Nairobi Expressway to start accepting M-Pesa payment

Motorists will soon be able to use M-Pesa to pay their Nairobi Expressway toll charges.

Moja Expressway Company CEO Steve Zhao made the announcement on Thursday during the company’s annual general meeting, saying the new payment option will be rolled out in January 2023.

As it stands, motorists have three payment options; the Manual Toll Collection (MTC) card, the Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) service, as well as cash payment.

The MTC card can be loaded with toll points used to pay toll fees at toll stations on the expressway while ETC allows toll points to be electronically deducted through the pre-installed On-Board Unit (OBU) device, offering a non-stop road service.

The latest follows the introduction of erected speed guns along the highway to tame over-speeding. The speed limit on the expressway is 80 km/h.

Moja Expressway on December 21 announced that the speed guns have been installed along various points of the highway and will be operated by traffic police.

In June, former government Spokesperson Col. Cyrus Oguna attributed the series of tragic accidents which were being witnessed at the Mlolongo toll station to ignorance of the installed speed limits.

"Highway crashes on our roads, including the expressway have been on the rise. The crashes are attributed largely to drivers ignoring speed limits," wrote Oguna on Twitter.

"Motorists using the Expressway are urged to adhere to the recommended speed limits to avoid chances of a crash like the Mlolongo one," he added at the time.