Mutomo District Development Pan 2008-2012

Abstract

Mutomo District is one of the newly created districts of Eastern Province. It borders Makueni Districts to the west, Kitui Central to the North, Tana River District to the east and Taita District to the south. The district is located between longitudes 37° 37'00 and 39°00'00' East and latitudes 1 °05 '00' and I 0 50°00' South. The district covers an area of approximately 12,965.8KM2 including 6,290.3 KM2 occupied by the Tsavo National Park. The district is divided into three administrative divisions namely, Ikutha, Mutomo and Mutha. The divisions are further divided into 15 locations and 60 sub locations. lkutha is the largest with a total area 1417.5 Km2 five location and 18 sub locations. Mutomo is the smallest with a total area of 803.9 Km2 with four locations and seventeen sub locations. Tsavo East National Park occupies an area of 6290.3 Km2 Politically, the district is divided into one constituency, that is, Mutomo Constituency The district is served by one local authority, namely; Kitui County Council with fifteen ( 15) civic wards which it shares with Kitui District. Settlement Patterns are unevenly distributed in the district and is depended on nearness to rivers for provision of water and simple irrigation, fertility of the soils where people tend to concentrate on the foot hills to do agriculture. Other settlements are concentrated near towns' reason being ability to get social amenities and provision of security since the provincial administration is based in the towns. Other settlements are influenced by availability of schools and people tend to settle near schools and dispensaries to have access to the basic amenities such as schools and health care. Land use and settlement patterns are based on the agro-ecological zones and they are also influenced by soil fertility and rainfall.