Details of The Projects Ruto Will Launch in Mount Kenya

President Ruto returns to Central Kenya counties since his last visit in August 2024 for a 5-day working tour between April 1 and April 5. 2025, Some projects have been completed, many arc in various stages of completion while others are ripe for launching in the ongoing implementation of the Bottom Up Economic Transformation Government’s Agenda, The blueprint.

• He will therefore commission inspect ongoing ones and completed projects, launch others in Laikipia, Nyeri, Meru, Kirinyaga, counties Nyandarua, Muranga. 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 (Nveri) and Tigania West (Meru) constituencies.
• He will also County of the inspect ongoing construction Aggregation and Industrial Park (CAIPS) in Laikipia West and Githunguri (Kiambu, and a Special Economic Zone in Maragua (Muranga)
• The, National Government and counties a collaborating in the construction of 47 CAIPS, one in every county at a cost of KSh500 million each, with the two levels of government contributing KSh250 necessary space and the provide t million investors in many infrastructures economic for aspects, including manufacturing and value addition of agricultural produce.
• Special Economic Zones (SEZ) are going to play similar roles but at, a higher scale, including in pharmaceuticals. Already. the government is building 6 new SEZs in Dongo Kundu (Mombasa), Sagana ‘ (Krinyaga), Thika (Kiambu), Naivasha (Nakuru), Eldoret Uasin Gishu) and Nasewa (Busia).
• President Ruto will also inspect ongoing water sanitation and sewerage programmes in lgembe South [Meru). Maragua in Muranga and Mbeere North (Embu), The tinerary also includes visiting livestock, feedlots in Tigania West and South Imenti and 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 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. This will be a big boost to the implementation of universal health coverage and will also visit the Kenya Medical Training College in Kangema (Muranga).

•  Institutional housing has been a major challenge especially for universities. colleges the and security forces. The Housing Levy is, therefore, helping tackle this challenge by providing modern accommodation for the military. police, prisons colleges, including technical universities and training institutes
• President will inspect the ongoing Kiambere Bulk Water Project. He will also visit the section of Mau under Lari Road Mau in construction Constituency (Kiambou). Mau Mau roads were recently allocated KSh5 billion and are being built along the Aberdare and Mt Kenya forests in Kiambu. Muranga. Nvandarua and Nyeri counties.
• Various affordable projects will be injected or launched in East Ol Kalou and Kinangop (Nyandarua), Kandara and Maragua Tharaka (Muranga). Chuka lgambang’ombe Nithl) and Nyeri Town. Affordable housing, will alleviate shortage of accommodation. specially in urban enabling more Kenyans to many areas secure mortgages for as low as KSh3,000, and begin to spare agricultural land more for production and less for settlement
• In fulfillment of the pledge to Mama Mboga and traders to ensure they have adequate space and sanitation at their places of work, President’ Ruto will 14, Crucially, the affordable Housing Programme is of visit modern fresh produce markets in various stages providing hundreds of thousands of jobs for young people across the country They are being hired as of completion in Kieni (Nyeri), Laikipia East, Igembe South and Tigania East ‘ (Meru). Kirinyaga Central architects. quantity, carpenters. surveyors. Kinangop [Nyandarual and Chuka lgamibang’ombe engineers, masons, electricians. plumbers. steel fixers and general workers’ Other markets are in Tharaka Tharaka-Nithi, Runyenjes, and Manyatta, Embu, Othaya Nyeri and Githunguri (Kiambu).
• 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 (Nveri). South Imenti (Meru), Kirinyaga Central, OlKalou (Nyandarua) and Manyatta (Embu).