Nairobi Roads to be Closed for 6 Days Next Week.

by Ndung'u Warui.

Following the upcoming United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) event to be held in Nairobi next week, police have released a list of roads to be closed for six days.

In a statement released by Nairobi Traffic Commandant Leonard Katana, the department announced that the roads would be temporarily closed from Sunday 6 a.m to Saturday 6 a.m.

The Central Business District roads scheduled to be interrupted include Harambee Avenue, Mama Ngina Street, Parliament Road and City Hall Way.

The Conference, which set to be held at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC), will also lead to the closure of Wabera Street, Taifa Road and Standard Street.

According to the traffic boss, motorists using these roads which he described as a 'Red Zone' would be diverted and only motorists with security passes would be allowed.

“All vehicles approaching the Red Zone will be diverted into other roads such as Haile Selassie Avenue, Kenyatta Avenue, Moi Avenue and Kimathi Street and proceed to their destinations,” read the statement.

Mr Katana further directed that all vehicles headed to or from the Rift Valley region to use the Southern Bypass to avoid congesting Uhuru Highway.

Nairobi is set to host 23 Heads of State and close to 7000 delegates during the event aimed at addressing the current global downturn in commodity markets.

In the recent past, city residents have had to bear with traffic disruptions owing to the visits by world leaders and top dignitaries attending major events in Nairobi.

The State has on some instances been blamed for failing to inform City residents on which roads would be inaccessible during such visits.