BRINGING PROSPERITY TO UNDERSERVED OF

THE NORTH & NORTH EASTERN DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE GROWTH & POVERTY ARE CONCENTRATED

Roads, Electricity and Water Poverty is deepest in north & north east

Kakuma

Dadaab

1 North Eastern Development Initiative DEVOLUTION OFFERS NEW RESOURCES AND PARTNERSHIPS

Development expenditure funds

Gross Estimates: Actual expenditure Budget Allocation (Kshs. Mil) for Dev. ( Kshs. Mil) (Q1 and 2, 2016) (2016) (% of total) 954 (28%) 3,444

Isiolo 270 (16%) 1,686

Lamu 269 (30%) 883

Mandera 839 (12%) 6,884

Marsabit 312 (11%) 2,807

Tana River 400 (16%) 2,526

Wajir 616 (14%) 4,411

2 North Eastern Development Initiative THE WORLD BANK’S ACTIVE PORTFOLIO IN KENYA AT A GLANCE

Kenyan Country portfolio

North & North Eastern counties $925 million

Per capita investment: $253

Rest of Kenya $4,575 million

Per capita investment: $111

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Social Protection Households receiving cash transfers Cash Health Transfer for Orphans and 153,000 health Vulnerable Education 29,923 insurance subsidies given to individuals Around 630

Older schools receiving Persons Cash 121 community performance grants Transfer Program health nurses enrolled 40,790 in training Hunger Safety Net Persons with Reducing stunting in Program Severe Disability 101,583 Cash Transfer children under 5 8,104 through emergency nutrition programs

6 North Eastern Development Initiative WHAT CAN BE DONE TO JUMP START DEVELOPMENT?

ENERGY

WATER

Livelihoods Support

ROADS

5 North Eastern Development Initiative ENERGY – OFFGRID SOLAR ENERGY ACCESS

• Increase HH energy access in the underserved counties • Approach will take into consideration private sector experience • Provide appropriate incentives to expand geographic scope of their activities

• Electrify Public Institutions (Health Centers, Educational institutes and other public buildings) via solar technology • Performance based, long-term service delivery approach

• Install PV-powered water pumps for consumptive purposes (portable water, possibly irrigation)

• Electrify Markets & Industries through minigrids

6 North Eastern Development Initiative PROPOSED HOUSEHOLD ACCESS COMPONENT: INSPIRED BY LIGHTING PILLARS

Themes Objective

De-risk Incentivize private companies to expand into underserved expansion counties Access to Provide financing to support business models finance Affordability Develop mechanisms to make products more affordable to for consumers without distorting commercial market consumers Consumer Campaigns to increase awareness of and demand for off- awareness grid solar products Quality Support enforcement of quality standards in the market assurance

Policy and Support the development of an enabling policy framework for regulation off-grid solar in Kenya

10 North Eastern Development Initiative IMPROVING WATER ACCESS TO RURAL COMMUNITIES

Efficient use of the Merty Aquifer (Garissa, Wajjir, Garissa, Issiolo and parts of )

Assess quality, availability and extraction

Water harvesting

Provide adequate water to host communities around Dabaab

12 North Eastern Development Initiative IMPROVING WATER & SANITATION TO EMERGING TOWNS

Provision of Water Supply for Wajjir town (150,000 residents) through:

1• Rain water harvesting through construction of reservoirs with large storage capacities 2• Pipe water from the Merti aquifer to supply the Town of 3• Sanitation system for Wajjir town

9 North Eastern Development Initiative CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT

Increase productivity of farmers & herders

1 Sustainable, community-driven rangeland management 2 Provide quality livestock services Improving water/soil management, among 3 smallholder farming systems

10 North Eastern Development Initiative CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT

Improving agricultural technologies & Innovations Access to quality climate/agro-weather advisory services and market information

Livestock & crop insurance

11 North Eastern Development Initiative ROAD TRANSPORT

Isiolo- Road (740 km) as a development corridor Fiber optic cable will provide digital connection

Selected airstrips

Huduma centers bring government services closer to the people

12 North Eastern Development Initiative SUPPORT TO COMMUNITIES HOSTING REFUGEES

Infrastructure and social service delivery

Sustainable environmental management and restoration of the ecosystem Livelihoods support, especially for poor and vulnerable households

13 North Eastern Development Initiative NATIONAL SAFETY NET PROGRAM

Expand current support to the most vulnerable households – orphans, widows, people with disabilities etc

14 North Eastern Development Initiative BACKBONE OF THE NORTH EASTERN DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

DESCRIPTION ENVELOPE BOARD DELIVERY

Off-grid solar energy $150 million May 2017

Water supply & $300 million sanitation May 2017

Climate Smart Agri $250 million May 2017

Support to Host $100 million May 2017 AGRI Communities AGRI Social Protection $50 million May 2017

Isiolo – Mandera Road $500 million May 2018 ROADS

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