{"id":24921,"date":"2016-04-27T02:13:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T02:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/uhuru-kenyatta-s-basket-of-goodies-for-ukambani\/"},"modified":"2016-04-27T02:12:45","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T02:12:45","slug":"uhuru-kenyatta-s-basket-of-goodies-for-ukambani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/uhuru-kenyatta-s-basket-of-goodies-for-ukambani\/","title":{"rendered":"Uhuru Kenyatta’s basket of goodies for Ukambani"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Title deeds will be issued in Machakos, Makueni and Kitui between May 2 and May 4.}<\/p>\n

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday outlined a raft of development initiatives in Ukambani, a move intended to woo the opposition-leaning region to the Jubilee coalition.<\/p>\n

The President hosted as many as 10,000 leaders and professionals from the region and listed the projects he intends to initiate or commission in the coming months.<\/p>\n

As a sign of his commitment towards fulfilling his development pledges, President Kenyatta invited several Cabinet secretaries to address the delegation.<\/p>\n

The CSs gave status reports of ongoing projects under their various ministries and specific timelines when they are expected to be completed.<\/p>\n

Cabinet secretaries who were paraded before the delegation included James Macharia (Roads), Eugene Wamalwa (Water), Jacob Kaimenyi (Lands), Charles Keter (Energy) and Joe Mucheru (ICT).<\/p>\n

Once the CSs were through, President Kenyatta promised that he would personally tour the region in early June to launch the projects.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will return to all the three Ukambani counties in the second week of June to launch the various road and energy projects,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also promised to tour the region from June 19 to June 21 to inspect ongoing projects.<\/p>\n

KONZA CITY<\/p>\n

He also promised to bring a university charter to Machakos on May 19.<\/p>\n

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua led the delegation which was drawn from all the three Ukambani counties of Machakos, Kitui and Makueni.<\/p>\n

Mr Keter told the meeting that almost all schools in Mwingi North are now connected to electricity.<\/p>\n

His ICT counterpart Mr Mucheru assured them that the construction of Konza City will commence by July including the digging of nine boreholes, power connections as well as fencing.<\/p>\n

\u201c24 different players already at Konza to deliver universities, assembly plants of different things and other investments,\u201d he was quoted on State House\u2019s official Twitter handle.<\/p>\n

Mr Keter also announced that the Mui Basin coal programme had already started adding that the government was working on the resettlement of local communities.<\/p>\n

He further announced that power transmission lines from Mwingi to Garissa have been installed.<\/p>\n

Prof Kaimenyi on his part said the ministry will issue 74,564 title deeds in Machakos, 33,247 others in Makueni while 40,735 Kitui residents will get the land documents.<\/p>\n

The title deeds will be issued in Machakos, Makueni and Kitui between May 2 and May 4.<\/p>\n

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