Infrastructure

Kwa Jomvu Interchange 95% Complete After 8-Year Delay

The project had stalled for over eight years due to land disputes.

Updated on

October 21, 2025

Construction of the long-delayed Kwa Jomvu Interchange on Mombasa–Kwa Jomvu highway is almost finished. Once complete, it will ease the heavy traffic that drivers have faced for years.

The 900-metre interchange had been on hold for over eight years because of disputes over land compensation. Work resumed after the National Land Commission (NLC) received Sh5.2 billion to pay people affected by the project.

The project is now 95% complete, with the Jomvu Kuu junction work back on track.

The interchange is the final phase of the Sh11 billion Mombasa–Kwa Jomvu dual carriageway project, launched in 2017 and funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB).

The project has involved reconstructing the existing pavement using Continuous Reinforced Concrete Pavement (CRCP) and Stone Mastic Asphalt Concrete (SMA), constructing three interchanges with overpasses and underpasses, and expanding four- and two-lane sections into a six-lane dual carriageway.

“We expect that in the next two weeks, the contractor will open up this area for vehicles to use temporarily for secondary compaction to improve density before the contractor puts the black top surface,” said KeNHA Coast Region Director Simon Omuono.

Omuono added that the securitisation of the Road Maintenance Levy Fund had provided resources to compensate the project-affected persons, clearing the way for completion.

“The importance of this road in facilitating trade cannot be gainsaid. It forms part of the Northern Corridor, easing cargo movement from the Port of Mombasa and boosting regional and domestic trade. It also enhances tourism, enabling faster travel to and from the Coast,” he said.

Work on the 30.4-kilometre Mombasa Port Access Road, starting at Kwa Jomvu interchange and stretching to the Mariakani weighbridge, is also progressing.

Currently 35 per cent complete, the Sh10.4 billion project will upgrade the existing two-way lane to a four-way dual carriageway with climbing and service lanes, improved drainage, truck parking, weighbridges, and non-motorised facilities.