Assessments

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 County Background Kitui County has eight sub-counties namely; Kitui Central, Kitui South, Kitui East, Kitui Rural, Kitui West, Mwingi North, Mwingi West and Mwingi Central. There are three livelihood zones in the County: marginal…

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 County Background Laikipia County consists of three administrative sub-counties namely: Laikipia East, Laikipia North, and Laikipia West. It covers an area of 9,462 square kilometers and supports a population of 399,227 people (KNBS, 2009 census).…

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 County Background Meru County has total of nine sub counties namely Igembe north, Igembe central, Igembe south, Tigania east, Tigania west, Buuri, Imenti central, Imenti south and Imenti north. The Semi - Arid parts of…

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 County Background Marsabit County is located in the northern part of Kenya. It covers an area of about 75,750 square kilometres with a population of 291,179 persons (2009 census). The county has four sub-counties: Moyale,…

1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 County Background Kieni East and West sub counties lie within Nyeri County covering 52 percent of the total land cover. The two sub counties cover an area of 1,990.3 square kilometres with a total…

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 County Background Samburu County covers an area of approximately 20,183 square kilometres with an estimated population of 223,947 (KNBS, 2009). The county has three subcounties: Samburu North, Samburu East and Samburu West and three main livelihood…

1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 County Background Taita Taveta County has a total of four sub-counties namely: Wundanyi, Voi, Mwatate and Taveta. It has a total area of 17,083.9 square kilometres whereby Tsavo East and Tsavo West national parks make…

The Annual assessment’s objectives mainly was to understand the status of livelihood sources in the rural and urban areas, thus to determine levels of food insecurity amongst populations, estimating vulnerable populations facing food insecurity and establish…

1 INTRODUCTION Kwale County is located in the southern coastal region of Kenya and has four sub counties namely: Matuga, Msambweni, Kinango and Lunga Lunga. The County covers an area of 8,273 square kilometres and has an…

1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 County Background Makueni County is located in the SouthEastern part of the country. It has an estimated population of 884,527 persons (KNBS 2009 census) and covers an area of 7,965.8 square kilometres (km2 ). The…