President William Ruto on Friday announced that the government will continue with sponsorship for the Kalenjin music festival.
He said that the government will continue with ksh 2o million sponsorship deal for the next five years to support artists and promote local culture.
Ruto said the festival will now be taken over and managed by the Ministry responsible for arts and culture as part of preserving Ngeno’s legacy.
“For the next five years, the government will allocate Sh20 million every year to support this initiative. The programme will be taken over by the ministry responsible for arts so that the work Ngeno started can continue,” Ruto said.
He was speaking on Friday during the funeral service of the late Emurua Dikirr MP in Emurua Dikirr and four of his aides who perished together in a helicopter crash in Nandi.
