PREMIUM Nairobi’s Sh1trn underground metro: How plan seeks to link the new city The multi-phase mass transit system promises to reshape movement. Nairobi 16 min ago

Article Nairobi City County has unlocked a Sh1 trillion transport project that will see the construction of the capital’s first underground railway linking the Central Business District (CBD) to Eastlands before expanding to Westlands, Upper Hill, Ngong Road and Lang'ata under a multi-phase mass transit system that promises to reshape movement across the capital.

Photo credit: Wilfred Nyangaresi | Nation Media Group The project will be financed through a combination of government funding, pension funds and private investment under a Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) model, marking one of the largest infrastructure financing programmes ever undertaken by a county government.78 billion (about Sh1 trillion), has moved from decades of planning to implementation after receiving approval from the Nairobi City County Executive Committee this week, with the National Government now fast-tracking the next phase of approvals.