the annuity-based road financing model used under the Kenyatta administration.