The national government and county administrations have finalized a KSh4 billion agreement to launch the second phase of the County Aggregation and Industrial Parks (CAIPs) initiative, expanding the construction of specialized manufacturing hubs across the country.
President William Ruto witnessed the signing ceremony at State House Nairobi on Thursday, where details of the infrastructure expansion were outlined alongside current funding status reports.
Under the current framework, the national government has disbursed KSh8.5 billion to the programme, providing KSh250 million to each of the 34 participating counties.
Implementing devolved units have already delivered their matching counterpart co-funding, allowing work to advance on the state-backed facilities.
An additional KSh2.4 billion has been allocated by the national government to finance common-user facilities within the industrial yards.
This capital injection allocates KSh150 million per facility, targeting the specific agricultural and natural resource value-addition demands of individual counties.
During the State House event, President Ruto announced that 10 out of the first 18 industrial parks are structurally complete and ready for investor onboarding.
The Council of Governors (COG) Chairman Ahmed Abdullahi and Trade Cabinet Secretary (CS) Lee Kinyanjui attended the ceremony, alongside several county heads.
Cabinet Secretary Kinyanjui noted that the initiative builds domestic self-reliance, while President Ruto urged governors to fast-track remaining infrastructural components, strengthen local governance oversight, and prepare the zones for private sector manufacturing plants.
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