KeRRA Confirms 22km Progress on Mulot-Sogoo-Saptet Road Project

The Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) says construction crews have completed 22 kilometres (13.7 miles) of works on a road project connecting several rural centres in Narok County.

The authority said the project covers the 78-kilometre (48.5-mile) Mulot-Sogoo-Tendwet-Saptet and Sogoo-Ololunga road, alongside the Shartuka-Njipship-Olchobosei-Gorgor road.

KeRRA shared images showing rollers compacting fresh tarmac along a completed stretch, as well as machinery working on an unsurfaced section still under construction.

Ongoing works on site. /Handout

The authority described the works as part of an ongoing effort to improve rural connectivity, saying it planned to update the public on further progress along the corridor.

The completed 22 kilometres represent a portion of the broader 78-kilometre stretch KeRRA is developing between Mulot, Sogoo, Tendwet and Saptet, alongside the separate Ololunga link.

KeRRA is the state agency mandated with the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of rural roads across Kenya, a network that links agricultural areas to markets and larger urban centres.

Narok County sits in Kenya's Rift Valley region and hosts a mix of agricultural land and pastoralist communities, along with routes feeding into the Maasai Mara ecosystem, one of the country's key tourism draws.

Rural road upgrades in the county typically involve widening existing earth tracks, laying gravel bases, and applying bitumen surfacing to sections that previously turned impassable during heavy rains.

Rural road investment has featured prominently in Kenya's infrastructure agenda in recent years, with authorities citing reduced transport costs and improved access to health and education facilities as key benefits for affected communities.

KeRRA did not indicate when the remaining stretches of both roads would be completed, saying only that further updates would follow as construction continues.