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Ruto expected in Nakuru to launch development projects

In the last 10 days, he has spent time in State House Nakuru and Eldoret State Lodge

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by MAUREEN KINYANJUI

News13 January 2024 - 07:10
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In Summary


  • •At around lunch hour, the President will launch Kings Bondeni Affordable Housing Project.
  • •Ruto will also issue special economic zone enterprise licences to six investors at the Naivasha SEZ, which will immediately open up job opportunities for over 3, 000 Kenyans.
President William Ruto addressing a meeting of Jubilee MCAs at State House Nakuru on January 11, 2024

President William Ruto on Saturday will have a busy diary in Nakuru County.

The Head of State will start his day by visiting the Special Economic Zone Sub Station Kedong Ranch where he will commission Naivasha Special Economic Zone Sub Station.

Ruto will also issue special economic zone enterprise licences to six investors at the Naivasha SEZ, which will immediately open up job opportunities for over 3, 000 Kenyans.

The facility according to  State Department for Investment Promotion Principal Secretary, Abubakar Hassan will provide first-world infrastructure and bureaucratic and administrative efficiency at globally competitive prices and it is geo-strategically located.

It is also within proximity of cheap sources of renewable energy and modern transport infrastructure that is linked to landlocked countries in Eastern Africa, either by rail or road.

At around lunch hour, the President will launch Kings Bondeni Affordable Housing Project.

The project has seen the construction of  605 units where 45 will be one-bedrooms, 180 two-bedroom and 380 units three-bedroom.

The Bondeni, Nakuru AHP project is the second project that the Civil Servants Housing Scheme is undertaking as part of its contribution to the affordable housing programme.

Later in the afternoon, the President will be at  Gacharage Trading Centre, Kuresoi North,  where he will launch Kiambiriria-Chepsir Road.

In the last 10 days,  Ruto has spent time in State House Nakuru and Eldoret State Lodge where he has had the opportunity to operate from his Sugoi home in Uasin Gishu County.

On Friday, he chaired the Second National Investment Council meeting at State House, Nakuru.

On Thursday, he met more than 120 Jubilee MCAs at State House, Nakuru.

He later intensified his planned countrywide tours with a visit to Nyandarua County in Mt Kenya region.

A series of development projects which included the commissioning of the Ol Kalou water and sewerage project in Ol Kalou constituency are lined up for him in the county.

He is also laid the foundation stone for the construction of affordable housing in Ol Kalou town.

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