President Uhuru Kenyatta is today (Thursday) expected to tour Mombasa county ahead of tomorrow's (Friday) holiday (Idd-Ul-Fitr).

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Kenyatta is scheduled to commission the newly constructed Miritini-Mwache-Kipevu Link Road, Package 1 of Mombasa Port Area Road Development Project (MPARD) also known as Dongo Kundu Bypass at Miritini Interchange (Bonje Area), in Mombasa County. ‬

The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) with the support of Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) embarked on the construction of Miritini-Kipevu New Container Link Road approximately 11.4 Km in May 2015. 

The road project is package one (I) of Mombasa Port Area Road Development Project (MPARD) also known as the Dongo Kundu Bypass. 

The project road is predominantly situated in Mombasa County with sections traversing Kwale and Kilifi Counties. 

The new link road to Kipevu Container Terminal is a dual carriageway and starts at Miritini along the Mombasa-Nairobi (A8) Highway, 22 km from Mombasa. 

The newly constructed road runs in a southerly direction through Mwache junction, approximately 5.6 km and turns eastwards along the coastline to the New Port Terminal at Kipevu. 

An access road to the Moi International Airport has also been constructed to facilitate ease access to the Bypass from the Airport. 

During the visit, President Kenyatta is expected to be received by his political nemesis Governor Ali Hassan Joho, who recently inivited him to the county during a meeting with KANU chairman, Baringo senator Gideon Moi.