{"id":15105,"date":"2025-11-25T17:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/?p=15105"},"modified":"2025-12-02T10:20:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T07:20:30","slug":"powering-progress-governor-dr-bii-commissions-siliboi-saito-electrification-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/powering-progress-governor-dr-bii-commissions-siliboi-saito-electrification-project","title":{"rendered":"POWERING PROGRESS: GOVERNOR DR. BII COMMISSIONS SILIBOI\u2013SAITO ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mzee Michael Cheptum (Cheboren) is among more than 325 residents of Saito Farm in Ainabkoi\/Olare Ward who have lived without electricity for over six decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s commissioning of the Siliboi\u2013Saito Electrification Project marks a new dawn for him and the entire community\u2014opening the door to improved livelihoods, climate-smart agriculture, and inclusive economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the leadership of H.E. Governor Dr. Jonathan Bii Chelilim, more than 250 households have already been connected to electricity through the Stima Mashinani Matching Fund, implemented in partnership with REREC. Sibiloi\/Saito, where today\u2019s commissioning was held, is one of six villages across the six sub-counties that benefited from Phase 1 of the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This year, the county is set to roll out 16 additional electrification projects, ensuring that even more households and villages are finally connected to the national grid.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Electrification remains key under nguzo number 7 aimed at significantly expanding access to power to drive rural economic transformation\u2014promoting entrepreneurship, creating digital job opportunities, and supporting value addition in local production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mzee Michael Cheptum (Cheboren) is among more than 325 residents of Saito Farm in Ainabkoi\/Olare Ward who have lived without electricity for over six decades. Today\u2019s commissioning of the Siliboi\u2013Saito […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[507,268,50,198,606,835],"tags":[11,741,12,213,1590,1591],"class_list":["post-15105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deputy-governor","category-energy","category-governors-office","category-rural-electrification-and-renewable-energy-corporation","category-rural-electrification-and-renewable-energy-corporation-rerec","category-water-irrigation-sanitation-energy-natural-resources-environment-and-climate-change","tag-development","tag-energy-sector","tag-government","tag-nguzo-kumi-blueprint","tag-saito-farm","tag-siliboi-saito-electrification-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15105","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=15105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15121,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15105\/revisions\/15121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}