Acting Busia Lands CeC Martin Kafwa and Deputy Governor Moses Mulomi during a meeting with the PPP Unit team in Nairobi on Monday. [Photo|BCG]Busia County Government has identified four priority projects for funding by the Public Private Partnership Unit (PPU), a specialised unit within the National Treasury.Busia Deputy Governor Moses Mulomi led the County team for the talks with the PPPU team at the Reinsurance Plaza in Nairobi on Monday.The PPPU unit was led by Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist at the National Treasury Wycliffe Ondieki with Andrew Sprott and Caroline Maina representing the World Bank.Mulomi was flanked by County Executive Committee Members Bernard Yaite (Public Works), Martin Kafwa (Lands), Leonard Obimbira (Finance) and Chief Officers Gregory Akide (Lands) and Ezekiel Okwach (Office of the Governor).Yaite said they had identified the development of a trailer park in Busia and Malaba as the potential project for PPPU funding in Busia County.The second priority project is the development of an oil depot considering that the National government is expanding the oil depot from Kericho to Kisumu and then to Busia. Mundika or Matayos will host the depot.Construction of low cost housing units for staff and county residents, upgrading of slums in Busia and Malaba and development of an airport are other priorities Busia County will present for consideration into PPPU stream by February 2nd.

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