My road map to 50,000 jobs and a more vibrant Laikipia economy
ODM party leader Raila Odinga (right) confers with Azimio la Umoja Presidential Campaign Board Chairman and Laikipia County Governor Ndiritu Muriithi during a meeting at the Windsor Golf and Country Club on May 3, 2022.
Photo credit: Francis Nderitu | Nation Media Group
First, we shall scale-up profitable agriculture by increasing farm mechanisation and investing in high-value crops and livestock.
Second, we shall scale up the current economic stimulus programme to bring the total credit available to Sh20 billion.
Across Laikipia, citizens are unanimous that they need jobs. We, therefore, intend to create 50,000 new jobs over the next four years. Here is how.
First, we shall scale-up profitable agriculture by increasing farm mechanisation and investing in high-value crops and livestock. We expect to operationalise warehouse receipting for grains at Mutanga, Sipili and Kinamba, and commission the Laikipia Meat Investment to produce, slaughter and distribute up to 108,000 head of cattle and close to 400,000 sheep and goats annually by 2030.
