World bank has through its institutional consultant ACAL consulting, vouched for Meru County Government's prudent utilization of Ksh.116 million Kenya Urban Support Program (KUSP) conditional grant.

The team led by Mr. Fredrick Kariuki has praised the county for remarkable progress made on the town's beautification, adding that the county has a 100% score on the 13 program's UID and UDG conditions. He said Meru is now eligible for some more funds early next year to extend to other towns that meets population threshold.

Deputy Governor, Titus Ntuchiu who spoke while he received the 2nd Full Annual Performance Assessment report for Meru Municipality, expressed the county's commitment to prudently use funds from both ex-checker and development partners for the common good of mwananchi.This comes a week after Meru got an equal commendation from Kenya Roads Board (KRB)