President Uhuru Kenyatta addressing Kisii residents on June 6, 2017. [Photo/PSCU]
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday pitched tent in Kisii county in a bid to woo the voters.
The Jubilee party leader outlined several development programmes undertaken under his administration, saying The Standard Gauge Railway phase one from Mombasa to Nairobi is complete and that the SGR will be extended to Naivasha and thereafter to Kisumu through Kisii and Nyamira.
“We have completed phase one of the Standard Gauge Railway from Mombasa to Nairobi, we will extend it to Naivasha. For the first time instead of passing through Nakuru, the Standard Gauge Railway will pass through Narok, Kisii and then to Kisumu,” said the President.
The President said the government will also refurbish the old railway (metre rail), to complement the Standard Gauge Railway, thereby having two railway lines to ease transportation of goods, services and people.
The government has connected more than 3 million homesteads to electricity and has also reached its target of issuing 3 million titles in President Kenyatta’s first term.
President Kenyatta pointed out that what is important for Kenya is peace and reiterated that at no time will Kenyans again fight because of politics.
“There is no need of insulting one another, what is required is for leaders to propagate their party’s policies and Kenyans are wise enough to make independent decisions on what they want,” said the President.
The President traversed Kisii moving from Masimba, Keroka, Keumbu, Jogoo Turnoff, Nyakoe, Suneka, Tabaka, and Iranda where he addressed massive crowds.
President Kenyatta’s campaign is riding on the wings of the development credentials of the Jubilee Government which has been busy implementing massive infrastructure projects and social welfare programs that have changed Kenya for the better.
Just yesterday, the Kenya Private Sector Alliance gave a thumbs up to the Jubilee Government for its development track record and for making Kenya attractive to investors.
The President will tour Nyamira County today.