Isiolo-Mandera road. [File, Standard] Frontier Counties Development Council (FCDC) has called on residents living along the Isiolo-Mandera road, which is under construction to give the project their support. The council, that brings together 10 Counties from northern Kenya that had historically been left out of development by both the British colonial rule and successive Kenyan government said the landmark construction of the 764km road would unlock the potential of the vast but sparsely populated region, thereby enable it to ‘catch-up’ with the rest of the country. FCDC is a platform comprising the counties of Garissa, Isiolo, Lamu, Mandera, Marsabit, Tana…
Author: By Ali Abdi
Isiolo Governor Abdi Guyo before the Senate National Cohesion, and Regional Integration Committee at Bunge Towers. November 14, 2024. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] Isiolo Governor Abdi Ibrahim Guyo has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to implementing projects that directly benefit local residents. Speaking in Oldonyiro Sub-County during Madaraka Day celebrations, Governor Guyo highlighted several key initiatives delivered over the past two years. These, include the drilling and equipping of 52 boreholes, a major upgrade of the Isiolo County Teaching and Referral Hospital (ICTRH), equipping the Accident and Emergency Centre, issuing letters of allotment, and the upgrading of 1.5 kilometres of the Kachewa–Ola Jarole–Makaburini Road in Bula Pesa Ward to bitumen standard.…