DP Ruto pledges health, water projects worth billions

From Left: Laikipia Governor Ndiritu Muriithi, DP William Ruto, Laikipia MP Catherine Waruguru, Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri and Laikipia County assembly speaker Patrick Waigwa in Nanyuki yesterday. (Photo/Jacinta Mutura, Standard)

Deputy President William Ruto has pledged projects worth billions of shillings in Laikipia County. Speaking in Nanyuki, yesterday, during the funds drive for Mary Immaculate Primary School, Ruto said the Jubilee government would support the county's infrastructure, water and health projects.

He said Sh600 million had been set aside for extending of electricity connection under the Last-Mile Programme to 15,000 households, adding to the already connected 55,000 households in the county. “As Jubilee government, we are concentrating on developments that can benefit Kenyans and to promote independence,” he said.