THE STANDARD RIFT VALLEY Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui (left) receives a public participation report on the envisaged City status from the Nakuru City status ad-hoc committee chairman John Kitilit at the county headquarters on September 10, 2019. [Kennedy Gachuhi/Standard] Since 2019, Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui has been steadily walking the county through the journey of being home to Kenya’s fourth city. Elevation of the lakeside town to city status is currently at an advanced stage in the Senate after which President Uhuru Kenyatta will approve it. He has already expressed his support for the process. In a report submitted to the Senate, the county assembly stated that Nakuru town was ripe for city status in terms of infrastructural development funded through the county budget and donor funds.