ADVERTISEMENT Cabinet Secretary of Energy and Petroleum Opiyo Wandayi, alongside Energy Principal Secretary Alex Wachira and Igembe South MP Hon. John Paul Mwirigi, presided over the official groundbreaking and flagging off of the Last Mile Connectivity Projects in Igembe South, Meru County—an initiative extending clean, affordable, and reliable electricity to Athiru Gaiti Market and the villages of Kalamene and Ugoti. Far more than the physical rollout of power lines, the event represents a decisive intervention in Kenya’s long struggle against rural energy poverty and signals a deliberate recalibration of national development priorities.
For decades, the absence of reliable electricity has entrenched inequality between urban centers and rural hinterlands, reinforcing cycles of deprivation and limiting economic mobility. In this context, Wandayi’s visible, hands-on leadership is not symbolic; it is strategic. It reflects a government intent on dismantling structural exclusion and advancing inclusive growth by delivering the foundations of modern productivity to communities historically left on the margins. The project stands as tangible evidence that President William Ruto’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) is translating from policy rhetoric into concrete action.
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