President William Ruto led the inspection of the Ksh 205 million Chepkorio Modern Market in Keiyo South, Elgeyo Marakwet County, a project designed to accommodate 200 traders.
The Chepkorio market will offer a secure, organized and accessible spaces for small-scale traders across the county, which has provided shelter and infrastructure to vendors who often operate in informal, open-air setting.
The market has established a good and safety standards alongside sanitation that will improve the consumers’ experience.
It will stimulate the regional economic growth, thereby creating opportunities for entrepreneurs to trade in a conducive environment.
The Chepkorio project is part of the development plan with a cost of Ksh 12 billion investment that will include a 3,000- housing units, nine modern markets and student hostels that will support education and ease accommodation challenges.
The project is a signal progress in Kenya’s broader agenda of bottom-up economic transformation as the county prepares to welcome traders into a modern facility, that is expected to impact the people of Elgeyo-Marakwet County.