Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua Secures Sh50 Billion worth of Investments from International Donors
Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has secured investment deals worth billions of shillings following a meeting with development partners on Wednesday.
The meeting was attended by representatives of various partners including ambassadors, head of missions, head of United Nations bodies, heads of international funding organizations and global and continental development banks among others.
Speaking after the talks, Governor Mutua said his team was able to secure investment commitments worth Sh50 billion, which will be injected into different development projects in Machakos County.
“I am very pleased with the large turnout and the fruitful discussions. We highlighted our development agenda, our many successes and the massive remaining gaps which require funding so as to fully achieve our program of poverty eradication and economic growth in all sectors,” Mutua said.
During the meeting, Mutua wooed the development partners to help his administration in construction of mega-dams, sinking of boreholes, elevated steel tanks, solar powering systems as well as the construction of dikes to address the problem of water shortage in the county.
On healthcare, Mutua sought partnership in cancer prevention and management, disaster preparedness, blood management system, community health strategy and advanced training for healthcare workers.
USAID deputy program officer, Stephen Fitzpatrick said the agency will partner with Machakos County government to support healthcare, education and food security strategy.
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative Jared Mark said the UN body will support the county in addressing food security and nutrition matters.
“We have established a desk in the county to ensure partnership programs yield the desired results. We assure the governor of our support in supporting agriculture and food security initiatives,” he said.
World Bank, AMREF and World Vision were also represented in the negotiations.
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@Mutua, I hope you do not…
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@Mutua, I hope you do not pocket the 💰 for campaign and for that reason, I will reserve my comment till I tour Machakos.
Mr. Mutua, you have stated…
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Mr. Mutua, you have stated that you "wooed" development partners into investing in Machakos county with $50 billion.
There is a huge question mark here. Have you asked yourself why those same investment partners are willing to help you with health care, education, food security and nutrition matters when in their own country they do not have universal healthcare, their is a huge problem of homelessness and a lot of poverty with that homelessness.
Be careful, there is nothing new under the sun. In years past (our history with these colonizers) they manipulated our chiefs and sold our people to imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism; the likes of Fredrick Lugard, Karl Peter's, Henry Morton Stanley and Cecil Rhodes just to name a few. What you call "wooing" the colonizers, we call selling your people's future.
Has each county become a country? How does a single county bide its people with foreign nations and international organizations? Divide and rule again. Do we now have 47 separate countries? This is a dangerous move by our inept leaders. We must be ready to call a spade a spade. And Mutua, pride comes before a fall. This is a dangerous move on behalf of your own people and that of Kenya as a whole. Mr Mutua, you are playing with fire and your people will pay through the nose. There is nothing for free and this international jackles are not your friends- Please read ( The confessions of an economic hitman by John Perkins)
You are delusional and you need to wake up!!!!
Donors or investors? which…
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Donors or investors? which is which? We remember the infamous roads you claimed a few years back.
Mutua is a liar and conman.
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Mutua is a liar and conman.
This is old PR trick. Recall…
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This is old PR trick. Recall 2014 when then Kisumu governor signed similar investment deals, that were not there. Not a single one, even the highly publicized MOU doesn't exist.
Another con game. There is…
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Another con game. There is nothing real here. All these are shell games played on poor wananchi. He will end up pocketing most of these bribes to give up something belonging to the taxpayers. Nothing to see here. Kenyans are taken to the cleaners every day by these corrupt politicians. It's all a game.
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