Pro‐Poor HPAI Risk Reduction

2.5 Administrative regions and their population Kenya is divided into eight provinces, namely, Nairobi (the capital city), Central, Coast, Eastern, North Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley and Western. Table 3 shows the distribution of the human population in the eight provinces during the 1999 population and housing census. About 99% of the population of the city of Nairobi is urban. There is no information on the income per capita generally and the per capita agricultural income in the eight Provinces.

Table 3 Characteristics of Kenya’s human population by Province Region Total population Population density Rural population (%) Nairobi 2,143,254 3,079 1 Central 3,724,159 282 88 Eastern 4,631,779 30 90 North Eastern 962,143 8 97 Coast 2,487,264 30 89 Rift Valley 6,987,036 38 92 Western 3,358,776 406 89 Nyanza 4,392,196 350 95 Kenya 28,686,607 49 80 Source: RoK (2001)

The intercensal human population growth rates in Kenya’s eight provinces have varied, as shown in Table 4. The growth rate fell from a high of 3.4% between 1969 and 1989 to 2.9% in 1999. The population growth rates have been falling in all provinces except the North Eastern, which recorded an unprecedented 9.5% annual growth between 1989 and 1999.

Table 4 Intercensal population growth rates in the eight provinces of Kenya Province 1969‐79 1979‐89 1989‐99 Nairobi 4.9 4.7 4.8 Central 3.4 2.8 1.8 Coast 3.5 3.1 ?? Eastern 3.5 3.3 2.1 North Eastern 4.2 ‐0.1 9.5 Nyanza 2.2 2.8 2.3 Rift Valley 3.8 4.2 3.5 Western 3.2 3.6 2.5 Kenya 3.4 3.4 2.9 Source: RoK (2001)

2.6 Information gaps The information reported in this section is mainly based on different government documents. The main gap pertains to lack of information on income per capita generally and per capita agricultural income across the eight Provinces. Also, there are gaps in the regional differences in incomes, sources of income and measures to address regional inequality, especially in incomes, public interventions and resource allocation for development programmes.

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