President William Ruto will on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, return to Mt Kenya for a five-day working tour since his last visit to the region in August 2024.
The President will commission completed projects, inspect ongoing ones and launch others in nine counties - Laikipia, Nyeri, Meru, Kirinyaga, Nyandarua, Murang'a, Embu, Tharaka-Nithi and Kiambu.
The projects include roads, affordable housing, fresh produce markets, last mile electricity connectivity, water and irrigation, among others.
“He will also issue title deeds in Kieni (Nyeri) and Tigania West (Meru) constituencies,” a statement from State House said.
Ruto will further inspect the ongoing construction of the County Aggregation and Industrial Park (CAIPS) in Laikipia West and Githunguri (Kiambu) and a Special Economic Zone in Maragua (Murang'a).
The national government and counties are collaborating in the construction of 47 CAIPS, one in each county for Sh500 million each, with each level of government paying half to provide the necessary space and infrastructure for investors in manufacturing and value addition of agricultural produce.
Special Economic Zones (SEZ) play similar roles but at a higher scale, including in pharmaceuticals.
Already, the government is building six new SEZs in Dongo Kundu (Mombasa), Sagana (Kirinyaga), Thika (Kiambu), Naivasha (Nakuru), Eldoret (Uasin Gishu) and Nasewa (Busia).
The President will also inspect ongoing water, sanitation and sewerage programmes in Igembe South (Meru), Maragua in Murang'a and Mbeere North (Embu).
The itinerary also includes visiting livestock feedlots in Tigania West and South Imenti (Meru).
“These are meant to boost the livestock value chain and the government's support for farmers to produce quality meat, hides and skins especially for the European Union and Middle East markets.”
In addition, the President will tour the incomplete JM Memorial Hospital in Ol Kalou (Nyandarua).
The National Government will work with the county government to complete the medical facility and thus establish the only Level 5 hospital in Nyandarua.
Ruto will further commission police houses in Chuka Igambang'ombe (Tharaka-Nithi) and student hostels at Tharaka University.
In Mbeere South Constituency (Embu), the President will inspect the ongoing Kiambere Bulk Water Project. He will also visit the section of Mau Mau Road under construction in the Lari Constituency (Kiambu).
Mau Mau roads were recently allocated KSh5 billion and are being built along the Aberdare and Mt Kenya forests in Kiambu, Murang'a, Nyandarua and Nyeri counties.
Various affordable housing projects will be inspected or launched in Laikipia East, Ol Kalou and Kinangop (Nyandarua), Kandara and Maragua (Murang'a), Chuka Igambang'ombe (Tharaka-Nithi) and Nyeri Town.
Ruto will visit modern fresh produce markets in various stages of completion in Kieni (Nyeri), Laikipia East, Igembe South and Tigania East (Meru), Kirinyaga Central, Kinangop (Nyandarua) and Chuka Igambang'ombe (Tharaka-Nithi).
Other markets are in Tharaka (Tharaka-Nithi), Runyenjes and Manyatta (Embu), Othaya (Nyeri) and Githunguri (Kiambu). Nationally, close to 500 markets are being built.
To connect more Kenyans to electricity and thus stimulate economic activities, the President will launch various Last Mile Electricity Connectivity projects in Laikipia West, Kieni (Nyeri), South Imenti (Meru), Kirinyaga Central, Ol Kalou (Nyandarua) and Manyatta (Embu).
