{"id":17309,"date":"2025-03-11T13:59:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=17309"},"modified":"2025-03-11T13:59:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:59:58","slug":"pres-ruto-announces-start-of-bomas-international-convention-complex-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=17309","title":{"rendered":"Pres. Ruto Announces Start of Bomas International Convention Complex Construction."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3-scaled-1-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3-scaled-1-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> President William Ruto has confirmed that the construction of the Bomas International Convention Complex (BICC) will commence within the next two weeks, marking a major milestone in Kenya\u2019s push to become a global conferencing hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking during a Cabinet meeting at State House, Nairobi, on Tuesday, Ruto emphasized that the project aligns with the government\u2019s long-term vision of transforming the Bomas of Kenya into a premier destination for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not the first time the Cabinet has approved the establishment of an international convention centre. A similar resolution was made nearly two years ago, with a Cabinet meeting at Sagana State Lodge on August 8, 2023, endorsing the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BICC is envisioned as a modern extension of the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), featuring a state-of-the-art conference centre, a Presidential Pavilion, and at least five luxury hotels. The government hopes the facility will enhance Kenya\u2019s competitiveness in the global events industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President William Ruto has confirmed that the construction of the Bomas International Convention Complex (BICC) will commence within the next two weeks, marking a major milestone in Kenya\u2019s push to become a global conferencing hub. Speaking during a Cabinet meeting at State House, Nairobi, on Tuesday, Ruto emphasized that the project aligns with the government\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17311,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17309\/revisions\/17311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}