REPUBLIC OF KENYA REVISED FIRST LAMU COUNTY INTEGRATED DEVELOPME N T P L A N 2 0 1 3 -2 0 1 7 MAY 2016 i Table of Contents TABLES............................................................................................................ XII ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS...................................................... XIII FOREWORD ................................................................................................. XIV ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................. XV EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................... XVI CHAPTER ONE: ................................................................................................. 1 COUNTY GENERAL INFORMATION .......................................................... 1 1.0 COUNTY GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................ 1 1.1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 2 1.2. Location and Size ......................................................................................... 2 1.3. Physiographic and Natural Conditions ........................................................ 2 Ecological Conditions ............................................................................................................ 3 Climatic Conditions ................................................................................................................ 3 1.4. Administrative and Political Units ............................................................... 3 Administrative Subdivisions .................................................................................................... 3 Political Units ......................................................................................................................... 4 Eligible and Registered voters by Constituency ..................................................................... 5 1.5. Demographic Features ................................................................................. 5 Population Size and Composition ........................................................................................... 5 Urban population.................................................................................................................... 7 Population Density and Distribution ...................................................................................... 8 1.6. Human Development Approach ................................................................... 8 Human Development Index ..................................................................................................... 9 1.5.2 The Gender Inequality Index (GII) .......................................................................... 10 1.7. Infrastructure and Access .......................................................................... 10 Road, Rail Network,Ports And Airports, Airstrips And Jetties ............................................. 10 ii Post And Telecommunications:Post Office, Mobile Telephony, Landline............................ 11 Financial Institutions: Banks, SACCOs and Micro Finance Institutions ............................. 11 Education Institutions: Primary/Secondary Schools, Polytechnics, Colleges, Universities 11 1.8. Energy and Access ..................................................................................... 12 1.9. Markets and Urban Centres ...................................................................... 12 1.10. Housing ................................................................................................. 12 1.11. Land and Land Use ............................................................................... 13 Mean Holding Size ................................................................................................................ 13 Percentage of Land with Title Deeds .................................................................................... 13 Incidence of Landlessness ..................................................................................................... 13 1.12. Community Organizations/Non-State Actors ......................................... 14 Cooperative Societies ........................................................................................................... 14 Non-Governmental Organizations ........................................................................................ 14 Self Help, Women and Youth Groups ................................................................................... 14 1.13. Crop, Livestock and Fish Production ..................................................... 14 Main crops produced ............................................................................................................ 14 Acreage under food crops and cash crops ............................................................................ 14 Average farm sizes ................................................................................................................ 14 Main storage facilities .......................................................................................................... 15 Main livestock bred ............................................................................................................... 15 Number of ranches ................................................................................................................ 15 Main fishing activities, Types of fish produced, Landing sites ............................................. 15 1.14. Forestry and Agro Forestry ................................................................... 16 Main Forest types and size of forests.................................................................................... 16 Main forest products ............................................................................................................. 16 Promotion of Agro-forestry and Green Economy ................................................................. 16 1.15. Environmnent and Climate Change ....................................................... 17 iii Major contributors to environmental degradation in the County ........................................ 17 Effects of environmental degradation ................................................................................... 17 Climate change and its effects in the County ........................................................................ 17 Climate change mitigation measures and adaptation strategies .......................................... 18 1.16. Mining ................................................................................................... 18 Ongoing activities ................................................................................................................. 18 Mining prospects .................................................................................................................. 18 1.17. Commerce and Industry ........................................................................ 18 1.18. Tourism ................................................................................................. 19 Main tourist attractions, National Parks/Reserves ............................................................... 19 Main Wildlife ........................................................................................................................ 20 Tourist hotels/restaurants ..................................................................................................... 21 1.19. Employment and Other Sources of Income ............................................ 21 Wage earners ........................................................................................................................ 21 Self -employed ....................................................................................................................... 22 Labour force ......................................................................................................................... 22 1.20. Water and Sanitation ............................................................................. 22 Water resources and quality ................................................................................................. 22 Water supply schemes ........................................................................................................... 23 Water sources distance to nearest water point ..................................................................... 23 Sanitation .............................................................................................................................. 23 1.21. Health Access and Nutrition .................................................................. 23 Health access (health facilities, personnel) .......................................................................... 23 Morbidity: five most common diseases in order of prevalence ............................................ 23 Nutrition status ..................................................................................................................... 23 Immunization Coverage ........................................................................................................ 24 Access to family planning services/contraceptives prevalence............................................. 24 iv 1.22. Education and literacy ..........................................................................