Northeastern counties to receive Sh100 billion investment cash

[MK254]

President Uhuru Kenyatta flags off heavy machinery to officially launch the Elwak-Rhamu road in Mandera County.Photo/PSCU

The government, in partnership with the World Bank, has initiated a Sh100 billion investment programme to connect Northeastern counties with national and global markets.

The money will be used for transformative and integrated infrastructure in energy, transport and water.

The investments will lay the ground for additional operations that will enable sustainable livelihoods with targetted support to farmers and pastoralists.

The programme will also aim at expanding support to the most vulnerable households through regular cash transfers.

The 10 counties are Garissa, Isiolo, Lamu, Mandera, Marsabit, Samburu, Tana River, Turkana, Wajir, and West Pokot.

According to the World Bank, the counties have been historically underserved and are performing below national average on development indicators.

The average poverty rate in these counties is 68 per cent compared to the national average of 36 per cent. The North North-Eastern Development Initiative consists of six backbone projects.
These include Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project for Underserved Counties, Water and Sanitation Development Project, Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project and Kenya Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project.

Others are National Safety Net Programme for Results Additional Financing, and North Eastern Transport Improvement Project.

“The bank is providing technical assistance for enhanced cross-county collaboration, surge capacity to counties and the development of a socioeconomic blueprint for the region through the Kenya Accountable Devolution Programme,” World Bank Africa Region vice president Makhtar Diop said.

The partnership between the World Bank Group and the Kenyan government goes way back to 1964. That is when the World Bank signed its first loan with the country.

Kenya has since then received close to $11 billion (Sh1 trillion) in interest-free credit, grants, partial-risk guarantees to the government and a wide range of investments and projects.
Northeastern counties to receive Sh100 billion investment cash

 

[pingli-nywee]

The NFD is opening up fast, and In a very big way. I saw alot of transformation in the past year in Wajir Town, and in Modogashe and Habaswein too. Garrissa leads the pack. Very nice for the residents. Haiyee.

 

[COLLOH-MZII RELOADED]

President Uhuru Kenyatta flags off heavy machinery to officially launch the Elwak-Rhamu road in Mandera County.Photo/PSCU

The government, in partnership with the World Bank, has initiated a Sh100 billion investment programme to connect Northeastern counties with national and global markets.

The money will be used for transformative and integrated infrastructure in energy, transport and water.

The investments will lay the ground for additional operations that will enable sustainable livelihoods with targetted support to farmers and pastoralists.

The programme will also aim at expanding support to the most vulnerable households through regular cash transfers.

The 10 counties are Garissa, Isiolo, Lamu, Mandera, Marsabit, Samburu, Tana River, Turkana, Wajir, and West Pokot.

According to the World Bank, the counties have been historically underserved and are performing below national average on development indicators.

The average poverty rate in these counties is 68 per cent compared to the national average of 36 per cent. The North North-Eastern Development Initiative consists of six backbone projects.
These include Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project for Underserved Counties, Water and Sanitation Development Project, Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project and Kenya Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project.

Others are National Safety Net Programme for Results Additional Financing, and North Eastern Transport Improvement Project.

“The bank is providing technical assistance for enhanced cross-county collaboration, surge capacity to counties and the development of a socioeconomic blueprint for the region through the Kenya Accountable Devolution Programme,” World Bank Africa Region vice president Makhtar Diop said.

The partnership between the World Bank Group and the Kenyan government goes way back to 1964. That is when the World Bank signed its first loan with the country.

Kenya has since then received close to $11 billion (Sh1 trillion) in interest-free credit, grants, partial-risk guarantees to the government and a wide range of investments and projects.
Northeastern counties to receive Sh100 billion investment cash

If this counties develop Kenya's poverty levels will reduce + the economy will develop really quick...currently they contribute about 5% of the country's economy yet they cover 70% of the country

 

[Depay]

That road to Mandera once complete...... Mmmh.. You haven't seen anything yet

 

[pingli-nywee]

That road to Mandera once complete...... Mmmh.. You haven't seen anything yet

True. The NFD is breathtaking. Most people don't know but on the road from Isiolo to Wajir you never stop seeing wild animals all through. The endangered rothschild girraffe, wild hogs, zebras, hyenas, kudus you name it. Around Garrissa there are numerous oasis like resorts where you can have an amazing time cheaply. Contrary to what those who don't know say, Somalis in NFD are cool, generous and welcoming to visitors. Those guys loathe the wildlings who claim to be their brothers, across the border in Somalia. I had great times there and I still retain alot of friends from those parts.

 

[Mwanzi1]

They should also add more money on tree planting program, and speed up the land preserving project.

 

[MK254]

If this counties develop Kenya's poverty levels will reduce + the economy will develop really quick...currently they contribute about 5% of the country's economy yet they cover 70% of the country

70% of the country for real and only contributing 5% to the economy, hii nchi iko under utilized kwa kweli, we need to rethink the strategies we are using.
The LAPSET corridor will open up a lot.

 

[COLLOH-MZII RELOADED]

70% of the country for real and only contributing 5% to the economy, hii nchi iko under utilized kwa kweli, we need to rethink the strategies we are using.
The LAPSET corridor will open up a lot.

Turkana has Oil ,Wajir has Natural Gas,Isiolo will be LAPSSET major Town...The Ecomy will grow with double digits