By KITAVI MUTUAMore by this AuthorResidents of Kitui South are celebrating after the constituency got its first inch of tarmac road since Independence. MILESTONEUntil the milestone for the international trunk highway was achieved, the constituency did not have any tarmac road and residents have waited 55 years to see one. The Sh18.4 billion road project, which cuts across eight other constituencies, is situated in lower eastern region, starting at the junction of the Nairobi-Mombasa road near Kibwezi Town. Kitui South residents were ecstatic because, they said, they felt successive governments had marginalised the area for decades by failing to develop its infrastructure. PROGRESSKitui South MP Rachael Kaki Nyamai, who toured the road section, said residents were happy with the progress of the project and grateful to President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration for keeping his campaign pledge to tarmac the road.

Source: Daily Nation February 06, 2018 18:11 UTC