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GOVERNOR MUTULA KILONZO JR ON WEDNESDAY INSPECTED ONGOING CONSTRUCTION WORKS OF THE NEW SULTAN HAMUD FRESH PRODUCE MARKET.

Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr on Wednesday inspected ongoing construction works of the new Sultan Hamud fresh produce market.

Traders are expected to move to the new structure by next month when it will be completed.

Governor Mutula said the modern market will serve traders operating by the roadside and directed county officers to ensure that water is connected to the market by the time of completion.

He also disclosed that Safaricom is building a modern maternity wing at the Sultan Hamud Hospital worth Ksh. 40m.

The governor was accompanied by County Executive Committee Members Eng. Sebastian Kyoni, Roads; Japheth Mangoka, Devolution; Dr Sonia Nzilani, Trade; and Tulimani MCA, Kyalo Mumo among others.

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GOVERNOR MUTULA KILONZO JR ON TUESDAY MORNING HOSTED A DELEGATION OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM NEPAL.

Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr on Tuesday morning hosted a delegation of government officials from Nepal for a peer-to-peer learning on Makueni’s Devolved Climate Financing. Makueni has implemented a robust community driven climate change resilience building strategy where the community identifies climate risks and resilience action plans.

900 community members who form the ward climate change planning committees act as ambassadors of climate change at the community level.

GOVERNOR MUTULA KILONZO JR ON MONDAY APPEARED BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE FOR COUNTY PUBLIC INVESTMENTS AND SPECIAL FUNDS.

Meeting with the Senate Committee on County Public Investments and Special Funds on Issues Raised by the Auditor General Report on Financial Statements of Makueni County Emergency Fund, Youth, Persons with Disabilities and Table Banking, Groups Empowerment Fund and the Makueni Bursary Fund for the Financial years ending 30th June 2019/20,2020/2021and 2021/2022

  1. Emergency Fund
    The issue raised was Purchase of a Generator by the Executive for Wote Water and sewerage Company (WOWASCO) in the financial year 2021/2022.

The intervention was done during the second wave of Covid 19 and just before the Devolution Conference.

  1. Bursary Fund
    The issues raised here were mainly on lack of proper legislation and unclear guidelines on bursaries and Scholarships in the years under consideration

The County is in the process of enacting the Bursaries and Scholarships Legislation which has been submitted to the County Assembly awaiting enactment.
The regulations have also been reviewed to give clear guideline on the criteria to be used in Bursaries and Scholarships issuance.

  1. The Makueni Empowerment Fund
    The fund had faced high default rate on the loan advanced, had a skewed Memorandum of Understanding with the Bank and operated under a manual system leading to questions whether it is a going concern.

There major interventions after exiting the skewed memorandum.
a) The partnership with World Food Programme has seen the reconstruction of the lending structural aspects of the fund through capacity building.
b) The Fund, in partnership with Safaricom, has set out to co-create a system aimed at digitizing the whole lending experience
c) The Fund through the Department has partnered with Village Enterprise to develop The Makueni County Ultra-Poor Graduation Policy.
d) Enactment of an Empowerment Fund Act
e) Unutilised funds have been put on an interest earning account

GOVERNOR MUTULA KILONZO JR ON FRIDAY DISTRIBUTED TWENTY THREE 100-SEATER TENTS AND CHAIRS IN NZAUI KILILI KALAMBA WARD AND SIX MORE IN KIKUMBULYU NORTH WARD TO 29 DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS ACROSS THE WARDS.

Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr on Friday distributed Twenty Three 100-seater tents and chairs in Nzaui Kilili Kalamba Ward and Six more in Kikumbulyu North Ward to 29 different community groups across the wards.

The groups which have been in existence requested for the tents through public participation. This will go a long way in empowering the groups which hire these out during events like burials, weddings traditional meetings etc. The disbursements were made possible through the Department of Gender, Children, Youth, Sports and Social Services.

GOVERNOR MUTULA KILONZO JR ON FRIDAY COMMISSIONED TWO EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION (ECDE) CENTERS AT KATILAMUNI AND KYAANI PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr on Friday commissioned two Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) centers at Katilamuni and Kyaani Primary Schools during his development tour of the Kikumbulyu North Ward in Kibwezi West sub-county.

This initiative, part of a broader program by the Department of Education, aims to provide quality learning facilities for pre-primary children in Makueni.

GOVERNOR MUTULA KILONZO JR. OFFICIALLY INAUGURATED THE REHABILITATION PROJECT OF NGOSINI CONCRETE DAM ON FRIDAY, LOCATED AT THE BORDER OF MAVINDINI AND MUVAU/KIKUMINI WARDS.

The Department of Agriculture, Irrigation, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperative Development is leading this initiative in collaboration with the Department of Water and Sanitation. 

The scope of works includes excavation of the dam, fencing installation, cattle troughs and sanitation blocks construction, masonry tank building, piping works installation and draw-off point establishment.

The rehabilitation of the dam is being implemented through the National Agricultural & Rural Inclusive Growth Project (NARIGP) and funded by the World Bank.

Upon completion, the 67,000M³ capacity dam will provide water for irrigated farming to almost 7,000 local residents.

Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr lights Kasikeu Market

Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr lights Kasikeu Market as he challenges locals to always take public participation fora seriously in order for their inputs to be included in decision-making before projects are initiated in their localities.