Through the inspection of the 8-kilometer Dzitsoni–Jaribuni road work in Kauma, Kilifi County on Tuesday, President William Ruto today reaffirmed his government’s commitment to continually expand infrastructure and increase power supply as a basis for Kenya’s industrial transformation.
The project on the Dzitsoni–Jaribuni road forms just one part of the 37-kilometre Dzitsoni–Tezo plan, which will provide new transportation opportunities besides facilitating the easy movement of locals in the coastal region.
“A fully operational road, opening up a market, is the surest way of development and that is why we, as a government, are speeding up the road construction across the country. The modernisation of roads is our infrastructure’s heartbeat, and the transport of goods and services is not only the key to growth but also to unlocking all that the Kenyan people can gain from it,” said Dr. Ruto.
At the same time, President Ruto accentuated Kenya’s need for a further 7,700MW of power to meet the manufacturing and industrialisation sector while addressing the ground-breaking ceremony of the Vipingo Special Economic Zone in Kilifi.
He observed that the coming of SEZs and county aggregation centres is the pivot on which Kenya turns to be become the gateway to Africa’s market.
The Vipingo SEZ is forecast to generate approximately $3 billion (about KSh 450 billion) in investments, allowing the creation of thousands of local community jobs.
In the plan to create conducive industrialization environments characterized by scalability in both the infrastructure and energy supply, the Government of Kenya, according to President Ruto, is committed to providing investors with the best environments for industries to thrive.