Nakuru is the fourth largest town in Kenya after Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu towns. It's also the headquarters of Nakuru county.
The town has been earmarked for elevation to a city status.
Here are Kinyanjui's efforts to crown Nakuru a city
1.Cleaning the town
Nakuru was named the cleanest town in East Africa by a United Nations agency in 2011. Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui early this year stepped up an ambitious push to ensure the town has facilities that match city status.
2.Improved infrastructure.
The county government has rolled out several projects to ensure the town earns the city status. The county government is set to upgrade several sectors to achieve this.
To upgrade infrastructure in the town, the devolved unit jointly with the Kenya Urban Roads Authority has settled on a Sh2 billion road upgrade to link several residential and commercial centers to Nakuru town.
3.Proper urban planning.
Kinyanjui has already ensured that 200 illegal structures including kiosks, garages, car wash areas and containers that blocked waterways and encroached road reserves have been destroyed.
"Major towns including Nakuru and Naivasha have in the past suffered from perennial drainage blockage arising for encroachment on road reserves and illegal structures. My administration will not spare them. We want to deal with the problem of the drainage system to avoid flooding incidences as Nakuru seeks to attain city status,” said Mr Kinyanjui.
4. Effective traffic control.
The county government is set to construct a modern alternative bus stage where all vehicles operating from the town centre will be relocated to.
County Executive Committee member in charge of Infrastructure Engineer Lucy Kariuki confirmed that this is part of a raft of new measures to end congestion in the town.
Interchanges that have been constructed along the Nairobi-Nakuru-Eldoret highway are also set to ease traffic flow to and from Nakuru and spruce up the face of the town.