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The ultra-modern convention will feature a conference center, a presidential Pavilion, and at least five hotels.

The Kenya Kwanza Cabinet has approved the establishment of an ultra-modern Bomas International Convention Centre (BICC).

In a communique from the office of the President on Tuesday, August 8, the establishment of the facility will position Kenya as the destination of choice for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions and tourism.

The ultra-modern convention will feature a conference center, a presidential Pavilion, and at least five hotels.

“This State initiative, fifty years after the groundbreaking of Kenya’s first international convention centre (KICC), is expected to further the growth of conference tourism, hospitality, and event and aviation industries as set out in the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA),” read the statement in part.

File image of a Cabinet Meeting at Sagana State Lodge. 

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The Cabinet sanctioned a fresh wave of registration of persons under the Inua Jamii Safety Net Programme of senior citizens, persons living with disability, and vulnerable households.

“The process of onboarding the new registration of new members will commence on 1st September, 2023. Currently, the Inua Jamii program benefits 1,233,129 Kenyans, including 353,000 Orphans and Vulnerable Children, 833,129 elderly citizens, and 47,000 persons with Severe Disabilities,” the statement added.

The Kenya Kwanza Cabinet also approved the proposal to revive and commercialize the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK). The corporation under the proposed strategy will benefit from a partnership that restructures it into three subsidiaries.

“NOC Upstream Limited, focused on exploration and upstream production activities and services; NOC Downstream Limited, focused on marketing and distribution of petroleum products; and NOC Trading Limited, specializing in holding strategic stocks of petroleum products for import and export,” the dispatch further stated.