President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged urged the contractor to ensure locals, especially the youth, get jobs in the road project launched today at Kitui.
The Head of State said that while addressing people at the launch in Mutomo, Kitui County where he said that the upgrading the road fulfils one of the Jubilee government’s social and economic goals for the region.
The project which is part of Mombasa–Isiolo–Addis Ababa road transport corridor consists of building and rehabilitating the existing road to an international trunk road standard.
Urging leaders to put the interests of Kenyans first and shun divisive politics, President Kenyatta emphasised that Jubilee government’s all-inclusive approach to development and its determination to ensure no part of the country is marginalised.
“Kenyans want their lives to be improved and that cannot be achieved through divisive politics and discrimination,” he said.
“Before we came to office, only 7,000 households had electricity in Kitui South constituency. Today, over 22,000 households are connected to power,” President Kenyatta said.
Deputy President William Ruto, who accompanied the President, said the Jubilee government wants the Kibwezi–Migwani road tarmacked for the benefit of the people of the region.
“What is important to us is that we are constructing this road. It does not matter if some people will claim credit for it. The truth will always come to the open,” the Deputy President said.