Seek professional input to improve county health care
Wednesday December 30 2020
Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana (second-left) during the opening of a milk processing plant in Makueni. FILE PHOTO | NMG
By EDWARD OMETE
Ukambani region, long ago deemed an extension of the “frontier districts”, is undergoing a quiet but transformative reawakening. Thanks to devolution and a brand of alternatively thinking leaders accepting professional society’s inputs, commendable projects are ongoing in the region. If sustained, they will ensure happy residents.
Kenya’s population is heavily reliant on agriculture, employing about seventy-three percent of total workers. In most rural areas, this is close to ninety-seven percent, earning or deriving part of their income from the agriculture value chain in one way or another.