{"id":6008,"date":"2026-09-16T09:11:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=6008"},"modified":"2026-09-16T09:11:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:11:03","slug":"ruto-migori-roads-budget-soars-to-ksh19-billion-as-government-unveils-major-infrastructure-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=6008","title":{"rendered":"Ruto: Migori Roads Budget Soars to KSh19 Billion as Government Unveils Major Infrastructure Push"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h1><strong>Ruto: Migori Roads Budget Soars to KSh19 Billion as Government Unveils Major Infrastructure Push<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>MIGORI, Kenya \u2014 September 16, 2026<\/strong> \u2014<\/p>\n<pre><em><strong>By Jackson odiwuor<\/strong><\/em><\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789549544288.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6009\" src=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789549544288-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789549544288-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789549544288-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789549544288-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789549544288-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789549544288.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President William Ruto has highlighted a major increase in government investment in roads, electricity and housing in Migori County, saying the region is experiencing an unprecedented infrastructure expansion.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during his development tour of Nyanza, President Ruto said the annual roads budget for Migori County has risen from less than <strong>KSh2 billion before 2022 to KSh19 billion<\/strong>, with the government currently undertaking the construction of <strong>320 kilometres of new roads<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789549534791.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6010\" src=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789549534791-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789549534791-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789549534791-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789549534791-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789549534791-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1789549534791.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBefore 2022, the budget for roads in Migori County was less than KSh2 billion. Today, we have increased it to KSh19 billion and are building 320km of new roads,\u201d President Ruto said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The President also said significant progress has been made in expanding electricity access across the county.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ruto, <strong>82,000 households<\/strong> have been connected to electricity over the past three years, bringing electricity coverage to <strong>82 per cent of Migori residents<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The government has allocated a further <strong>KSh2.3 billion in the current financial year<\/strong> to connect another <strong>21,000 homes<\/strong>, as part of a broader plan to connect <strong>100,000 households in Migori between 2023 and 2027<\/strong> under the Rural Electrification Programme.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>KSh28 Billion Housing and Markets Investment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Ruto also announced major investments under the Affordable Housing Programme, saying <strong>KSh28 billion<\/strong> has been allocated to Migori for the construction of <strong>8,000 housing units, 19 modern markets and student hostels with a capacity of 8,000 beds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The investments, he said, are intended to expand access to decent housing, improve trading facilities and support students through increased accommodation capacity.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>32km Kanyawanga\u2013Awendo Road Launched<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The President also launched construction of the <strong>32-kilometre Kanyawanga\u2013Kwoyo\u2013Madiaba\u2013Dede\u2013Odongo Oher\u2013Rapogi\u2013Awendo Road<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The project has a budget of <strong>KSh2.25 billion<\/strong> and is expected to improve connectivity across the area, ease the movement of people and goods, and expand access to markets and essential services.<\/p>\n<p>The government says the wider infrastructure programme is aimed at improving transport networks, expanding electricity access and supporting economic activity across Migori County.<\/p>\n<p>With road construction, rural electrification, housing, markets and student accommodation forming part of the investment package, the administration says Migori is being positioned for increased economic activity and improved public services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruto: Migori Roads Budget Soars to KSh19 Billion as Government Unveils Major Infrastructure Push MIGORI, Kenya \u2014 September 16, 2026 \u2014 By Jackson odiwuor President&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,39,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-economy-and-investment","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6008","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=6008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6011,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6008\/revisions\/6011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}