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| Part of the road Machakos-Thika road constructed within three months. [PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE/STANDARD] |
MACHAKOS COUNTY: For a county that had been the envy of many Kenyans due to an ambitious development plan spearheaded by Governor Alfred Mutua, political intrigues, disagreements and a corruption investigation have, somewhat, dampened high hopes on the transformation of Machakos County.
The area that is home to a million people is battling food insecurity, lack of water for households, high poverty levels as well as poor infrastructure. With more than half of residents living in urban areas according to Kenya Open Data Survey 2014, leaders face a unique challenge of balancing the sharing of resources between rural areas and towns as well as developing both.
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