Kisii County residents have been urged to consider investing at home to boost the economy of the region as a collective way of transforming the county into a middle income economy.
Speaking during a Sunday meeting with a group of investors in Kisii town, county deputy governor Dr Joash Maangi said he was concerned about few investments done in the region by business people.
Maangi said developing the region entailed collective participation by all residents and insisted that the county has offered local investors an opportunity to transform the region without necessarily sourcing for investors from outside.
“Kisii County offers local investors opportunities to invest at home. I am not impressed with little impact we have made. We do not necessarily have to source for investors from abroad yet we have able people from here who can invest in our county,” he said.
He said local investors were a role model to upcoming youths who were interested in entrepreneurship and challenged the investors to grasp the opportunity and show young people the right path to deal with unemployment challenge.
“As a county, we are trying our best to reduce unemployment among the youths. But it will be important if local investors became an example to young entrepreneurs by acting as role model to them. That can only happen if you invest at home and motivate young people,” he added.