The government has announced the start
of the second phase of validation and verification of crucial projects being
undertaken in various parts of the country.
The exercise targets projects and programmes being undertaken by the national government specifically in Nyanza and Western regions.
During the initial phase, the team of officers from the office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary in partnership with that of Interior toured the Eastern and Coast regions.
Phases three and four target Rift Valley, Nairobi, Central and North Eastern regions.
The purpose of the countrywide exercise is to verify and validate the status of “high impact” selected projects and programmes for the financial year 2023/2024.
It takes into consideration the information provided by the Ministries, Departments and State Agencies (MDAs).
“The team will document issues and identify bottlenecks, which will be tabled before the National Development Implementation Committee (NDIC) for effective Coordination of service delivery to the people,” a statement from the National Government Coordination Secretariat reads.
NDIC is a high-level committee of Principal Secretaries chaired by Mudavadi with Head of Public Service Felix Koskei as the vice chairman.
Among the projects lined up for inspection in the regions are the construction of 6,000km of roads (3,500 km under conventional method and 2,500 km of low-volume seal road) and civil Aviation Development and Management (Kisumu Airport).
Expansion of Technical Vocational Education and Training centres in each of the seven counties and transformation, decentralization and digitization of State Law Office in Siaya have also been earmarked.
The team will also assess the implementation of the edible oil value chain project and the construction of 200,000 affordable housing units.
The projects, currently in various stages, are located in South Maragoli, Lurambi, Funyula, Lumumba, Alego Usonga, Mabera and Nyaribari Masaba.
Other projects are the completion and operationalisation of Nasewa special economic zones in Busia, mineral resource development and commercialization in Vihiga and Migori counties.
Additionally, the team will inspect the provision of agricultural crop insurance to farmers in Kakamega, Bungoma, Vihiga, Busia, HomaBay, Kisii, Nyamira and Migori.
The programme whose aim is to reduce the risk of crop loss targets two million farmers in 38 counties.