Nairobi, July 23 -- The State will spend Sh450 million to relocate fibre optic cables from the Sh160billion Nairobi-Mau Summit highway construction corridor.
The ICT ministry has picked four firms to reroute the Internet cables in the next six weeks to pave the way for the construction of the 234 kiometre highway starting September.
The relocation of the optic cable will be in four lots - Rironi-Naivasha via Mai Mahiu, Rironi -Naivasha, Naivasha-Nakuru, and Nakuru-Mau Summit.
"The contractors for this project will be working with a strict timeline of six weeks to pave the way for the dual carriage that is due to commence in September this year," said Jerome Ochieng, PS at the State Department of ICT.
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