Kiambu County Governor William Kabogo has promised to revamp the agriculture sector to make the county self-sustainable.
Speaking on Thursday in Juja sub-county during the disbursement of farm inputs worthy Sh6million to 8,000 farmers, Kabogo said that self-reliance would be the first priority in his administration.
“We will not be depending on the national government to provide relief food ear after year. We will construct dams in Kiambu that will provide water for irrigation ad domestic consumption,” he said
Kabogo said that his administration has lined a series of development projects aimed at enhancing food security
The governor said that he has started serious negotiations with development partners like World Bank to under take the construction of the dams.
“I’ve held talks with representatives of World Bank on the issue of construction of mega water projects and the next week I'll go to China to sign the agreement,” said Kabogo.
During the event, several poor farmers received seeds of maize, millet, beans and other seeds and fertilizer.
Kabogo said that distribution of county resources will be done equally in all 12 sub-counties.
“Every sub-county will have equal share of county resources. My aim is to bring transformative changes to Kiambu residents,” he noted.