Ijara District Development Plan 2008-2012

Abstract

Ijara is· one of the districts that form North Eastern Province; The district borders Fafi District to the North, Lamu District to the South, Tana Delta District to the South West, Tana River to the West and the Republic of Somalia to the East. It also touches the Indian Ocean at the Dar es Salaam landing point North East of Lamu District. The district lies approximately between latitude 1° TS and 2° 3'S and longitude 40° 4'E and 41° 32'E. The district covers an area of 9,642 km2 and is sub divided into seven administrative divisions, nineteen locations and twenty-seven sub-locations. The projected population for the district in 2008 is 70,718. This constitutes 37,136. (52.51%) male and 33,582 (47.5%) female. At an annual growth rate of 3.5% this population is projected to rise to 73,767 people by 2012, projected from 1999 population census. The Ijara DDP articulates medium term policies and objectives, which are further, translated into short-term strategies and programmes to be implemented under the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). The plan is critical in charting the direction of development process at the grassroots level. The plan is a product of broad-based consultations among various stakeholders from both in and out of the district, including Government Departments, NGOs, FBOs, CBOs, Locational, Divisional and District Development Committees.