A section of Kiambu town residents have supported the move by counties in the Mt Kenya to form an economic bloc.
The residents said that the move by a section of counties to work together on investments and trade will promote development.
Speaking on Sunday, the residents said the region has resources that could scale up development.
“We are happy that counties from Mt Kenya region including Kiambu have decided to work together on key areas that will boost development,” said Stanley Macharia, a trader at Kiambu town.
Macharia said that regional blocs will foster development and ensure that residents have access to key services.
On Monday last week counties from the Mt Kenya and Aberdare region agreed to form an economic bloc that will boost trade and development.
The leaders from the counties held a meeting in Nanyuki and agreed top fast-track the process of establishing the bloc.
The counties set to form the economic bloc are Kiambu, Laikipia, Nyandarua, Kirinyaga, Murang’a, Embu, Nyeri, Meru and Tharaka Nithi Counties.
The bloc, according to Kiambu Governor William Kabogo, will help the counties harness the resources they have for development.
Speaking to the press after the meeting, Kabogo said that it was time for the region to work together on matters trade and investments.
“We are finalising policy issues that will see counties in the Mt Kenya and Aberdares region work together for economic development,” said Kabogo.
The governor who spoke during the conference organised by the counties said that the region has key resources that could boost development.
Laikipia governor Joshua Irungu who attended the meeting said that member counties had agreed to contribute one million shillings kick-start operations.
He said that key areas that the economic bloc seeks to address are trade, healthcare, energy, tourism, agriculture and water.
Irungu said that the key sectors once explored will accelerate development and also taming unemployment.
Last month, Kiambu senator Kimani Wamatangi had advised the counties in the region to form a bloc. Wamatangi had said other counties across the country had formed economic blocs and were benefiting immensely.