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Itare Dam the Sh34b white elephant

A section of Itare Dam site in Kuresoi North on January 28, 2021.[Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

When Jubilee Government took power in 2013, President Uhuru Kenyatta and deputy William Ruto wasted no time in commissioning the construction of the Sh34 billion Itare Dam.

On June 15, 2015, at State House in Nairobi, the President signed a financing agreement with Italy’s BNP Paribas and Intesa San Paolo banks for the construction of the dam in Kuresoi South Constituency.

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