An artistic impression of the new Nairobi Central Railway Station
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Kenya and the United Kingdom have inked a new deal that will see the Nairobi Central Railway Station undergo a major facelift as part of a multi-billion-shilling railway city.
The UK reiterated its commitment to support Kenya on infrastructure and investment at the Kenya-UK Infrastructure Partnership forum held in Nairobi on Tuesday.
The British High Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriott announced that UK engineering company Atkins Global was appointed to design the new railway hub in Nairobi. It will partner with Nairobi-based consulting engineering company Howard Humphreys to design Nairobi’s new Central Train Station.
The modernized station will be the heart of the larger Nairobi Railway City, a project requested by President Kenyatta during his meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London two years ago. The ambitious project will cost Sh29 billion and is expected to take up to 20 years to implement, with the first phase scheduled to be complete by 2030.
“UK firm Atkins Global has been appointed to design Nairobi’s new Central Train Station and associated public realm, which will provide the centerpiece of Nairobi Railway City. It is a flagship project to regenerate Nairobi’s Central Business District initiated by President Kenyatta, who personally requested UK support when he met Prime Minister Boris Johnson in January 2020,” the UK High Commission said.
The new eight-platform Nairobi Central Railway Station will host modern shades and a glass-built waiting bay. It will also have a marketplace, local heritage, covered sitting area, and a Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) section.
"Matatus currently operating around Kenya Railways Central Station will be removed by end of this month. This will facilitate works on Nairobi Railway City," said Nairobi Metropolitan Services Director-General Mohammed Badi.
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Those who talk trash about Uhuru will appreciate him after he leaves office.
If this is a design only contract, its a waste of Kenyan money. Kenya should insist on the Brits design, fund and build the station. In any case, we have been complaining too much about the Chinese. It's time for the Brits to do something.
Why are we still outsourcing simple tasks like design ? Either pleasing China or colonists amidst poverty. Even local toxic brew is from Uganda. Shetani ashindwe
Another cow to milk.
Where is Baba to draw this one too? Or maybe he will show up after completion to claim that he is the engineer behind it!
Mhandisi wa vichwa vya WaKenya ikiwemo mutoto wake,expired Castro.
UK is funding this ,they therefore had a say in who design it .It is give and take take and give . Kenya lives on a begging bowl so9 cannot csall the shots . Like it on not
It is by design that loans or donations benefit the loaner or donor. 90pc of those monies return to country of origin
Hehehehe raila will say he was involved in designing it too.Personally I wish they can build another city n decongest nairobi.Uhuru ametuachia maloans mingi right n left
Does Kenya know how to do anything on its own? Seems like all the government does is outsource talent from the white man or China man. This will continue to prove that colonialism was necessary. I know there are architects in Kenya that can design the railway station.