A multi-agency committee has been
established in Kirinyaga to oversee infrastructure development under the in-house
roads program.
Executive Technical Staff, the County Assembly was formed after a meeting
between Governor Anne Waiguru and all the elected Members of the County
Assembly in efforts to nurture peace after months of unending wrangles that led
to the failed impeachment.
Leader of Majority Kamau Murango a
fierce critics of the government led by pact in the formation of the committee
that resolve to fast track improvement
of roads in all the wards.
The Governor accompanied by Members of
the County Assembly agreed that all the county trucks and roads equipment will
focus on murraming six kilometers of roads per ward per week on a rotational
basis.
In the first phase of the program will cover
240 kilometers of roads by January 2021 while the second phase will also cover
240 kilometers.
off in Mwea where the roads in the area will done through the collaboration of
the County Government and the National Irrigation Authority (NIA).
that a robust fleet management system will be used to monitor vehicle movement
and fuel consumption while the committee will be meeting every week to monitor
progress and report monthly to the larger team of all elected MCAs and the
governor.
Government remained committed and resolute to the Kirinyaga Rising vision that
is aimed at transforming and uplifting the living standards of every resident
in the county.
roads network will help the county attain sustained local social economic
development.
involves the construction of drainage culverts and bridges where applicable.
continues to open up the hinterlands of Kirinyaga to economic development.
Kirinyaga farmers are now able to
transport their farm produce to the market while farmgate buyers can gain easy
access to the farms. The county is a major producer of horticultural produce
that feeds its local markets and markets in other counties including Nairobi.
of the rural access roads has also opened up employment opportunities for the
youth in the public transport sector. Many of them are now able to operate boda
boda businesses whose demand is also driven by improved local economies.
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