At Mandera Stadium, presided over the disbursement of KSh63 million in NYOTA Business Start-Up Capital to 2,520 beneficiaries, empowering our youth to build enterprises, create jobs and strengthen the local economy.
Beyond the food relief currently being distributed across the drought-stricken Northern Frontier, we are also providing animal feed for livestock, the economic backbone of families in the region.
To address the acute power shortage in the county, we shall, in the short term, install a 3-megawatt generator to stabilise supply even as we fast-track plans to connect Mandera to the Ethiopian power grid for a more sustainable solution.
It is unacceptable that fellow Kenyans in Mandera remain cut off from their kin and neighbours in Somalia due to the prolonged closure of the Mandera Border Post.
Accordingly, we will reopen the border post in April, restoring connectivity and revitalising cross-border trade for the mutual prosperity of our people.