Key projects launched by President William Ruto during his recent tour of the North Eastern region are on course according to a project verification team from the Prime Cabinet Secretary's Office.
Among the projects launched by President Ruto during the tour include Garissa Regional Immigration Office, which has so far received over 2,500 passport applications out of which 1,700 have been processed and ready for collection.
Other projects where contractors are on the ground include the construction of the Isiolo-Modogashe road, Construction of 220 units of Affordable Housing Project in Wajir Town, the upgrading to Bitumen Standard of the 90KM Odda-Bute-Danaba-Wajir road and the expansion of Wajir East Technical Vocational Education and Training Institute among others.
The Garissa County Aggregation and Industrial Park (CAIP) project, which has created jobs for over 100 local youths has progressed to approximately 65 per cent completion.