The National government intends to invest in the technology and financial sectors at Konza Technopolis City during the implementation of the 2023-2027 Medium Term Plan IV, Secretary Devolution Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations Alfonso Munyali has said.
Mr. Munyali disclosed that the government will invest resources from local and international revenues to turn around the economy during the period under review.
He revealed that the government will establish a centre of technological development where people will use technology to access degrees from the Open University from the comfort of their homes.
Consequently, people will do businesses and get cheap credit from the financial services at Konza City to enhance their businesses and transform their lives, he added.
Munyali, who represented Principal Secretary (PS) for State Department for Devolution Teresia Mbaika, said that people’s ability to carry out digital transactions to do business and access government services in the area will be boosted.
“Through technology, people will earn degrees from the already established Open University from the comfort of their homes. Entrepreneurs will get cheap credit to improve their businesses besides creating jobs for the unemployed youths,” said Munyali during the dissemination of Medium-Term Plan IV of 2023-2027 at a hotel in Wote town on Wednesday.
He further said that the government will construct hotels to boost the hospitality industry, besides installing a high-voltage power line between Isinya and Konza City.
Also to be constructed will be a metre-gauge railway to help in transporting goods to markets, hence revitalising the cotton industry to ensure farmers benefit from value addition in the area.
Munyali said that there will be the establishment of a cold storage facility to preserve fruit, tomatoes, and milk in order to improve agriculture in the county during the period.
The event was officially opened by Secretary Wildlife Shadrack Ngene on behalf of the Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Alfred Mutua, on Wednesday at a hotel in Wote town.
Speaking at the same event, Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr. urged the national government to share revenue realised from the parks in Makueni County.
“Kajiado and Taita Taveta counties are benefiting from resource sharing from national parks. I ask the national government to consider Makueni,” said Mutula.
On disaster, the governor lamented that his government is overwhelmed by accidents that occur along the busy Mombasa-Nairobi highway and challenged the national government to assist in the construction of a hospital to handle the tragedies that occur.
Those who attended the function included Makueni County Commissioner Henry Wafula, County Executive Committee Member for Devolution Japheth Mang’oka, his Finance and Education counterparts Damaris Kavoi and Elizabeth Muli, departmental heads from both levels of government, and non-government organisations, among others.
By Patrick Nyakundi
