{"id":10203,"date":"2024-10-16T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/?p=10203"},"modified":"2024-10-17T13:13:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T10:13:00","slug":"uasin-gishu-county-prioritizes-road-network-development-in-spurring-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/uasin-gishu-county-prioritizes-road-network-development-in-spurring-the-economy","title":{"rendered":"UASIN GISHU COUNTY PRIORITIZES ROAD NETWORK DEVELOPMENT IN SPURRING THE ECONOMY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The resolve by H.E Governor Dr. Jonathan Bii to prioritize opening new roads, upgrading existing ones, and applying murram to improve the road network at the grassroots level is tremendously enhancing economic growth across the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>During the development tour in Kesses Sub-County, Governor Dr. Bii emphasized the importance of the initiative after launching the grading and gravelling of the Koisagat-Lessos road in Tulwet-Chuiyat Ward.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"10207\" src=\"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16-at-17.43.46_2c9fbdb6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16-at-17.43.46_2c9fbdb6.jpg 720w, https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16-at-17.43.46_2c9fbdb6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16-at-17.43.46_2c9fbdb6-376x251.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"10206\" src=\"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16-at-17.43.44_b0cc3e2e.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16-at-17.43.44_b0cc3e2e.jpg 720w, https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16-at-17.43.44_b0cc3e2e-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16-at-17.43.44_b0cc3e2e-376x251.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;My administration has prioritized road maintenance across the county. So far, we have successfully graded over 1700km and gravelled 700km of roads,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Governor Dr. Bii added that the enhanced road network at the ward level is expected to ease transport, allowing farmers to move their goods to Eldoret City and other urban centres more efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Elsewhere, residents of Tapsagoi ward, Turbo Sub County, led by Joseph Serem, have expressed their gratitude to Governor Bii following the completion of the Kosachei -Chebarus Bridge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" data-id=\"10205\" src=\"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16-at-17.43.42_0b177177-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16-at-17.43.42_0b177177-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16-at-17.43.42_0b177177-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16-at-17.43.42_0b177177-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16-at-17.43.42_0b177177.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"10204\" src=\"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16-at-17.43.47_cdd4dd93.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16-at-17.43.47_cdd4dd93.jpg 720w, https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16-at-17.43.47_cdd4dd93-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16-at-17.43.47_cdd4dd93-376x251.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In the past few years, we have lost at least four people who drowned in River Sosiani while trying to cross over the temporary footbridge we relied on for many years. Now we are safe and grateful to our Governor, &#8221; said&nbsp;Serem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The resolve by H.E Governor Dr. Jonathan Bii to prioritize opening new roads, upgrading existing ones, and applying murram to improve the road network at the grassroots level is tremendously [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,142,7,50,8,844,1],"tags":[218,843,845,842],"class_list":["post-10203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-news","category-department-of-roads-transport-and-public-works","category-government","category-governors-office","category-latest-news","category-road-network","category-uncategorized","tag-eldoret-city","tag-kosachei-chebarus-bridge","tag-road-network","tag-tulwet-chuiyat-ward"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10208,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10203\/revisions\/10208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}