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Multi-billion road projects bring security, joy and development to North Rift counties

Ongoing civil works for the laying of a fiber optic cable along the Eldoret - Lokichar - Nakodok National Trunk Road. [KeNHA, Twitter]

Over the last 10 years, the Jubilee government has initiated multi-billion shilling projects aimed at transforming the North Rift region and boosting the local economy.

Although some residents feel the government could have done better for a region that overwhelmingly supported President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2013 and 2017, the already executed infrastructure projects, especially roads, have become a game-changer.

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