{"id":17392,"date":"2025-03-18T07:19:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T07:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=17392"},"modified":"2025-03-18T07:19:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T07:19:41","slug":"new-meru-governor-isaac-mutuma-pledges-to-prioritize-health-infrastructure-youth-empowerment-among-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=17392","title":{"rendered":"New Meru Governor Isaac Mutuma Pledges to Prioritize Health, Infrastructure, Youth Empowerment Among Others."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mutuma.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mutuma.jpg 716w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mutuma-480x296.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 716px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Newly sworn-in <strong>Meru Governor Isaac Mutuma M\u2019Ethingia<\/strong> has outlined an ambitious development plan for the county, promising to <strong>unite leaders, improve healthcare, and create jobs for the youth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking during his <strong>inauguration ceremony on Monday<\/strong>, Mutuma pledged to work closely with the <strong>national government, donors, and private sector<\/strong> to <strong>equip cancer centers<\/strong> and fully implement the <strong>Cancer Act<\/strong> to enhance <strong>research, diagnosis, and treatment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;We must give hope to our people. We shall operationalize the Cancer Act that was passed by the previous regime,&#8221;<\/em> he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In partnership with <strong>Athletics Kenya<\/strong>, he announced plans to <strong>revive the Mount Kenya Mountain Running Championship<\/strong>, which raises funds for <strong>cancer treatment<\/strong>. Additionally, he promised to develop <strong>health tourism<\/strong> by setting up centers of excellence in specialized care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Other Key Promises by Governor Mutuma<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2705 <strong>Fighting HIV &amp; Gender-Based Violence<\/strong> \u2013 The county will introduce programs to <strong>curb new HIV infections<\/strong>, combat <strong>gender-based violence<\/strong>, and <strong>reduce teenage pregnancies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2705 <strong>Education &amp; Teenage Mothers Support<\/strong> \u2013 Teenage mothers will be given a <strong>second chance<\/strong> through education and vocational training opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2705 <strong>Infrastructure &amp; Economic Growth<\/strong> \u2013 Mutuma vowed to <strong>improve road networks<\/strong> to enhance <strong>economic growth<\/strong> and accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2705 <strong>Youth Empowerment &amp; Job Creation<\/strong> \u2013 He pledged to <strong>revamp the Meru Youth Service<\/strong>, equipping graduates with <strong>startup kits<\/strong> to help them <strong>launch businesses<\/strong>, targeting the creation of <strong>over 1,000 jobs annually<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Governor Mutuma\u2019s leadership comes at a critical time, as he seeks to <strong>stabilize the county\u2019s political landscape<\/strong> and deliver on the promises that <strong>residents have long awaited<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly sworn-in Meru Governor Isaac Mutuma M\u2019Ethingia has outlined an ambitious development plan for the county, promising to unite leaders, improve healthcare, and create jobs for the youth. Speaking during his inauguration ceremony on Monday, Mutuma pledged to work closely with the national government, donors, and private sector to equip cancer centers and fully implement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17393,"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":[3,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-political-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mutuma.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17392","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=17392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17394,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17392\/revisions\/17394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}