Kirinyaga County Governor Anne Waiguru has asked Members of County
Assembly (MCA) to play their oversight roles as envisioned in the
constitution while at the same time facilitating implementation of
development projects.
Speaking during her inaugural speech at the 3 rd County Assembly, Waiguru
expressed confidence that the two arms of the county government – the
executive and the assembly – were going to work together to ensure
seamless service delivery to the county residents.
While congratulating the MCAs on their election to the assembly, Waiguru
said that the county residents had faith in their ability to lead the county
through a transformational journey.
“The People of Kirinyaga have given us their vote of confidence in the just
concluded general elections. I proudly stand here today to say that we will
not fail them”, she said.
She asked the MCAs keep in mind, the oath that they took upon admission
to the county assembly was a call to them to represent and advance the
greater public good. She noted that the public was highly expectant that the
leaders they elected were going to deliver to them the Bottom-Up promise.
Waiguru, who has since been elected as the Chairperson of Council of
Governors (COG), called for harmonious working relationship between
MCAs and the executive so as to enable county government achieve its
objectives.
“We will soon be presenting various bills and policies for legislation and
approval, and I appeal to you to be facilitators of policies that will help in
addressing various socio-economic challenges of our county,” said the
governor.
Governor Waiguru highlighted the development milestones that her
administration had achieved in her last term in office in various sectors of
development.
She enumerated various projects implemented through Wezesha Kirinyaga
program to empower farmers to increase agricultural productivity in order to
make more money.
The health sector was also highlighted as one of the sectors in which the
county government had heavily invested in, the construction of Kerugoya
Level Five Hospital complex which is set to revolutionize health service
delivery in the county, being the flagship project.
She outlined her five years development plan including expansion of the
Wezesha Kirinyaga program, water connection, modernization of towns,
health sector reforms and expansion of facilities among others.
In agriculture, she said that the Wezesha Kirinyaga empowerment program
will be expanded to include more households who will be supported to
undertake projects such as poultry, tomato, avocado, and fish farming and
bee keeping among others.
“To boost the production capacity of our Kiaga animal feeds factory, the
county has set aside budget to install two semi-dual automatic machines
with capacity of producing 310 bags of 70kg per day. This in addition to the
current 110 bags per day. This will improve dairy farmers’ access to quality
and subsidized animal feeds.
She added the county government will support the dairy cooperatives to
process and package their milk in order to improve market access hence
fetch more money for the farmers.
To boost the coffee sector, the County Government will install modern eco-
pulping machines for cherry processing and coffee drying beds for seven
coffee cooperative societies.
Waiguru also told the MCAs that the county government is fast-tracking the
process of distributing the 25,000 bags of subsidized fertilizers that the
county has received from the national government.
To further support farmers in marketing of their produced, the governor said
that in addition to the 15 markets that her administration had put up,
another four markets will be constructed in this financial year in Kibirigwi,
Riakiani, Kimbimbi and Togonye.
Other areas of development that the governor highlighted include, road
construction, water, and issuance of title deeds to residents of Kibirigwi
villages, as well as education and youth empowerment.
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