Kindiki Takes Government Development Message to Thika as He Launches Road Project
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has taken the Government’s development agenda to Thika, Kiambu County, where he launched the tarmacking of the Kwaheri-Mary Magdalena Road and called for faster implementation of infrastructure projects across the region.
Kindiki said the road was part of the national Government’s broader infrastructure programme in Kiambu, arguing that improved road networks were critical to supporting businesses, farmers and residents while making it easier to move people and goods.
The Deputy President challenged the contractor handling the project to adhere to the agreed timelines and ensure the road is completed without unnecessary delays, saying he would personally monitor its progress.
“I will follow the contractor to ensure that this road will be completed on time,” Kindiki said.
He also directed that residents living around the project should benefit from the construction works, particularly through employment opportunities and other economic activities expected to arise during the implementation of the project.
Kindiki said involving local communities in government projects would ensure that development investments translate into direct economic benefits for residents beyond the completed infrastructure.
The Deputy President further said the Government was expanding road infrastructure across Kiambu as part of efforts to improve connectivity and address traffic congestion affecting the county’s rapidly growing urban centres.
He disclosed that designs were being prepared for a proposed express highway linking Thika and Kiambu, a project he said could help ease pressure on existing roads and improve movement along the busy corridor once implemented.
The proposed highway adds to a growing list of infrastructure projects being highlighted by the Government in the region, as the administration seeks to expand road networks connecting residential areas, commercial centres and agricultural zones.
Kindiki has in recent weeks placed development projects at the centre of his engagements across Mt Kenya, highlighting investments in roads, markets, agriculture and other economic infrastructure as part of the Government’s development record.
He defended the administration’s focus on development, saying President William Ruto’s Government would continue implementing projects across different parts of the country.
“President Ruto is doing a good development, and we will continue to develop other regions as well as other sectors, including agriculture,” Kindiki said.
Kindiki shifts to unity message
However, Kindiki’s address in Thika also carried a political message, with the Deputy President calling for peaceful politics and unity across the country.
Kindiki said he would not allow what he described as petty political disagreements to distract him from his focus on development, peace and national cohesion.
He said elders from the Mt Kenya region had given him the responsibility of promoting peace and unity, adding that he would continue taking the message to different parts of the region.
“We need to preach peace and unity. Elders have instructed me to promote peace and I will move to all sectors,” he said.
The remarks come as political activity continues to intensify across Mt Kenya ahead of the 2027 General Election, with questions over the region’s political direction increasingly featuring in public meetings and leaders’ engagements.
Kindiki has increasingly combined his message on development with calls for unity, positioning infrastructure and economic development as issues that should take precedence over political divisions.
Fresh warning on illicit alcohol
The Deputy President also renewed the Government’s warning against the manufacture and sale of harmful alcoholic drinks, saying security agencies would continue working together to dismantle networks involved in the trade.
He warned individuals involved in the production and distribution of poisonous alcoholic products that the Government would not allow the trade to continue at the expense of public health and security.
“We will not allow anyone to sell poisonous chemicals in the name of alcohol. We will fight all of them,” Kindiki said.