23/07/2019
H. E Dr Mohamed Kuti today joined British High Commissioner to Kenya Nic Hailey and the Country Head of DFID Julius Court in the signing of a MOU as they officially launched the Sustainable Urban Economic Development (SUED) programme at the Isiolo county Assembly grounds.
Under the SUED which is a 5yr programme, Isiolo Municipality is set to receive funding from the British government to a tune of Kshs 800 million alongside other nine counties.The programme is supported by the British government through Department of International Development (DFID) and COFFEY which will help Isiolo municipality in spearheading different activities among them capacity building, infrastructural improvement and hiring of specialists for Urban Economic Planning and investment.
The British government competitively selected 10 out of 53 municipalities who had applied and written the required proposals, with Isiolo getting the opportunity due to the political goodwill prevailing under the leadership of Governor Kuti.
The Governor lauded the British Government for the continued partnership with both the county and national government, adding that the funds will have a positive impact in Isiolo county due to the upcoming development projects like town planning and waste management.
Dr Kuti promised total commitment towards prudent utilization of the funds geared towards the improvement of Isiolo town, adding that his administration will be setting aside 2% of the county development budget annually for issues relating to climate change, following the enactment into law of a bill passed by the County Assembly a few months ago. This made Isiolo County the third county in Kenya to pass legislation relating to Climate change and commit funds towards the course.The county boss urged the Isiolo municipality to fast track the process of developing an urban economic plan.
The other municipalities that benefited from the programme alongside Isiolo are Kerugoya, Malindi, Kisii, Mandera, Kitui, Iten, Kathwana, Eldoret and Lamu.