Skip to the main content
ProjectUpcoming procurement

Roads for Rural Economic Development Project

This is a forecast project: procurement Kenya National Highways Authority has announced but not yet opened. The individual lines below are upcoming, not open calls. There is no deadline and nothing to submit yet.

Key Facts
Implementing agency
Kenya National Highways Authority
Location
Kenya
Announced financing (not a budget)
$600.0M
Plan published
October 20, 2026
Project number
P517267
Funders:World Bank

Contact / approver

Contact person
Eng Monica Abonyo
Email
monica.abonyo@kenha.co.ke
Phone
+254 728954809
Address
Barabara Plaza, Block A, JKIA, Off Airport South Road P.O. Box 49712, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya

What the programme covers

TRANSPORT SECTOR
Component 1

Foundational infrastructure to improve rural connectivity, agricultural productivity, access to markets, services, and economic opportunities. The Authority intends to upgrade approximately 536 km of selected roads in Elgeyo Marakwet, Uasin Gishu, Kericho, Bomet, Nandi, Narok and Nakuru counties to bituminous standard using climate-resilient designs, and to construct bridges at selected locations in Lower Eastern region. The works will also include road safety improvements and associated civil works for fibre-optic cables. The works will be procured through a design-and-build approach, together with the corresponding construction supervision services.

Component 2

Improvement of access to basic community socio-economic infrastructure. The Authority intends to design and construct key community socio-economic infrastructure facilities in selected counties of Elgeyo Marakwet, Uasin Gishu, Kericho, Bomet, Nandi, Narok and Nakuru following a comprehensive needs assessment study.

Component 3

Strengthening rural cross-border connectivity and trade facilitation. Activities will include construction of buildings and installation of digital systems at Olposimoru, Nyamtiro, and Kopanga border stations.

Component 4

Institutional strengthening of selected transport sector and related institutions. Activities will include strengthening institutional capacity for project implementation, road sector planning, and road maintenance management through procurement of goods and services. Procurement of contracts finan

Procurement lines (0)

No published lines under this project yet. Lines appear here as reviewers approve them.

Procurement regulations

Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, Seventh Edition (September 2025) (Procurement Regulations) and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

Source: World Bank. This is a project overview, not an open call, so there is nothing to submit yet.

Back to all upcoming procurement