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A woman works in the refilling of a road in Kitale town on Saturday, March 07, 2020. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]
Kitale is a scenic urban settlement with fair weather around the year that has drawn many settlers over the years.
The town on the western fringes of the Rift Valley is surrounded by lush farmland and has been known as a robust trading town due to the rich agricultural produce in its mother county, Trans Nzoia.
Yet the town’s beauty has faded away as significant population growth has overstretched the resources and infrastructure that has not expanded in tandem with the residents.
Matiang i Acts as KeNHA Complains Chinese Delay in Ksh4.4B Project
3 March 2021 - 11:44 am
Interior CS Fred Matiang i speaks at the National Chief s Forum in Nairobi on Friday, July 3, 2020
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Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang i has intervened after the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) decried slow progress of a Ksh4.4 Billion road project.
The roads agency had earlier expressed concern that the contractor, China State Corporation Contractors Limited, would not complete Kitale-Suam road that transverses Trans Nzoia County within the set timelines.
The 45-kilometre road was initially to be completed by August 2020 but the revised completion period is February 25, 2022.
Tarmacking of 45km Kitale-Endebes-Suam road in August 2020.
Matiang i Bans Disco Matanga to Protect Teenage Girls
Interior CS Fred Matiang i addresses a gathering on January 12, 2018.
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Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang i issued a directive for the arrest of men who impregnated teenage girls when schools closed due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Matiang i spoke in Trans Nzoia - which led in the number of teenage pregnancies in the country. He also banned night discos popularly known as ‘disco matangas’ in the county with immediate effect.
The CS said that the night dances were largely to blame for teenage pregnancies in the county.
“We have agreed with the county security team, there will be no disco matanga in this county. Those involved will be arrested and arraigned in court.