Machakos County Cabinet meeting chaired by Governor Dr Alfred Mutua, January 23, 2018. [Photo/Dr Alfred Mutua]The Machakos County Government Bursary Programme has been approved.During a Cabinet meeting chaired by Governor Dr Alfred Mutua, the programme received Sh25 million as interim funding to be used pending approval by the County Assembly."This funding will include setting up of a County Bursary office that will coordinate the programme from application of bursary to disbursement," said Mutua on Tuesday.The County Cabinet also approved bringing on board a consultant who will undertake feasibility studies on viable factories/industries to be set up in each Constituency and ultimately in every ward.For this programme, Dr Mutua said they would explore Public/Private partnerships that would see private investors coming in to set up the factories in the constituencies and our people improving their standards of living through gainful employment in the factories.The Cabinet also discussed ways of fast tracking the New City that had been delayed by litigation."The New City will offer thousands of jobs during and after it's construction and will see Machakos become a premier destination in Africa. We look forward to the County Assembly's fast approval of the programs that will ensure implementation begins immediately so that mwananchi begins to benefit from these programs as soon as possible," said Mutua.

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