Governor Stephen Sang Elected NOREB Chairman
Governors from the North Rift region have appointed Nandi Governor Stephen Sang as the chairman of the North Rift Economic Bloc (NOREB).
He takes over from Jackson Mandago who was elected Uasin Gishu County Senator.
“I pledge to anchor the North Rift Economic Bloc (NOREB) to economic transformation through the setting up of working structures that will be informed by a legal framework. This will ensure that we have a united region, take advantage of existing opportunities, as well as reaching out to counties who have expressed their intention to be part of our bloc,” said governor Sang after he was elected.
He said they had an opportunity to be briefed on the status of the secretariat and progress within Noreb
Highlighting some of the challenges affecting the counties and nation at large ranging from drought and famine to insecurity, the leadership from the Noreb region promised to tackle them in collaboration with the national government ensuring the betterment of lives in those regions banking on the advantage that the president hails from this region.
“Noreb is presented with a very unique opportunity because this is the region that the president comes from. The country is facing a huge problem of drought and famine. This region has the potential of feeding the nation. The region has presented the nation with the pain of insecurity and therefore we have sat down as leadership from Noreb and agreed our region will provide our nation with an opportunity to address some of the challenges. We will work with the national government and the leadership within the region to address the insecurity within our region.” Noted Sang, Governor Nandi County.
Promising to transform the region with cooperation among counties, the leadership swore to work hand in hand with sister counties within the rift valley and set up a framework on how the Noreb bloc will be functioning in the month of November where they shall make a major announcement.
“We want to provide an anchor for the economic transformation of this nation presented by the Kenya Kwanza administration in agriculture, tourism, athletics, health services, and many other areas. Within the month of November, we will conclude what we need to do in terms of setting structures and anchoring the economic bloc within the legal framework. We talked to our sister counties from Nakuru, Laikipia, Narok, Kericho, and Bomet counties who have expressed serious intentions to be part of an economic journey within the entire rift valley so that we can unite the entire valley.” Said Sang.
Uasin Gishu governor Jonathan Bii said the meeting aimed at enhancing cohesiveness among these counties, improving the economic structure to benefit the people living in these counties
“Today we decided to meet as governors from the North Rift. We realized that we just had new leadership in place and others in their second terms. We’ve met purposely to tell our friends that Noreb is finally getting to its full name. We are here to structure the whole thing and make it as vibrant as possible. We have a number of things to achieve and we want to bring together our counties and improve our economic structure so that our people can benefit from working together as a bloc.” Said Uasin Gishu, Governor Jonathan Bii.
The meeting had representation from the various counties within the rift valley. Governors from Uasin Gishu, Nandi, Trans Nzoia, Turkana, and Elgeyo Marakwet counties, deputy governors from West Pokot, Baringo,, and all County secretaries were also in attendance.
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