Trade, Tourism and Industry

These sectors are vital spurring our economic growth. We intend to:

• Support formation of SACCOs for small businesses like Jua kali;
• Develop tourism sceneries, animal parks and botanical gardens;
• Establish processing and manufacturing industries;
• Increase trading activities by attracting investors;
• Consider merit in awarding tenders and contracts; and
• Acquire land and establish industrial parks at the urban centres
• Develop Epz areas with cheap power supplies from our hydros , constant water supplies and other services to provide employment .
• Provide credit and other support to SMEs.
• Seek resources from the central government, and international partners to reticulate electricity in our county and further facilitate the Sale of Solar panels to light up our rural areas. Besides I intend to harness our water resources for hydroelectric power generation, as well as the wind power.

I will seek for cheaper loans from banks trading within our county for the sake of our financing the purchase of proper public transport buses. I will Endeavour to provide safe and reliable modes of transport for our people. In addition I will also find ways of utilising our resources for power generation.

I will establish proper communication channels to the county residents and development partners. This will assist in disseminating development issues and getting feedback from the public.

In addition, we will:

• Ensure proper use of county roads;
• Harness wind and water for power generation;
• Ensure reliable supply of electricity to urban and rural areas;
• Ensure all public transport vehicles observe sanity in discharging their services; and
• Promote investment in ICT to increase trade and literacy