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Wakulima market traders set to move to pave way for new flyover


Traders at Wakulima market are set to relocate to pave way for the construction of a new road.

Kenya Urban Roads Authority (Kura) said on Friday that the traders will be relocated to the new Wakulima market along Kangundo road which is almost complete.

The flyover will link Enterprise Road to Central Business District to ease traffic on Mombasa Road.

Construction of the new market along Kangundo Road is “now substantially complete except for external works like parking, drainage, access road and street lighting,” Kura said a statement.

The market has two floors and can accommodate 420 business premises including a health clinic and an external parking of three acres.

The flyover was captured as a missing link and a priority project in the Nairobi Integrated Urban Development Master Plan 2030 (NIUPLAN). The projected