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20,000km fiber laid as Kenya targets 100,000km network

Deputy Chief of Staff Eliud Owalo (L) is taken through various development plans when he toured the Special Economic Zone in Mai Mahiu Naivasha on 10/4/25. Fourteen investors have allocated land in the industrial park with one of the companies already operational. [ Antony Gitonga]

The Kenyan government has rolled out an ambitious 100,000-kilometre fiber-optic network project aimed at accelerating digital transformation and equipping citizens with digital skills, with over 20,000 kilometres already laid.

This was revealed by Eliud Owalo, the Deputy Chief of Staff in the Executive Office of the President, during the opening day of the 5th International Multidisciplinary Research Conference at Rongo University.

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