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Briefing

Upgrading of 30 km access roads in

Thika stepped up
n an effort to ease traffic in Thika
town of Kiambu county, the
Itarmacking of 30 kilometer access
roads has been stepped up. The project
is part of ongoing infrastructural
development in the country.

Road infrastructure has been degraded
over the years, negatively affecting
property prices, and the industrial
town’s attractiveness to investors. The
government of Kenya has put in US
$15m towards the project in bid to ease
congestion and open up the busy town.

Irish engineering firm opens East Africa

office in Nairobi

knowledge transfer and up-
skilling over the coming 12
months,” the company said in
a statement.

Founded in 1992 by former
Construction Industry Federa-
ublin-based engi- tion of new ones valued at tion president Michael Stone,
neering company Sh2.8 billion starting next year Designer Group is a leading
Designer Group in Kenya and Uganda. international engineering
Dhas announced solutions firm with operations
the opening of a new office in Designer Group, which in Ireland, the UK, Germany,
Nairobi to handle Sh4.3 bil- partners with local companies Africa and the United States.
lion worth of projects in East when bidding for engineer,
Africa. procure and construct (EPC) The company joins a grow-
contract jobs, said the Nai- ing list of international firms
The company, which was robi office will assist several that are setting up shops in
among more than 40 Irish East African companies to Nairobi to meet the rising
companies that toured Nairobi undertake projects in utility, demand for skilled contractors
last week, said its fully-owned infrastructure, industrial, and in the regional construction
Kenyan subsidiary will oversee sustainable energy. sector.
on-going projects valued at
Sh1.46 billion as well as execu- “The deal will see the firm
engage local supply chain in
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