Tana River

Background

Tana River County is one of the six Counties in the Coast region. It borders Kitui County to the West, Garissa County to the North East, Isiolo County to the North, Lamu County to the South East and Kilifi County to the South. The county lies between latitudes 00053 and 20041South and longitudes 3802543 and 4015 East. The county has a total area of 38,862.2 Kmwith a projected population of 276,567(KNBS, 2014) and covers about 76 kms of the coastal strip. The County is composed of three administrative Sub-Counties namely; Bura, Galole, Tana Delta, three constituencies namely; Galole, Bura and Garsen and 15 electoral wards

Criterion for Selection of the County

  • Tana River County has 4% arable land and 96% non-arable.
  • The economic activity in the non-arable land is pastoralism.
  • The pastoral and agro pastoral communities face numerous livelihood risks including recurrent drought, conflicts over resources, flooding along the River Tana among others.
  • Tana delta acts as a dry season grazing area that attracts pastoralists from other neighbouring counties thus putting pressure on the resources.
  • Average rainfall in the county is less than 600ml per year.
  • It is against this background that Tana River County was selected to build the resilience of the communities.

Achievements under thematic areas


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