[PHOTOS] Kindiki rallies Kajiado traders for economic growth

DP Kithure Kindiki leads economic empowerment engagement targeting women, youth groups and small-scale traders in Olooltepes, Kajiado county, July 19, 2025. /DPCS

Kindiki affirmed the government’s commitment to key programmes aimed at revitalising the economy.

These include the Affordable Housing Programme, overseas job opportunities, the Climate WorX Initiative, ICT Hubs and professional employment opportunities such as teaching, police service and community health promotion.

He assured Kajiado residents that the government had kept its promise on the recarpeting of the Ngong-Suswa road, a project expected to ease transportation and boost trade through the Naivasha corridor.

The Deputy President urged locals to continue enrolling with the Social Health Authority (SHA), revealing that so far 500,000 out of 1.1 million Kajiado residents have registered.

DP Kithure Kindiki leads economic empowerment engagement targeting women, youth groups and small-scale traders in Olooltepes, Kajiado county, July 19, 2025. /DPCS

On the Last Mile electricity connectivity programme, Kindiki announced an allocation of Sh700 million for Kajiado county, targeting 4,000 new household connections.

Kajiado West Constituency will specifically receive Ksh 125 million for the project.

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki leads an economic empowerment engagement targeting women, youth groups and small-scale traders in Olooltepes, Kajiado county. 

Leaders present:

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, Defence CS Soipan Tuiya, National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu MP), Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot (Kericho Senator) and President’s Aide Farouk Kibet.

Others were MPs Leah Sankaire (Kajiado County), Nelson Koech (Belgut), George Sunkuyia (Kajiado West), Johanna Ngeno (Emurua Dikirr), Sabina Chege (Nominated), Fatuma Zainab Mohammed (Migori) and Dorrice Donya (Kisii).

Lilian Siyoi (Trans Nzoia), former Kajiado Senator Peter Mositet, former Kajiado West MP Moses Ole Sakuda, and several MCAs led by the Kajiado county assembly speaker were also present.