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Uproar as Ruto's Kakamega flagship projects miss in budget estimates

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President William Ruto, National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula, Health Cabinet Secretary Ministry Susan Nakhumicha, Kakamega Governor Ferdinand Barasa and a host of leaders during the Inspection tour of Kenya Medical Training College, Ikolomani Campus Library Complex in Kakamega County. [PCS]

Most of the projects that President William Ruto promised to initiate in Kakamega County are missing in the 2024/25 financial year budget estimates.

Ruto had pledged to upgrade the Kakamega airstrip to an International airport, construct a Sh5.8 billion gold refinery plant and allocate Sh3.5 billion for equipping the Kakamega Level (VI) Hospital.

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