The Mountain Journal
The government is committed to upgrading the Kigumo Health centre that stalled due to lack of finances.
Health Principal Secretary Josephine Mburu said the Sh400 million health facility will be completed in April.
Mburu who was accompanied by Kigumo MP Joseph Munyoro spoke during a tour of the facility, saying it was 78 percent complete, and the government will release the amount for the facility.
The facility is designed for an upgrade to the Level four status hospital that will serve vast areas in Kigumo and Kandara sub counties.
“The is designed to have the project completed, and will have a fully equipped maternity wing, surgical wards and a mortuary,” she said.
Munyoro said President William Ruto had assured him the proposed KIGUMO KMTC campus will be a reality once they procure land.
The lawmaker said Ruto administration has a soft spot for Kigumo owing to the pledged to have the projects desired by the locals accomplished.
“ The president has committed to personally commission the KMTC campus once it is complete and the leadership is looking for enough land,” the MP said.
The Kigumo Technical and Vocational Institute, the MP said it has registered 700 students and will be the most populated in Mt Kenya region.
The MP pledged to sponsor the first 200 learners in a move to support enhanced technical courses among the youth.
“ Am pleased with the demand for the technical courses,” said Munyoro.
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