By Elijah Gichunge and Florence Njeri

As public participation on Kiraitu's Vision 2040 for Meru is expected to climax this friday, Buuri East residents have today haired their opinion.

Some of the elements the vision anticipates in larger Buuri includes setting up a Potato processing and animal feeds factories, opening up the region for mountain tourism, establishing a high altitude athletics training camp, international standard produce market, a smart city, and a solar energy generation plant.

Dr. Peter Gakunu, who presided over the exercise, hinted that proper planning gives an insight for development but requires good leadership through its implementation. He added among the issues that arose include, obstraction of the region's disastrous run off for irrigation, establishment of a quality monitoring mechanism for fresh produce and other consumable goods, an effort aimed at reducing cancer risk factors