{"id":109822,"date":"2025-02-06T14:03:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T14:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/02\/06\/president-ruto-flags-off-garissa-airstrip-upgrade\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T14:03:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T14:03:31","slug":"president-ruto-flags-off-garissa-airstrip-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/president-ruto-flags-off-garissa-airstrip-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ruto flags off Garissa Airstrip upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 6 \u2013 President William Ruto has flagged off the Garissa Airstrip Upgrade.<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Ruto begun his development tour by inspecting the county\u2019s airstrip where he assessed the progress of the new terminal building being constructed at a cost Sh700 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are here today because of the development of the area as well. People used to sit under the trees while in the airport. Now we have donated 700 million to build a terminal,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n

He explained further that the runway will be extended and upgraded to increase the number of flights in the county.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have donated money for the runway to ensure that we extend the runway and modernize it so that we can have daily flights from Garissa to Nairobi so that we can promote our economy so that Kenya can move forward,\u201d he stated. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The President has also launched the Livestock Vaccination Drive in the region.<\/p>\n

He expressed the government\u2019s commitment to support farmers through financial support.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to ask the people of Garissa, don\u2019t we export coffee? Don\u2019t we export tea? Don\u2019t we export milk? If we export meat will there be a problem? Now you hear some fools telling us that we should not vaccinate our cattle so that we can lose an international market. Is that not stupid? Or what do you think?\u201d he posed.<\/p>\n

He also outlined the government\u2019s plan to boost research, reduce tax on seeds and compensate farmers who have lost their cattle.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow people of Northern Kenya and farmers countrywide, the government has a good plan in terms of production, we have reduced taxation on seeds, we have put so much money into seed research to ensure things are well, we have planned for the vaccination program and we have planned to compensate the farmers who lost their livestock,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The President stated that the government has given Sh1 billion to farmers for the facilitation of those who have lost their property and livestock.<\/p>\n

The President also laid the foundation stone for the Garissa County Affordable Housing Project during his tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have had affordable housing since the National Housing Cooperation was started 60 years ago,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He stated that the project will create employment especially for the youth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have heard people saying that the President is telling the youth to go and work in construction, so I am asking can a house be built without people working in construction? If someone does a course on architecture, electrician, plumbing and engineering, won\u2019t these people work in construction? So those who are saying we are taking people to construction sites should watch their mouths,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The President also said that the government will build hostels for colleges around the area under the same program.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 6 \u2013 President William Ruto has flagged off the Garissa Airstrip Upgrade. President Ruto begun his development tour by inspecting the county\u2019s airstrip where he assessed the progress of the new terminal building being constructed at a cost Sh700 million. \u201cWe are here today because of the development of the area as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}