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Governor Mutua FINALLY launches Multi-trillion shilling New Machakos City

Governor Alfred Mutua today launched a massive multi-billion investment programme attended by the President of the Republic of Kenya, his excellency Uhuru Kenyatta who was the chief guest.The Launch of the investment programme brings to the end a protracted political and legal intrigues which saw Senator Johnstone Muthama snub the whole event. However, the governor got a boost when former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka, Urban Development cabinet secretary for the national government Charity Ngilu and a host of other Machakos and Ukambani leaders joined in to witness the launch.Earlier in September, Governor Mutua led investors form Dubai’s Emaar Investment International led by the CEO Mr. Fred Durie and Senior Director for Project Development International Mr. Abubakar Sidahmed in a reconnaisance tour of the site of the new Machakos City.The Emaar group is famed for the construction of Dubai’s landmark Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.During today launch, prominent kamba businessman Alex Mulei committed over 1 billion shillings for real estate as well others are said to have pledged trillion of shillings in investments.Machakos, indeed, ‘the place to be’.
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