President William Ruto has highlighted his administration’s focus on improving livelihoods through investments in markets, healthcare training and other development projects during his tour of Kisumu and Narok counties.
In Kisumu, Ruto inspected the Mamboleo Modern Market, a facility expected to provide a safer and more conducive working environment for more than 250 traders.
The President said the project would help small-scale traders operate in a more organised environment while creating better opportunities for them to expand their businesses.
Ruto later moved to Emurua Dikirr Constituency in Narok County, where he laid the foundation stone for the Trans Mara East Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) Student Village.
The project is expected to strengthen healthcare training in the region while contributing to employment opportunities and improving access to medical services.
Speaking during the engagements, Ruto said Emurua Dikirr was experiencing a new phase of development driven by unity and purposeful leadership.
“Emurua Dikirr is turning a new page one defined by unity, purposeful leadership and development that improves the lives of the people,” Ruto said.
He added that his administration’s approach to politics was centred on bringing communities together and delivering projects that create opportunities for citizens.
“This is the politics we believe in: bringing people together, creating opportunity and delivering development,” he said.
The President also handed over the Emurua Dikirr Modern Market, describing it as an important investment aimed at supporting Mama Mboga, small-scale traders and other entrepreneurs.
Ruto said the facility would give traders a safe, secure and dignified space from which to conduct their businesses and grow their incomes.
“By delivering this project, we are honouring our pledge that every hustle matters,” he said.
He further emphasised the importance of recognising the contribution of small-scale traders to Kenya’s economy, noting that Mama Mboga, boda boda riders and other informal-sector workers play an important role in the country’s economic transformation.
According to Ruto, the market also demonstrates his administration’s commitment to fulfilling promises made to Kenyans through its development agenda.
“We are showing that a manifesto is not a mere piece of paper, but a solemn pact with the people,” the President said.
He said the government would continue translating its commitments into tangible projects designed to improve living standards and create opportunities.
“This is how we build an inclusive economy from the bottom up,” Ruto said.
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