The multi-million dollar modern market improvements that are planned for Narok County are projected to increase trading space and assist dealers.
This was made known by the governor of Narok County, Patrick Ntutu, when he accompanied the secretary of urban and metropolitan development, Engineer BK Njenga, and the commissioner of Narok County, Isaac Masinde, on an inspection of the County's major trading centres, where modern markets are slated to be built.
Markets such as Muthurwa and Uhuru at Majengo Estate, Ewaso Nyiro in Narok Central Sub-county, and Ololunga in Narok South Sub-county were among those visited.
The action, according to Governor Ntutu, is a result of the Kenya Kwanza Administration Agenda, which pledged to empower the lower income class first in their economic model of ‘Bottom Up’.
“I will sponsor the committee in charge of the markets to go for benchmarking in towns with modern markets so that they can advise me on the best market design,” he said.
Other projects the County government in collaboration with the National government are taking to facelift Narok town include upgrading the drainages in town to stop flooding and building a footbridge along the Enkare Narok River to enable smooth traffic and human movement.
The Governor said he will be commissioning the Kes. 100 million bus stop in Narok town soon to dis-congest the town as currently the matatu vehicles drop and pick passengers along the road.
After the commissioning of the bus stop, he said, any vehicle found picking or dropping a passenger along the road will be fined by our law enforcing officers.
Further, Ntutu said that plans are underway to beautify the town by planting flowers, trees and upgrading the footpaths to carpool tiles to reduce dust in town.
Engineer Njenga expressed satisfaction on the already available land to upgrade the markets and put up a housing project, saying he will send his officers on the ground to design the markets and advise the governor.
He said once the design is agreed upon, they will come up with a budget that will be sponsored by the two levels of government.
The Engineer advised the market committees to visit Gikomba, Githurai, and Chaka among others with modern markets so as to choose the most appropriate design they preferred.
Commissioner Masinde who led the security team expressed gratitude with the new initiative, saying it will boost security in the town as some of the open spaces were hideout points for criminals.
