•The three national Government projects were initiated by President Kenyatta's Jubilee Administration to expand market access for farmers in the agriculturally rich Central Kenya region.
•Uhuru also presided over the groundbreaking of the construction of a Comprehensive Cancer Management Centre at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology in Nyeri County.
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday made a one-day working tour of the Central region where he inspected and commissioned several development projects in Murang'a and Nyeri counties.
Uhuru officially opened the New Chaka Railways Station, the rehabilitated Thika-Nanyuki MGR line and the Chaka Industrial Hub and Market in Kieni, Nyeri County.
The three national Government projects were initiated by President Kenyatta's Jubilee Administration to expand market access for farmers in the agriculturally rich Central Kenya region.
The Mwai Kibaki Level 6 hospital and its 2.6 million litre a day oxygen production unit in Othaya, Nyeri County.
The Shs 1 billion referral and teaching health facility, currently managed by Kenyatta National Hospital, was named after Kenya's third President, the late Mwai Kibaki, who hailed from Othaya and passed away in April this year.
Besides its high-yielding oxygen plant, Mwai Kibaki Hospital is equipped with the latest medical technologies and personnel capable of attending to most medical cases and serves the five counties that form the populous Central Kenya region.
Uhuru also presided over the groundbreaking of the construction of a Comprehensive Cancer Management Centre at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology in Nyeri County.
The 60-bed capacity specialist hospital, co-funded by the Govts of Kenya and Hungary, will provide advanced cancer care covering prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship and end-of-life care services.
The hospital, initiated as part of Govt efforts to attain Universal Health Coverage (UHC), will occupy 15 acres of land, and will offer radiotherapy, chemotherapy, HDR brachytherapy, imaging/diagnosis and pathology services.