North Rift governors elated as Eldoret to be elevated to city status on August 8th

Governors in North Rift have expressed excitement over the planned elevation of Eldoret to city status on August 8, 2024.

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00:00I'm here on behalf of all the other eight governors.

00:03We are here with the governor of Yomarakwe, the west heritage,

00:08but also representing all the other governors of the region,

00:12including the governors within the Rift Valley region as a whole.

00:16Eldoret Town, now turning into a city,

00:20is a strategic city for all of us.

00:25This is the home, and this is the heart of the region.

00:29We also know that the event coming up on 8th of August is not an end in itself.

00:36The city status will be officially unveiled.

00:39And starting from that point, we then need to escalate all the stakeholders.

00:45And I want to really thank West Ngeshu County leadership led by the governor,

00:50for bringing on board all the stakeholders.

00:53Because the role of ensuring that Eldoret City achieves or

00:58attains or lives to its new status will not be played by government alone.

01:04It will be a role that will be played by all stakeholders,

01:08corporate companies, all the stakeholders within the region.

01:12And all of us, including the counties surrounding Eldoret City,

01:19will have to play our role.

01:20So we are elated and excited.

01:22We thank the first governor, West Ngeshu, for starting initiating the process.

01:29We appreciate and really thank the second governor, West Ngeshu, for

01:32concluding and completing that journey.

01:35We also want to thank the National Parliament, both the Senate,

01:39the National Assembly, the President of the Republic of Kenya, for

01:42actually conferring this city status.