CHINESE HU-WI Company pledges to build a KES 20M modern Market and Town Beautification
Posted on May 4, 2010 by Saidimu Ole ngais
Archer’s Town
Chinese road construction company HU-WI, pledged to build a KES 20M modern market in Archer’s town. Bus stage, Car Parks, garden parks and wide loads or long haulers parking are also in the plan. Just after compensating land owners whose their buildings were demolished following Isiolo-Merile River Bridge tarmac road construction, a senior Chinese personnel said that the road construction was meant to bring development in the region but not poverty and that is why consideration of compensating the land owners due to the losses made by demolitions caused by road construction was made. After consultation with some development conscious locals, he further agreed to develop a huge modern market but never quoted the cost of the whole thing.
Recently they made it clear the whole programme will cost as mentioned above and the Samburu county council joined the fray by promising a KES 10M for the same but I am still to confirm this with County Clerk Stephen Lekupe.
The site of the market was identified to be in Katanga Chini just under the common Ngigwana acacia tree along the super highway.
Bus/Matatu stage will be near Mutirithia Stores and Wholesale. The stage will accommodate a few matatus serving the town until the council decides otherwise in future when town grows and a need to create more space in the center by pushing matatu stage elsewhere.
The wide load/ long haulers parking will be just before Waso Boys secondary schools from town. Car parks will be constructed and marked in front of town premises. Low walls of Garden Park will be carefully constructed and seedlings planted. I am not quite sure how it will be watered.
I am intending to plead with council surveyor Mr. Jonathan Lekerio for a detailed town plan of Archer’s and I will post the map once I get it.
This will be a noble kick starter of transforming Archer’s Post to be the Larger Samburu commercial center. Archer’s is blessed with several tourism facilities like Samburu, Buffalo and Shaba game reserves and Kalama and Westgate Conservancies all with 4 star lodges. The famous Ewaso Nyiro North which is the backbone of these tourism sites flows down along Acher’s Post town as well.
Thanks
Tom
Secretary
SEDF
