| dc.description.abstract | The CIDP 2018-2022 is prepared in accordance with Article 220(2) of the
Constitution and County Government Act Section 108(1). The resource
allocation to the various sector will be based on the Governors manifesto.
Vision 2030 and The 15 point Plan transformational agenda 2018-2022 of
the governor’s manifesto will guide the allocation of resources. Projects with
high impact to the county citizenry and that change positively the livelihoods
of the people will receive resource allocation in the medium term.
Wajir County is located in the North Eastern region of Kenya between
latitudes 3o
N 60‘N and 0o
20‘N and Longitudes 39o
E and 41o
E and covers an
area of 56,685.9 Km2. It borders Somalia to the East, Ethiopia to the North,
Mandera County to the Northeast, Isiolo County to the South West, Marsabit
County to the West and Garissa County to the South. The county experiences
annual average relative humidity of 61.8 per cent which ranges from 56 per
cent in February to 68 per cent in June. It receives on average of 240 mm
precipitation annually or 20 mm each month and the average temperature is
27.9 °C. The county comprises of eight sub-counties namely Wajir East,
Tarbaj, Wajir West, Eldas, Wajir North, Buna, Habaswein and Wajir South.
Projections from the Kenya 2009 Population and Housing census indicate
that the county has a total population of 661,941 which is projected to
852,963, 937,997 and 1,000,343 in 2018, 2020 and 2022 respectively. | en_US |
