President Mwai Kibaki and First Lady Mrs. Lucy Kibaki___
Written By:PPS , Posted: Tue, Aug 28, 2007
Coast Province leaders have thanked President Mwai Kibaki for the developments the province has witnessed in the last four and a half years and assured him of their total support in the coming elections.
In a memorandum read on their behalf by former Assistant Minister Mohammed Jahazi at State Mombasa Monday, the leaders cited revival of Kenya Cooperative Creameries at Miritini and the Kenya Meat Commission at Kibarani as some of the new developments the province has witnessed in the recent times.
"These two factories have improved the socio-economic well-being of the local community through creation of employment," the leaders said.
They also noted that through the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), several development projects have been initiated in the province for the benefit of wananchi and lauded the Government's Free Primary Education for the significant increase of enrolment at the primary school level.
On electricity, the leaders thanked President Kibaki for ensuring that the supply of electricity is accelerated in rural areas through the rural electrification programme, saying there are a total of 43 projects being implemented in the province at a cost of Kshs 844 million and six other projects have been completed at a cost of Kshs. 138.6 million.
They welcomed the initiation of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund and the Women Development Funds, which they said would empower the youth and women in the province.
Addressing the leaders, President Kibaki thanked them for assuring him of Coast residents' support, saying he will not waver in his commitment to improve the welfare of wananchi.
The President also took the opportunity to thank Coast residents and Kenyans in general for paying taxes promptly saying the move has enabled the Government to speed up development countrywide.
Noting that there were hitches in the disbursement of the youth fund, President Kibaki directed the Minister for Youth Affairs and the Permanent Secretary, who were present, to streamline the disbursement process so that the youth in Coast Province could have access to the funds.
On politics, President Kibaki appealed to Kenyans not to allow politics to overshadow the need to develop the country.
Present during the meeting were First Lady Lucy Kibaki, Ministers John Michuki, Morris Dzoro, Suleimani Shakombo, Mohammed Kuti and Chirau Ali Mwakwere, several assistant ministers, members of parliament from the region and Coast Provincial Commissioner Ernest Munyi among others.
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