An ultra-modern market in Eldoret Town will be built by the government for a cost of Kes6 billion.
The multi-storey market would be built in the Central Business District at an estimated cost of Kes6 billion, according to Lands Cabinet Secretary Zachary Mwangi.
During a visit to the project site, he informed the locals that building might start in a few months.
“We are going to fast track the exercise and I urge those responsible for this project to move with speed so that by the end of January or early February 2023 we invite the President to launch it,”the CS said.
Further, the CS said that the ministry will advertise tenders for the construction of the market to ensure that more traders were accommodated at the premises.
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On his part, Uasin Gishu County Governor Jonathan Bii expressed optimism that the establishment of the market will provide a solution to the overcrowding of traders that has kept the current market facilities under pressure.
He added that the new market will have installations for cooling and packaging to enable value addition on fresh vegetables and fruits, two levels of underground parking and five storeys that will accommodate different businesses.
“As a County, we are more than ready to have such an initiative that will be advantageous to our residents; we are grateful to the government and in particular to the president for honoring our request to develop a new market,” he said.
The project comes after the town witnessed conflicts between traders and the county officials that has sparked ugly confrontation as hawkers forcefully jostled for little spaces for their business.
