Ruto steps up North Rift projects with Kitale housing, market launches
Kenyan President William Ruto has launched several infrastructure projects in Trans Nzoia, including affordable housing units and a modern business park. These initiatives are part of a broader government effort to improve urban infrastructure and economic development in the region.
Why it matters
The projects reflect the government's focus on addressing housing shortages and supporting local trade through centralized commercial hubs.
President William Ruto, with Commissioner General Prisons Patrick Aranduh, lays the foundation stone for the Medium Prison Phase Two Affordable Housing Project in Saboti/PCS President William Ruto intensified his development drive in Trans Nzoia Friday, launching and inspecting projects in housing, trade, education and healthcare as he entered the fifth day of his North Rift tour.
In Kitale, Trans Nzoia County, the President laid the foundation stone for the Sh4.05 billion Kitale Medium Prison Phase Two Affordable Housing Project in Saboti Constituency, which is expected to deliver 2,181 housing units.
The development will comprise 530 social housing units, 1,111 affordable housing units and 540 market housing units, expanding the government's housing programme in the region.
Ruto also handed over the Masinde Muliro Business Park in Kitale, a multi-storey complex designed to provide traders with a modern and organised trading environment.
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