Interior PS Raymond Omolo leads a committee on the preparation for the Mashujaa Day celebration. Omolo said the renovation of Kericho Green Stadium is on course and ready by September 15th.
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00:00 I'm the chair of the committee for national celebrations and I'm accompanied here by my
00:04 peers colleagues. We have P.S. Rono in charge of water, P.S. Rumayang in public works,
00:12 there is P.S. Mary in charge of public health and professional standards, there is P.S.
00:25 medical services, we have P.S. Jenga in charge of housing and urban development,
00:31 and we also have the governor who is gracious enough to host us and welcome us to this great
00:42 county of Kericho. We also have other senior government officials representing the other
00:49 peers colleagues, there is a representative of the peers of sports, P.S. Tum, there's the sports
00:57 Kenya director general, Mr. Mento and a host of other senior government officials. The bulk of
01:06 the work that is being undertaken here has been looked after or is being spearheaded by
01:14 the technical committee that actually reports to this steering committee and there's been a lot of
01:20 work that has gone into making sure that we are here, we are into this particular space and time.
01:27 As you can see we first of all have had an elaborate visit and walk around of the stadium
01:35 that is being managed by sports Kenya, the supervision is by our colleagues in public works
01:44 with the support from KDF. As it is the main pavilion in terms of the ingredients that needs
01:55 to be used in putting it together, the concrete works is 100% done and what is happening now is
02:01 a movement of the members of the concrete works that the installation has already begun. Now the
02:10 stadium will have a seating capacity of 10,000 so there will be the main pavilion and then we are
02:18 going to have a complimentary pavilion on all sides of the stadium which is being done through
02:26 steel fabrication. We've also had to visit the county commission as residents which will host
02:33 the garden party on Mashujade and that is also progressing well. We have a final date of its
02:43 completion being the 25th of September. Now the theme for the Mashujade celebration on the 20th
02:51 of October is on universal health care and in the run-up to the Mashujade, the 25th of October,
02:59 there will be a week-long activity that will be exhibited and we are working very closely with the
03:07 county government led by the governor of Karicho, Dr. Utai, to just make sure that we properly profile
03:17 the event. As you are aware, the government is keen on making sure that the issues to do with
03:24 health are properly addressed and the president will be formally here to kick off that week-long
03:34 celebration. The other arrangements with regards to security are in top gear. We expect our
03:44 friends from the Kenya Reforms Forces to start their march out of the parade from the 15th of
03:50 September all the way to the big day. Now there are a number of other ancillary facilities that
03:58 are being upgraded starting with the roads which needs to be fixed. Cumulatively we are looking at
04:04 an excess of 10 kilometers of roads that are largely going to be done by Kenya Urban Gods
04:10 Authority. There are water facilities that are being rehabilitated so that we have a reliable
04:16 water supply not just to the stadia and also the county commissioners residents but also to
04:23 the people of Karicho, whether they are public facilities, the hotels as well as the markets
04:32 and the residences of the people from this county. I want to now invite the county governor
04:42 to make a few remarks and then also invite the peers for help to just re-emphasize the
04:52 theme so that there's clarity in terms of what the expectations will be. And thereafter we'll
04:59 probably take just one or two questions and because we are now having a permanent presence
05:05 here until after the Mashuja Day we'll be able to make clarifications on any issues that may be of
05:12 concern from time to time.
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