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Uasin Gishu Governor Jonathan Bii has launched a massive 700km road upgrade project in partnership with the National Youth Service, a strategic move to bypass corrupt private contractors and accelerate development in the county’s agricultural heartlands.

Uasin Gishu Governor Jonathan Bii, famously known as "Koti Moja," has declared war on cowboy contractors. In a decisive move that has sent shockwaves through the local tenderpreneur ecosystem, the Governor has partnered with the National Youth Service (NYS) to grade and murram over 700 kilometers of road.
The launch at Sinonin, Soy Ward, was more than a ribbon-cutting ceremony; it was a statement of intent. By engaging the NYS, Bii is effectively admitting that the private sector has failed the people of Uasin Gishu. "We pay millions for roads that wash away in the first rain," he declared. "NYS brings discipline, speed, and engineering precision at half the cost." It is a model that could redefine devolution if it succeeds.
The project is the backbone of Bii’s "Singapore Vision" for the Home of Champions. The target is ambitious: 700km of all-weather roads to unlock the agricultural potential of the county’s breadbasket regions.
The local residents, tired of impassable roads and empty promises, cheered the yellow NYS bulldozers as if they were liberating tanks. "For years we have been told the contractor is coming," said Mzee Kibet, a dairy farmer. "Today, we see the government working."
If Governor Bii pulls this off, he will have exposed the massive wastage in county procurement departments nationwide. He is proving that the government has the capacity to build its own infrastructure without enriching a layer of middlemen.
As the engines roared to life in Soy, the message to the cartels was clear: The eating season is over. It is time to work.
"We are not just building roads," Bii told the crowd. "We are building trust."
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