Nairobi, May 5 -- A Chinese firm has been awarded a Sh7.5 billion contract to realign the accident-prone Nithi Bridge, marking a major milestone for President William Ruto's administration, which has repeatedly promised residents that work on the project would begin.

China Wu Yi Company Limited is expected to start work on the project, whose cost gobbles up half of the 84-kilometre Kenol-Marua dual carriageway, according to disclosures by the Kenya National Highways Authority.

Construction is supposed to have started on April 21, following the signing of the deal some two weeks earlier. China Wu Yi is one of the leading Chinese firms in Kenya, having been involved in major projects, including the Thika Superhighway.

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