President William Ruto will issue nearly 200,000 title deeds across the Coast region and launch construction of a new refinery in Lamu as he begins a development tour of the region on Saturday.
The tour will cover Taita-Taveta, Kwale, Kilifi, Mombasa, Tana River and Lamu counties, where the President will assess the progress of Government projects and engage residents and local leaders on development priorities.
Ruto will begin the tour in Taita-Taveta County on Saturday, where he is expected to issue 31,318 title deeds to residents of Mwatate and Voi constituencies.
He will travel to Kwale County on Monday, where 94,175 title deeds will be issued to beneficiaries in Lunga Lunga, Msambweni and Kinango constituencies.
In Kilifi, 36,826 title deeds will be issued to residents of Kaloleni, Rabai, Ganze, Kilifi South and Malindi constituencies, while 4,360 title deeds will be issued in Mombasa County.
A further 22,770 title deeds will be distributed in Lamu and Tana River counties.
The issuance is part of the Government’s plan to distribute 500,000 land ownership documents to address longstanding squatter and other land-related challenges affecting communities in the Coast region.
The documents will give beneficiaries formal ownership and enable them to make greater use of their land for economic development activities.
During the working tour, Ruto is also expected to commission completed development projects, inspect ongoing ones and launch new projects across the six counties.
In Lamu, the President will break ground for the $16 billion (KSh2 trillion) East Africa Refinery, a project to be jointly undertaken by the Kenyan Government and Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote.
The refinery is expected to process crude from Lokichar, Turkana County, and supply refined petroleum products to markets across East and Central Africa.
The project is expected to enhance Kenya’s energy security by ensuring a reliable supply of petroleum products while creating more than 500,000 jobs.
