The government of Kitui County and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will work together to finance and implement development projects worth Ksh1.1 billion all around the county.
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Tuesday, December 6, by Kitui governor Julius Malombe and James Flock, Chief of Party for USAID’s Resilience Learning Activity (RLA), to begin the implementation of programs that would last for a year.
The two development partners will conduct multi-sectoral initiatives and programs under the terms of the agreement for shared development projects, with the county administration providing KSh742 million in addition to KSh368 million from USAID.
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“Some of the projects include the purchase of seeds, mechanized agriculture support, water provision, promotive and preventive healthcare initiatives, school uniform support, and menstrual kits support for adolescent girls,” said Kitui Governor, Julius Malombe
The combined initiatives, according to Flock, would be carried out in collaboration with local USAID implementing partners, namely RLA, 4Better Health Program, World Food Program (WFP), World Vision, and Afya Ugavi.
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Mr. James Flock reaffirmed that the organization would keep cooperating closely with the county government in order to achieve long-term socioeconomic growth.
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