Deputy President William Ruto will make a five-day tour of the Coast region starting with Tana River on Thursday this week.            

The development tour will cover Kilifi, Kwale, Mombasa and Taita Taveta Counties.

Today, Dr Ruto will be in Tana River where he will inspect KoraKora Canal Water project and the coconuts and cashew nuts projects in Bura.

His visit comes only three days after President Kenyatta toured the region, where he stayed for five days. His son Nick Ruto was also in Mombasa few days ago where he attended a volleyball tournament in Jomvu. 

The National Irrigation Board project on the cashew nuts and coconuts allows it to give farmers seedlings for free.

Bura MP Ali Wario said the project would go a long way in empowering farmers who have in the past suffered from poor production due to use of low quality seedlings.

“The diversification to cashew nuts and coconuts assures the public of an income. This will address the unemployment challenge among youths in this region,” noted Mr Wario 

The Deputy President will also open a livestock market in Garsen, a move that aims at turning the activity into a commercial venture.

On Friday, Dr Ruto will be in Kilifi County where he is expected to  commission the Baricho Lot Three water pipeline that is poised to bring  stability in the supply of the commodity in the entire Coastal region.

The Deputy President will thereafter launch several Last Mile projects in various towns, including Kilifi, Mtwapa, Rabai and Malindi.

In Mombasa, he will launch a Sh300-million sewerage works in Changamwe funded by the African Development Bank.

He will also attend a church fundraising in Mikindani on Saturday where he will be hosted by the area Mp Badi Twalib.

Dr Ruto will also launch a Sh500-million works to reconstruct a dam washed away by floods in Pemba, Kwale.

Curtains on the extensive tour of the region will be drawn in Taita Taveta on Monday next week when he will launch several pans in the county.

At the same time, Dr Ruto will inspect the rehabilitation of the Njoro Kubwa Irrigation Scheme.