Nairobi Expressway toll rates increased by an average of 39% starting in 2024 as the first system-wide hikes after almost three years due to revenue needs to pay off the Chinese investor China Road and Bridge Corporation.
The price hikes were approved by the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Roads and Transport Kipchumba Murkomen through a review of The Public Roads Toll Act, which went into effect immediately.
The CS said that the government needed supplemental funding to clear the loans taken to construct the Nairobi Expressway because, over time, the shilling had lost significant value against the US dollar in which the loans were taken.
“The adjustment was made based on the Project Agreement taking into account the depreciation of the Kenya Shilling to the United States dollar since the time of gazettement of the Toll Rates in April 2022,” he said.
Now, commuters using the toll roads from Museum Hill, The Mall, and Westlands and leaving the Expressway at Mlolongo are charged Ksh500, up from Ksh360, and pay a similar rate when they exit through Syokimau, except those from Museum Hill.
Those entering the Nairobi Expressway through Capital Centre and Haile Selassie pay a toll of Ksh410 when they leave at Mlolongo and an additional Ksh50 from the previous Ksh120 when passing through to exit at the Southern Bypass or Museum Hill:
Nairobi Expressway toll rates – 2024
Check out all rates shown in the table below;
| Entry point | Exit | New tolls |
| Mlolongo | SGR | Ksh250 |
| Mlolongo | Eastern Bypass | Ksh250 |
| Mlolongo | Southern Bypass | Ksh330 |
| Capital Centre | Mlolongo | Ksh410 |
| Haile Selassie | Syokimau | Ksh410 |
| Haile Selassie | JKIA | Ksh330 |
| SGR | Eastern Bypass | Ksh170 |
| JKIA | Eastern Bypass | Ksh170 |
| Syokimau | Southern Bypass | Ksh330 |
| Museum Hill | Southern Bypass | Ksh250 |
| The Mall | Southern Bypass | Ksh250 |
| Museum Hill | Eastern Bypass | Ksh330 |
| Mlolongo | Museum Hill | Ksh500 |
| Capital Centre | Westlands | Ksh330 |
| Eastern Bypass | Mlolongo | Ksh250 |
| Capital Centre | Haile Selassie | Ksh170 |
| Capital Centre | Museum Hill | Ksh170 |
| Southern Bypass | JKIA | Ksh250 |
| JKIA | Haile Selassie | Ksh330 |
| JKIA | Westlands | Ksh410 |
| JKIA | Museum Hill | Ksh330 |
| Southern Bypass | Mlolongo | Ksh330 |
| Eastern Bypass | Syokimau | Ksh250 |
| SGR | Capital Centre | Ksh330 |
| Eastern Bypass | Westlands | Ksh410 |
| Westlands | Mlolongo | Ksh500 |
| Westlands | Eastern Bypass | Ksh410 |
| Capital Centre | Museum Hill | Ksh170 |
| The Mall | Mlolongo | Ksh500 |
| Westlands | Syokimau | Ksh500 |
| Westlands | Southern Bypass | Ksh330 |
| Syokimau | Capital Centre | Ksh330 |
| SGR | Westlands | Ksh410 |
The above toll rates are for the standard light vehicles with two-axles or four-wheeled vehicles. Otherwise, the Nairobi Expressway maintained its formula for calculating tolls based on the vehicle’s classes, with commuters driving vehicles with two axles and a high bonnet paying 1.5x more these charges, 4x the base toll rates for those having fewer than four axles or Class 5 and 5x for Class 6 vehicles.
