Kirinyaga County Assembly has passed a supplementary budget, giving a boost to flagship projects initiated by Governor Anne Waiguru.
Among projects which will benefit include the ongoing construction of Kerugoya Hospital Medical Complex and the Wezesha Kirinyaga agricultural projects. The medical complex is set to raise Kerugoya Level Four Hospital to a level five referral hospital.
Access to diverse specialised services
The hospital project which is 80% complete will feature have an intensive care unit, a high dependency unit, a cancer centre and other amenities. The complex will also boost Covid-19 management after a 200-bed capacity isolation ward is set up.
The facility upon completion will bring relief to Kirinyaga residents as they will, for the first time, access diverse specialised services which they have been seeking from hospitals outside the county. The project is fully funded by the county government to the tune of Sh 1bn with technical support from the national government. The facility, whose construction begun mid-2019, is expected to be completed by September 2020.
Wezesha projects
The Wezesha projects on the other hand aims at increasing agricultural productivity in Kirinyaga to improve farmers’ livelihoods. Among the biggest winners will be tomato, dairy and avocado farmers as funds have been allocated for building processing factories for tomatoes and milk and an avocado pack house. There are also plans to expand the one million eggs per month project which currently involves 32 poultry groups with another 45 additional groups having been incorporated for funding.
To ensure that market traders have a conducive environment to do their business, building of a modern market has also been budgeted for. This is in addition to 11 markets that have already been built by Governor Waiguru’s administration.
Building of parking areas in Kerugoya as part of the town’s improvement programme has also been given a boost. This project will be an addition to the already completed cabro paving works done in parking lots in Kagio, Kutus and Kianyaga towns.
