THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF

TANA RIVER April 23 - 27, 2018 | Venue: County ? Tana’s progress towards an enterprising, healthy and well planned bread basket

Devolution has given Tana the mandate to chatter its course. The people know what they want and should be allowed to solve their own problems. They do realize that Tana belongs to them and is theirs to develop. Everyone’s effort is required; pastoralists, farmers and businessmen.” - Mhe. MEJA (MSTF) Dr Dhadho Godhana Gaddae Governor, Tana River

The County has established modern market centre for trade promotions. COUNTY PROFILE

ana River County is the fifth largest of the 47 counties in TRADE AND MANUFACTURING: Mining, the Republic of . It is located in the coast region, Fishing and Dairy Tbordering the counties of to the West, to To improve market access for agricultural and livestock the North-East, to the North, to the South-East produce, the county has put up a model market in Garsen and to the South. It occupies an area of 38,862.2 square with over 70 stalls, provisional eateries, sanitation facilities, kilometers and covers 35km of the coastal strip. The county derives its name form River Tana, which is the four market sheds with vendors compartments and longest river in Kenya. additional display areas. It has ample parking spaces for The administrative headquarters of the county is Hola. Tana both PSV and private vehicles. Similar markets have been River has three sub-counties: Tana North (Bura Constituency), put up in Hola and other trade towns across the county. Tana River (Galole Constituency) and Tana Delta (Garsen The Inuka Fund Bill once enacted, will provide for the Constituency). The county has four urban settlement; Hola, issuance of zero interest loans to youths, women and Bura, Garsen and Madogo, and 15 electoral wards, cooperatives for entrepreneurship development. The The most striking topographical feature is the River Tana county targets to increase the participation of traders from that traverses the county from the Aberdares in the North 15 percent to 60 percent. to the Indian Ocean in the South, covering a stretch of Tana is currently one of the leading counties exporting approximately 500km. livestock while targeting optimal gains from mining. Gypsum mining is a reserve for Tana, and the product Demography is bought by all five cement manufacturing companies Tana River has an estimated population of 313, 374, with located in Athi River. Continued investment in related settlement patterns being random but are concentrated Youth group initiatives that are into sand harvesting and brick and support infrastructure is set to see optimal revenue along the rivers. making supporting local construction needs. collection from gypsum, murram, sand, ballast and History and ethnic relations hardcore trade. The availability of these construction supporting the fisher folk with fully equipped deep sea Tana’s dominant ethnic groups are the Pokomo, many of materials has contributed to fast growth in real estate fishing vessels. whom are farmers, and the Orma and Wardey, who are development, which directly translates to employment From improved breeds and better farming practices, milk predominantly nomadic. The population is generally agro- creation and better living conditions. production in Tana is very high. A dairy plant under the pastoralists. Other communities include the Waata and the Partnerships in investment have seen Tana with the IDEAS project will be established at the cost worth Ksh56 Boni, who are culturally hunters and gatherers, the Wailwana National Government and the European Union support million. Installing the milk processing plant will see zero and Malakote and the Bajuni. commercialisation of the fish industry, with the awarded losses in milk production and promote value addition for It should be noted that Tana River is also home to other establishment of ice and cold storage plants worth products like yoghurt, butter and ghee. Kenyan ethnic groups. These include the Borana, Luo, Kamba, Ksh45 million. This is to support the fisher folk Beach Taita, Giriama, Kisii, Kikuyu and Somali. Management Units (BMUs) in Kipini. The county is further THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF

TANA RIVER April 23 - 27, 2018 | Venue: ?? Progress towards becoming an enterprising, healthy and well planned bread basket

HEALTH: Focus on Maternal and Child Health Tana River has an estimated population of 313,374, with a notable health disaggregation of 66,749 women of reproductive age, 13,788 expected annual deliveries and 149,455 children aged 1 to 5 years. Due to the vastness of and its sparse population, many villages are situated very far from health facilities. In the past, this, coupled with poor infrastructure, presented the challenge of access to maternal child health services. The County Government has in these past few devolution years fast-tracked investment in construction and operationalisation of six new maternity units and construction of 15 new rural health facilities offering maternal health care services. All the new facilities are well staffed with the number of nurses increasing from 73 to 183 – over 100 percent increase. Youth group initiatives that are into sand harvesting and brick Hola town roads upgraded to bitumen standards. The number of clinical officers has risen from 24 to 74. More making supporting local construction needs. doctors were recruited to raise the number from only 4 to 14. farmlands and grazing lands, with over 350km of the Health referral systems were strengthened with the purchase sustainable and clean energy and water sources. magnificent and resource rich River Tana passing through. and equipping of 10 new ambulances. The number of Tana River County has invested in the upgrading of physical The county has a key focus of achieving food security infrastructure, including housing, hospitals and schools. through livelihoods enhancement by modernising agriculture The National Government, in collaboration with the through mechanisation and commercialisation strategies and County Government, is putting up the Bura Water project projects. with the capacity to supply 56,000m3 of water a day. And in The county has a total of eight tractors in agriculture areas, partnership with the Norwegian government through the both in Tana River and Tana Delta sub-counties. Optimal land Scripture Mission Organisation, the County Government has tillage has been heavily affected by the erratic rainfall patterns, set up a climate proofed water reservoir in Bangale, Tana hence only 251.5 acres of land was prepared. Other activities North Sub-county, under the drought resilience programme. are rice threshing, dam construction and rehabilitation. The Backard is a roof catchment structure with underground The county has allocated over Ksh300 million shillings water reservoir to capture both roof and surface water. It has a in mechanisation and commercialisation services. A key capacity of 4000m3 to reduce evaporation and sippage as seen focus is on revitalising and strengthening farmer groups with other uncovered water reservoirs. It has a draw-off system by institutionalisation into cooperatives and training in for domestic use from a water kiosk and a watering trough for sustainable agriculture. This will ensure better access to both technical support and financial services, access to markets and accountable management of farmer resource centres. The same will go hand in hand with infrastructure development for value addition, agricultural promotion and the protection of water catchment areas through gazettement and reforestation. New maternity block at Hola hospital to provide specialized Over 50 percent of farmers have received inputs ranging maternal and child health care services. from fertilizer, seed inputs and extension services for food production. community health units was also increased from 10 to 54. The county’s people centred focus on food security Preventing the incidence of vaccine preventable diseases, enhancement and nutrition has supported farmers to take up specifically childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia is a priority drought and pest resistant crop technologies. to address child development milestones in Tana. Health Tana has for the longest time been gazetted as a disease care services include, but are not limited to increasing free zone, despite the movement of livestock for trade and immunization sites from 38 to 56, and increasing the nomadic livelihoods. The county has set up both agriculture proportion of facilities appropriately managing children for and livestock markets in strategic centres across the three sub- diarrhoea from less than 20 percent to 100 percent. counties to promote trade of produce and institutionalisation Ante natal care visits have improved by over 10 percent. The County urbanization programme to provide sufficient housing of the farmer groups to ensure better bargaining for prices and County Government is targeting to have all expectant mothers reduction of exploitation by brokers and middle men. attend all ANC clinics during their gestation. The proportion for its citizens of pregnant mothers accessing skilled birth attendance has increased from 23 percent to 48 percent. The county’s animal use. strengthened community health strategy has greatly improved The Danish Government in partnership with Water Services community health referral systems, increasing access to health Trust Fund and the County Government, has also assisted in care services, especially for emergency health care. the installation of an elevated water tank with a capacity of Equally, the percentage of children attaining fully immunized 144,000 litres per day and a 9km pipeline in Tana Delta Sub- status has increased from 65.4 percent to 71.5 percent. county. In modern day Kenya, ICT is important in all development URBAN DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE AND infrastructure. It is the focus of the county government to HOUSING: Transport, Water, ICT and Human fast-track the enhancement of ICT through networking of Settlement hard to reach areas, adoption of ICT in farming technologies, The vision of the Department of Urban Planning is to have e-learning for schools and technical institutions and globally competitive urban centres that offer a high quality automation of services for better service delivery. of life. This is set to be achieved with the county’s ambitious plan in the establishment of modern human settlement areas. AGRICULTURE The towns will feature schools, hospitals, trade and innovation It goes without saying that Tana River has the potential to Fodder harvesting at Bula Wenje village development centres and modern housing with provisions of be Kenya’s food basket. It has large expansive and fertile