President William Ruto visited Trans Nzoia County three times this week during part of his 10-day development tour of the North Rift Region.
During the three days that Ruto was in the county, he commissioned several projects, but most importantly launched others worth billions of shillings that are set to benefit locals once fully completed.
The projects include road construction and hospitals.
Kitale County Hospital upgrade
On Friday, Ruto laid the Foundation for the upgrade of Kitale County Hospital, a level 5 facility.
“The 300-bed facility will comprise 32 ICU and High Dependency Unit beds, four theatres, emergency and outpatient departments, radiology and laboratory facilities, maternity and newborn units, and surgical wards,” the President said
According to Ruto, the project which will be completed in eight months is expected to expand access to specialised healthcare services and ease pressure on neighbouring hospitals.
National government road projects in Trans Nzoia
The head of state also launch construction if several roads in the county. He said the national government has invested Ksh 20 billion protected to build 200 km of roads in Trans Nzoia.
Among the protects include the construction of the 20km Kambi Miwa-Saboti-Gituamba road at a cost of KSh1.6 billion and the construction of the County Commissioner’s Office-Kijana Wamalwa Referral Hospital road in Kitale to improve access to healthcare services and ease movement within the town.
President Ruto also laid the foundation stone for the KSh 4.05 billion Kitale Medium Prison Phase 2 Affordable Housing Project in Saboti Constituency.
“The project will deliver 2,181 housing units, comprising 530 social housing units, 1,111 affordable housing units and 540 market housing unit,” he said.
Additionally, he laid the foundation stone for the KSh 414 million Kitale National Polytechnic Student Village, under the Affordable Housing Programme.
The hostels will accommodate 1,160 students and include study rooms, shops, food stalls, mini-marts and laundrettes, providing decent accommodation and a conducive learning environment.
Earlier in the week, the President launched the construction of the 27.5km Mwaita-Bwage-Makutano-Kapsara-Minex-Aruba-Kesogon road in Cherangany Constituency which he said was KSh1.7 billion project.
He also launched construction of phase one of the Kiminini-Mitoto-Ndalu-Brigadier road in at a cost of KSh500 million.
“We will allocate an additional KSh1 billion to complete the road,” he said, adding that “We are also investing KSh7 billion in the expansion of the Maili Tisa-Kitale Road.”
