GOVERNMENT BACKS NEW FUNDING MODEL

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has indicated that privatisation and Public Private Partnerships (PPP) have been chosen by the government as the means of financing development and relieving the national budget. The next day, Kindiki mentioned during his address in Eldoret that the decision to privatisation and PPPs would lead to a reduction in taxation on Kenyans who were to fund the government’s development activities through taxing.

The government is already encouraging through the newly adopted strategy most of the major and ongoing projects especially in the area of infrastructure which are going to be speedier development programmes across the country. "The vision of our President is to develop all sectors of the country, and now we have found a way to finance the initiatives," said Kindiki.
Among others, he was present at the Moi Girls High School in Eldoret during the 98th Kenya Music and Cultural Festival closing ceremony that took place with the participation of the Ministry of Education. Along with Uasin Gishu Governor Jonathan Bii and others, he was present at the festival.

Kindiki indicated that the government would also be able to allocate more funds for local projects which are intended to Foster unity, cohesion and patriotism in the country by the move to PPPs and privatization. The dualing of the Rironi–Mau Summit highway, he said, is one of the many infrastructure projects being rolled out shortly by the government. He shared that in February, the President William Ruto would cut the ribbon for the Mombasa Road dualing using the same funding model.
The total capacity of JKIA would be increased to 100,000 passengers a year, making it on a par with the best airports in the world.

The Deputy President Kindiki said, “Our goal is to raise the current traffic of about 10 million at JKIA to over 100,000 annually, thus competing with the developed airports like in Dubai.”
Kindiki mentioned that the government would accelerate the construction of 50 mega dams whose primary purpose is to assist in the provision of water to the population as a greatest measure to facilitate accessibility to the other services like water.

The DP affirmed that the projects were part of the government's hardware development but at the same time emphasized the necessity for investment in the country's software.
Conversely, the software refers to building a united and patriotic country where the people appreciate their oneness, diversity, and culture and are more patriotic. “The upgrade of our hardware is ongoing, still we have to do more investing in software which is,” Kindiki stated. “Ethics and values count as much as the construction of roads and dams.”

He argued that countries with developed technology are not only more stable but also have stronger systems that create values like patriotism.
“We should make Kenyans love their country, culture, and traditions so we will have a more united society that can face the challenges of politics and even climate change,” he said.
He brought up that music and culture have a place in nation-building, especially in the midst of the current concerns in the social and family areas. He pointed out that one of the negative effects of social media is that it has caused children to lack respect for traditions and culture, including the elderly.

Kindiki expressed that language and culture are stronger values for national unity than education. “We are identified by our language and culture and we have to work on the same as we rise as a nation,” he proclaimed. He asserted that there should be no doubt that the concept of morality is at the very core of the survival of the country and therefore he called for the obligation to invest in the moral up-bringing of the children and youth more than ever and he also pointed to the negative impact of social media on this aspect.