The North Rift Economic Block (NOREB) Governors have lauded the short-term interventions put in place by the national government that have seen relative peace and calm in the volatile Kerio Valley region.
Their Chairman, Nandi Governor Stephen Sang, thanked the government for taking the interventions to stabilise the region that had seen the flare-up of conflict within the last two months, culminating in the killing of the Catholic priest, Father Alois Bett. "The short-term interventions put in place by the government in the last two months have seen relative peace and calm in the region," said the governor.
Speaking during a press briefing after signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) in Eldoret, the governors, however, observed that for long-term peace and stability in the region, there was a need to deal with the underlying challenges. "For peace and stability to reign in the Kerio Valley, there is a need to have a development marshal plan, and as an economic bloc, we are keen on working with partners and the national government to try and see the interventions at the long-term level in terms of how we can transform the economy of the Kerio Valley," said Governor Sang.
The objective of the MoU between KVDA and NOREB is to establish a sustainable exploitation of available resources with the eight counties and to jointly identify and harness opportunities for sustainable development for the benefit of the local communities.
