The health sector in Kenya has been struggling with inadequate and dilapidated hospitals. In Nairobi, there are just 115 public hospitals compared to 429 private hospitals. The reverse is true for Homa Bay County. There is no record of NGO run hospitals in Homa Bay as opposed to 51 in Nairobi. According to the Nairobi […]

One of the Education and Training sector priorities is to increase enrolment in Vocational Training Centres. According to the Taita Taveta CIDP 2018-2022, this is to be achieved through rebranding of vocational training, capitation grants, bursaries, infrastructure improvement, employment of instructors, expansion of courses, as well as increasing examination centres. All this is to be […]

Tana River county boasts of the longest river in Kenya – River Tana. To fully take advantage of this resource, KSh 129 million was allocated to aquaculture development, making it the highest funded programme under the county’s fisheries sub-sector.  According to the CIDP, aquaculture – the cultivation of freshwater and saltwater populations under controlled or […]

One of the priorities of the General Economic, Commercial and Labour Affairs department is to increase the number of international and domestic tourists. The county stands to benefit greatly from the sector owing to the presence of a wide range of attractions including Tsavo East and Tsavo West National Parks. The latest figures recorded show […]

The single highest allocation under the housing development and human settlement programme is for Slums Upgrading at KSh 500 million. According to the 2018-2022 Kajiado County Integrated Development plan, there are almost 4,000 people (representing 1% of the urban population) living in slums and squatter settlements such as Mathare and Gichagi in Ngong, Kware in […]