Uasin Gishu County to invest Ksh100 M in internet connectivity and free WiFi
Eldoret Innovation Week held at Rupas Mall Eldoret
By James Gitaka
The Uasin Gishu County Government will invest close to Ksh.100 M in internet connectivity within the Central Business District and the County government offices across the thirty wards.
In his address during the Innovation week held at the Rupas Mall Eldoret, Abraham Serem the County executive member for Water, Environment and Natural resources , Noted that the County government was keen to supporting programs that would benefit the youth in the County,
“The Uasin Gishu county government will ensure availability of Wi-Fi connectivity within Eldoret Town and across the thirty wards in order to enable the youth undertake online jobs to their convenience ,Our governor is also keen to ensure the 30% job opportunities for the youth within the counties do get to them,” Noted Serem.
Serem added that the County government in realizing the need to support the youth ,has also invested in the AJIRA digital platform among other programs targeted at benefitting the youth.
And on Mitigating climate change the CECM added that the county government will invest ten times more of its budgetary allocation towards environment to double up efforts towards climate conservation ,
“We shall be collaborating with the National Government in climate conservation and we intend to fully involve our youth in conservation efforts.On this we have urged our youth during this innovation week to also come up with creative innovations that will go a long way in mitigating climate change,”Added Serem.
Douglas Maina the Director Innovation week urged the private sector to closely work with the youth by supporting creative ideas that could be commercialized,
“Today we are happy our youth are no longer the imaginers but creators , we only need to provide adequate funding to ensure their creative ideas are supported and commercialized “Said Maina.
The Innovation week is closely working with the private sector and other partners who include international donors to connect youth to the relevant business partners.
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