A Spaghetti Road Like No Other: Kenneth Nkhwa Interchange

Monday, February 03, 2020

An Art Exhibition hosted at Kenneth Nkhwa Interchange PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG

FRANCISTOWN: When government constructed the monumental Kenneth Nkhwa Interchange road-commonly known as Spaghetti-for close to P1 billion, the main aim was to ease traffic congestion in Botswana’s second largest city.

Lo and behold-the government was not aware that she was killing more than one bird with a single stone.

The Spaghetti is now used for different purposes. At the height of the campaigns for the past general elections, the ruling Botswana Democratic Party held its political rally under the Spaghetti when it launched the Member of Parliament for Francistown East, Billy Buti and his councillors.

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