The president addressed the public at the interdominational prayer service at the Nyamaiya stadium in Nyamira county of Sunday 8th November 2026, outlining what he has in store for the region while also addressing delays in some projects in the region.
President William Ruto has commenced his four-day tour of the Gusii Region on 8th November,2026, arriving with an ambitious development agenda, packs of agenda and a bag of goodies for the residents of the Gusii Region that has increasingly become a key political battleground in the 2027 presidential elections.
The president addressed the public at the interdominational prayer service at the Nyamaiya stadium in Nyamira county of Sunday 8th November, 2026, outlining what he has in store for the region while also addressing delays in some projects in the region.
Despite inspecting the ongoing projects and launching new ones, the president rolled out a charm offensive in the political back yard of the former Interior Security Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i as he unleashed grand projects and announcing billions set aside by the government to help develop the region amid scrutiny of how many such projects launched in the past have actually been completed within the budget.
He announced plans to construct a four-way dual carriage away from May summit traversing seven counties and linking it to Eldoret-Malaba highway. According to the president, the construction will begin once the dualling of the Rironi-Mau summit road is completed, in April, with a mega infrastructure project starting in Mau summit in Nakuru County and snacking its way through Kisii,Nyamira,Kericho and Bomet counties.
Various roads in the county were also marked for tarmacking, with Ruto putting contractors to a notice that anyone who fails to deliver in time will be kicked out from the site and replaced within a short notice.He gave an example of one contractor who was sent packing and another one was picked and ready to proceed with the project.
According to the president, the Nyamira University, construction is progressing very well, with the institution set to admit its very first cohort of learners in September 2027
He visited West Mugirango constituency in the county, where he commissioned an ICT hub and flag Last Mile Electricity Connectivity projects in the constituency, with 700 homes set to benefit. Ruto announced that his government has invested Ksh.500 million to connect 6840 households to electricity in Nyamira county.
His bag of goodies unleashed on the first day of the visit also included plans to construct a stadium in Magwagwa at a cost of 1 billion, another stadium in Nyamaiya, Nyamira county.
