{"id":1976,"date":"2026-03-31T10:24:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=1976"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:24:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:24:04","slug":"a-new-dawn-begins-at-gikomba-market-under-the-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=1976","title":{"rendered":"A new dawn begins at Gikomba Market.  Under the lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em><strong>By Jeff Kizzila<\/strong><\/em>h<\/p>\n<p>A new dawn begins at Gikomba Market.<\/p>\n<p>Under the leadership of William Samoei Ruto, the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) is taking shape where it matters most.<\/p>\n<p>The Government has committed KSh 3 billion to restore and modernise Gikomba Market, improving working conditions, enhancing safety, and supporting thousands of traders who depend on it every day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260331-WA0247.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1978\" src=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260331-WA0247-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260331-WA0247-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260331-WA0247-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260331-WA0247-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260331-WA0247-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260331-WA0247.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is practical, people-first development.<\/p>\n<p>The vision of transforming Kenya into a modern, first-world country is steadily becoming a reality.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260331-WA0245.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1979\" src=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260331-WA0245-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260331-WA0245-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260331-WA0245-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260331-WA0245-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260331-WA0245-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260331-WA0245.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeff Kizzilah A new dawn begins at Gikomba Market. Under the leadership of William Samoei Ruto, the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) is taking&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1980,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976\/revisions\/1980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}