Kiambu County Deputy Governor Gerald Githinji has reiterated the need for county governments across the 47 counties to work together on common development goals for effective service delivery to Kenyans
Speaking when he hosted Kajiado county governor David Nkendianye at the Kiambu county offices on Thursday, Githinji said that working together among counties will see Kenyans get quality services.
The Kiambu deputy governor observed that there is much each county can learn and get to implement from each other.
He stated that though counties are allocated and have different resources they can work and support each other on some issues of common interest.
“County government need to work together and get to know the kind of development projects that their counterparts are implementing for the sake of common development,” said Githinji.
Githinji intimated that counties have common goal of spearheading development and bringing services closer to the people as enriched in the constitution.
He said that Kiambu will reach out to other counties and share development agendas.
Nkedianye while echoing the Kiambu deputy governor said that working together was the best way-forward.
The Kajiado governor who was visiting the county to learn about the Kango’ki Landfill project in Thika said that time has come for counties to focus on projects that will change the lives of the people.
The governor cited area like environment conservation and tourism as areas counties need to collaborate on fully.
The Kango’ki landfill project is a waste management system that is being implemented by the Kiambu government in support of the Swedish government and UN-Habitat.
The project was started in mid last year and is expected to be completed by June this year.