Sh300m for Meru County as Maua, Timau towns earn municipal status
Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi (right) displays the Timau Municipality Charter as deputy governor Titus Ntuchiu (centre) and other county officials look on.
While Meru town has received Sh100 million annually over the last three years, municipalities have been created in Maua (Igembe South) and Timau (Buuri).
Boards will now manage Maua and Timau towns after they received municipality charters.
The Meru County Government will receive Sh300 million from the World Bank’s Kenya Urban Support Programme next financial year following the elevation of three major towns into municipalities.
The devolved unit seeks to have two more towns attain the status to accelerate growth, Governor Kiraitu Murungi said.
