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Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa speaks during the launch of a slum upgrade program in Amalemba. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]
Kakamega County government, the World Bank, and the French Development Agency (AFD) have partnered in a Sh269 million slum upgrade project.
World Bank will finance the upgrading of slums in Mumias municipality for Sh153 million while AFD will finance slums in Kakamega municipality for Sh116 million through the Kenya Informal Settlement Improvement Project (KISIP) which will implement the project in partnership with the two development partners.
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