{"id":5971,"date":"2026-09-15T09:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=5971"},"modified":"2026-09-15T09:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:32:17","slug":"ruto-inspects-sh28-7b-dhogoye-bridge-project-as-usenge-busia-connectivity-gets-major-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=5971","title":{"rendered":"Ruto Inspects Sh28.7B Dhogoye Bridge Project as Usenge\u2013Busia Connectivity Gets Major Boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Ruto Inspects Sh28.7B Dhogoye Bridge Project as Usenge\u2013Busia Connectivity Gets Major Boost<\/p>\n<p>RUTO INSPECTS DHOGOYE BRIDGE PROJECT AS USENGE\u2013BUSIA CONNECTIVITY GETS MAJOR BOOST<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Usenge, Siaya County \u2014 September 15, 2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>President William Ruto, accompanied by regional leaders, has inspected the ongoing construction of the Dhogoye Bridge and its 4.3-kilometre approach roads in Usenge, Bondo Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>The 200-metre bridge is expected to transform connectivity between Usenge and the wider Siaya County, Majimbo\/Osieko Island and neighbouring Busia County once completed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789464381567.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5972\" src=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789464381567-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789464381567-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789464381567-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789464381567-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789464381567-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789464381567.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The project is designed to provide fishing communities and other residents with faster and more reliable access to markets, landing sites and essential services.<\/p>\n<p>The improved connection is also expected to reduce transport costs, shorten travel times and open up new economic opportunities for communities that depend heavily on fishing and related businesses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789464368908.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5973\" src=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789464368908-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789464368908-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789464368908-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789464368908-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789464368908-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789464368908.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe development comes as the Government continues to prioritise infrastructure projects aimed at unlocking economic potential and improving movement of people and goods across the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nFor residents of the region, the Dhogoye Bridge represents more than a transport link\u2014it is being positioned as a gateway to bigger markets, lower costs and expanded opportunities.<br \/>\nBetter connectivity. Lower costs. Bigger markets. More opportunity for our people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruto Inspects Sh28.7B Dhogoye Bridge Project as Usenge\u2013Busia Connectivity Gets Major Boost RUTO INSPECTS DHOGOYE BRIDGE PROJECT AS USENGE\u2013BUSIA CONNECTIVITY GETS MAJOR BOOST Usenge, Siaya&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5971","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=5971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5974,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5971\/revisions\/5974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}