I first travelled through this road in the mid sixties when the area was still heavily populated by white farmers. This road was in a fairly good condition - even though it was of dirt - as it served the farmers of the area. There had been talks of tarmacking it as far back as the 1970's, but it's rumored that some politicians feared that such progress would diminish the fortunes of Kericho town. The argument being that travellers to and from Kisumu would by-pass Kericho. Finally there is progress towards tarmacking this road. For me it will be a much shorter route to take, which would reduce my travel time by over an hour and a half. So far the chinese company given the tender has constructed a few kilometers of tarmack unfortunately I did not take any pictures of that. In the meantime they have made the road motorable enough to attract the likes of Molo Line, who are now avoiding the Kericho-Londiani stretch.

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I like it!! So what is interestingly true is that when people avoid one part, another part of the same country also gets attention and development. It is therefore very self serving for one to feel bad about developing a road in a place there never been one because of the feeling that another place will receive less attention. Great that this is being done because more connectivity means more business to more people and more development.

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Glad to see this road finally getting tarmac.It cuts out almost 100km of journey time when one is going to Muhoroni.The Moi regime refused to tarmack this road for years in its bid to force motorists and businessmen to pass thorugh kericho on their way to Nyanza and Uganda.

Hopefully it gets finished by next year.:cheers::cheers:

No one stays young forever. I was born in the sixties and I remember my childhood well: starting from age five.


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It will help not just people going to Muhoroni, but anyone going to Kisumu and its environs.

Glad to see this road finally getting tarmac.It cuts out almost 100km of journey time when one is going to Muhoroni.The Moi regime refused to tarmack this road for years in its bid to force motorists and businessmen to pass thorugh kericho on their way to Nyanza and Uganda.

Hopefully it gets finished by next year.:cheers::cheers:

cool development

The Chinese company working on this road seem to be moving at a good pace. They are now clearing the last section between Koru and Muhoroni. The tarmacking began in Londiani but I am not sure how far they have gone with that. Here are pictures taken between Koru and Muhoroni, close to Robert Ouko's home. Unlike the other sections of this road (Fort Ternan to Londiani), this section has had tarmac since the mid seventies, and it has never seen any repaving since. It was built by a German company and it's apparent they did a good job since it's remained in fairly good condition all these years.

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Glad to see this road finally getting tarmac.It cuts out almost 100km of journey time when one is going to Muhoroni.The Moi regime refused to tarmack this road for years in its bid to force motorists and businessmen to pass thorugh kericho on their way to Nyanza and Uganda.

Hopefully it gets finished by next year.:cheers::cheers:

If there was someone who held back Kenya it must be Moi, i shudder to see him drawing a hefty pension from taxpayers money after shafting us for all those years :bash:

The idea that the road was not developed because it would not benefit Kericho is laughable. The Road cuts through Kericho County, from Londiani Junction. The entrance and exits are all in Kericho.

Parochialism can defy logic. Remember that the argument was not about benefiting Kericho County, but Kericho town. Deny Kericho town the traffic it depends on and the impact is bound to be negative. It's not just the politicians who collude on such matters, but also businesses. Take for example the Kericho Tea Hotel. It depends on the road traffic that flows through Kericho. If you threaten that flow I bet they will lobby for their interests to be preserved.

The idea that the road was not developed because it would not benefit Kericho is laughable. The Road cuts through Kericho County, from Londiani Junction. The entrance and exits are all in Kericho.

kericho tea hotel has become such shit these days

i used the londiani road for the first time last week. i'm used to the mau-kericho road so this imo was much better. also much more scenic...

How many kilometers do you think has tarmac now? I agree that it has better scenery - the Tinderet hills and Nyando Valley are breathtaking.

kericho tea hotel has become such shit these days

i used the londiani road for the first time last week. i'm used to the mau-kericho road so this imo was much better. also much more scenic...

How many kilometers do you think has tarmac now? I agree that it has better scenery - the Tinderet hills and Nyando Valley are breathtaking.

i don't want to guess because i'll probably be way off. i just know that a....healthy amount has been done. i also fell asleep somewhere along the road and was woken up by the foul stench of muhoroni sugar cane factory

this road will be finished sooner rather than later

Here are the latest pictures from this road taken on February 4, 2013. So far the road has been tarmacked from the Kericho-Mau Summit junction to the Kipkelion junction. This is probably half-way between Londiani and Fort Ternan. The pictures were taken while driving from Fort Ternan to Londiani.

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Here are the latest pictures from this road taken on February 4, 2013. So far the road has been tarmacked from the Kericho-Mau Summit junction to the Kipkelion junction. This is probably half-way between Londiani and Fort Ternan. The pictures were taken while driving from Fort Ternan to Londiani.



Thanks for the info!