County Executives Join Maili Nne Residents For KISIP Public Partcipation
Uasin Gishu County leadership is committing to undertake major upgrade to Eldoret city’s Informal Settlements. With the expected upsurge in population and the growing demand for infrastructure developments, the County through the Kenya Informal Settlements Improvement Programme(KISIP), is undertaking various projects to see an upgraded lifestyle for residents living in high population Settlements in Eldoret City.
County Secretary Mr Edwin Bett, CECM Lands Mr Anthony Sitienei, CECM Education Dr. Janet Kosgey and CECM Agriculture Mr. Edward Sawe, today joined the National KISIP team led by Ms. Zenah Kirui in a public participation that focused on the people’s needs at Maili Nne Settlements.
County Secretary Mr Edwin Bett, assured that H. E Jonathan Bii Chelilim’s led administration, was taking to task every expert and resources to fully engage in the project’s success.
Maili Nne residents led by the area MCA, turned up in hundreds to elect the Settlement leaders who would be in charge of monitoring the projects smoothly for ownership and management of conflicts.
CECM Lands Mr. Anthony Sitienei, noted that the infrastructure expected in the area would improve the living standards as well as create job opportunities to the youth in the area as all manual jobs in the projects would be done by the local residents.
Zenah Kirui applauded Uasin-Gishu for the quick interventions that have seen the rise of a new city, which was a contributor to the increased funds to a tune of ksh. 1.4 billion. The funds increment was also approved due to the fact that Uasin Gishu was among the top counties that performanced exceptionally well in KISIP Phase 1.
“This is one of the County’s where phase 1 of KISIP was totally successful. We have been asking other counties to benchmark here because its been a big success story,” said Ms Kirui.
Hon. Moses Kebenei, Chair Committee for Housing and Urban Development said that the County assembly members are looking forward to the projects as these are projects that impact on the wananchi directly.
Also in attendance were Chief Officer Housing and Urban Development Mr Julius Koech, Chief Officer Lands and Physical planning Mr Nathan Korir, Chief of Staff Mr. Nicholas Chepkwony, Directors Nelly Jerotich, Beatrice Menjo, Daniel Koech and Benjamin Kirongo
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