Building Development Partnerships
On Monday, Deputy Governor Lucy Mulili hosted a high powered delegation from Micro-Enterprise Support Programme (MESPT) led by Chief Executive Officer Rebecca Amukhoye who paid the DG a courtesy call in Wote. Discussions centered on enhancing partnerships between Makueni and MESPT in several Agricultural value chains and enhancing food safety competitiveness of the county. Some…
DG Mulili challenges youth to embrace innovations
Makueni Deputy Governor Lucy Mulili has challenged youth to tap into any facilitative structures that both the national and county governments have put in place as a way of ensuring they invest in innovations and technologies to address unemployment.
Governor Mutula Jnr. meets CoG
Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr digs into co-operation between Counties and the national Government for better service delivery Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr who is also the Council of Governors (COG) Legal, Constitutional Affairs, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee chair on Friday chaired his first meeting at the COG Delta House offices in Nairobi. The meeting discussions…
MAKUENI, USAID SIGN KSH.1BILLION JOINT WORK PLAN
Makueni county has inked a joint work plan worth KSh.1 Billion with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to stimulate the growth of the local economy for the 2022/23 financial year. The partnership was signed by Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr and USAID Mission Director in Kenya David Gosney on Wednesday in Wote. Some of…
Bill Gates visits healthcare workers in Makueni
Bill Gates the co-founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation visited Makueni County on a discovery trip to see the impact of Primary Health Care in the County. Accompanied by Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Junior, Bill Gates visited the Kathonzweni Level 3 hospital where he met with medical staff and…
Why Rural industrialization is Kenya’s future
H.E Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr on Thursday paid a courtesy call to the Makueni Agri-hub at Kwa Kathoka for an insight about the operations of the oil seed pressing plant. The plant, owned by Italian firm Eni Kenya, processes vegetable oil from cotton, castor, and croton seeds for bio-refining to make biofuel. According to a…
Mukuyuni market to undergo key modernization
The Mukuyuni market traders in Kaiti Sub-County have something to smile about as the process of modernizing the market place gathers steam. The project which is implemented by Wote Municipality is funded by World Bank through the Kenya Urban Support Programme (KUSP) and will be ready for use in the next 5 months, Wote Municipal…
Why there will be no projects duplication in Makueni
Makueni, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) implementing partners on Friday concluded a two-day joint work planning workshop aiming at ensuring no duplication of development projects in the county. The partners’ discussion stretched into joint designing, planning, monitoring, and learning so that they don’t implement similar projects. The process of a joint work plan…
Makueni to benefit from informal settlements town upgrading program
Wote: October 28, 2022 Deputy governor H.E Lucy Mulili on Friday received a delegation in her office from the Kenya Informal Settlement Improvement program (KISIP) in a move to plan a roadmap to improve informal settlements within Makueni’s towns. According to Dr. Peris Mang’ira, KISIP national coordinator, before embarking on an improvement project of the…
KeNHA to partner with Makueni in revamping road safety measures
The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) is seeking to partner with Makueni in a move to improve road safety measures on all roads that fall within the KeNHA purview in the county. This was revealed today following a courtesy call by KeNHA Lower Eastern Regional Director Eng. James Kariuki to H.E Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.…