There are 160,886 km of public roads in the country of which 61,945km is classified while 98,941 km are unclassified.  These are roads with width greater than 9 meters (>9 meters) and whose management currently falls under agencies in the Ministry of Roads. However, there are about 60,000 kms of other roads which have width of less than 9 meters (<9 meters).

Classified roads are in 6 categories as shown in Table 1 below. A road or section of a road may have the riding surface be either paved (bitumen) or unpaved (Gravel, earth)

  Table 1:  Summary of Kenya’s Road Network Distribution by Agency     

Source: Road Inventory and Condition Survey, MOR 2009

  The development, maintenance and management of the road network falls under various agencies, namely Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA); Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA); Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA); and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). Table 2 below gives the summary of the network distribution and agencies involved.

Table 2:  Summary of Kenya’s Road Network Distribution by Agency

Source: Road Inventory and Condition Survey, MOR 2009