President Ruto graces the official opening of Ngeria TTI and Jitume ICT Lab

The financial and managerial challenges facing Moi University will soon be resolved, President William Ruto has announced.

The Head of State said that he has formed a committee to assess the magnitude of the issues facing the institution and recommend solutions.

“We will put in place an efficient management team and allocate it enough resources so that Moi University can thrive like all the other public universities,” he said.

He made the remarks when he inaugrated Ngeria Technical Training Institute in Kapseret constituency, Uasin Gishu County, on Friday. He also commissioned a state-of-the-art Jitume ICT Lab at the institution.

He was accompanied by Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, Governors Jonathan Bii (Uasin Gishu), and Stephen Sang (Nandi).

He said the government is on track to laying 100, 000 km of fibre optic, which will connect 100,000 public institutions to the internet.

President Ruto encouraged the youth to harness the power of the internet for productive, income-generating activities that will improve their lives rather than misusing it for unlawful acts.

He expressed concern over the emerging trend of some youth using the internet for immoral and criminal activities, such as creating and sharing computer-generated artworks depicting living people in coffins and graves.

“Instead of using the internet to post people in coffins, use it to monetize your talents and create jobs for yourselves,” he said.

He also faulted leaders who encourage the youth to misuse the internet, saying there was a need for responsible guidance to foster good morals.

“Those encouraging young people to continue this trend of putting people in coffins, let them be careful not to build a generation that will self-destruct,” he said.

Ealier in Cheboror, Kesses, he connected the family of Mzee Simion Nyango to power under the Rural Electrification Programme.

He said that the government is investing KSh1.8 billion to connect 20,000 households in the county to electricity over the next three years.

This, he explained, is part of the government’s broader commitment to connect 1 million Kenyans to electricity within the next three years.

He urged Kenyans not to be swayed by those spreading falsehoods and instead unite and rally behind the country’s transformation agenda.

“This country can only move forward if we are united. That is how we are going to have a nation that all of us will be proud of,” he said.

He noted that in the last two years, the government has made significant strides that have stabilised the country’s economy.

“The dollar had risen to KSh160 against the Kenyan shilling; we have reduced it to KSh128. Inflation rate was at 9.6 per cent; we have reduced it to 2.7 per cent- the lowest in 20 years.”

The President said the government’s interventions are yielding results, citing the subsidised fertiliser programme, which has increased food production and reduced the cost of food.

During his working tour of Uasin Gishu County, the President also inspected progress at the Kimuri Earth Dam in Kapseret constituency, upgrade works at the Kipchoge Keino Stadium in Eldoret City, and officially opened the Turbo Sub- County offices.

Others present at the functions were  Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, MPs, MCAs, and a host of other leaders.