GOVERNMENT SCALES UP INFRASTRUCTURE TO BOOST GALANA KULALU FOOD SECURITY PROJECT

The government is undertaking key infrastructure projects aimed at unlocking the full agricultural potential of its flagship Galana/Kulalu Food Security Project in Kilifi County. Early this week, Government Delivery Unit Coast Regional Director Sherry Litunya conducted site visits on the multi-billion-shilling roads, bridges, and electrification projects, which are at different completion levels of between 30 percent and 99 percent. Among the main works is the construction of the 200-metre-long Galana/Kulalu Bridge at a cost of Sh1.493 billion under the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA). Once complete, the bridge will link the expansive irrigation project to the main Malindi–Sala Gate Road. KeRRA Coast Regional Director Timothy Kendagor said major substructure works had been completed on the bridge and that the contractor had embarked on the major superstructure works, adding that the contractor had given a commitment to complete the bridge by March 2026.