BACKGROUND
West Pokot County is situated in the north rift along Kenya’s Western boundary with Uganda border. It borders Turkana County to the North and North East, Trans Nzoia County to the South, Elgeyo Marakwet County and Baringo County to the South East and east respectively. The County lies within Longitudes 340 47’and 350 49’East and Latitude 10 and 20 North. The County covers an area of approximately 9,169.4 km2 .. It is a cross border county and belongs to Karamonjong’ cluster. The county experience great variations in temperature.
West Pokot County is one of the 14 counties implementing the Kenya World Bank funded Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project. The county was targeted because of it is a cross border county with Uganda and it is grouped into Karamonjong’ cluster as per the project document.It is also Vulnerabe to recurrent droughts, has Trans-boundary livestock trade routes/ Trans-boundary Resource based Conflicts prone areas and clustering around common issues such as pasture reserve areas.
Capital Investment Status
No. | Livestock corridor | Type of investment | Capacities | Implementation status. | ||||
 |  |  |  | CMDRR | Feasibility
Study |
Screening | Safeguard
Studies |
Remarks |
1 | Turkwel-Kasei-Kamketo-Kamla-Uganda | Construction of Proposed
Kamla saleyard Latitude 2.054470Longitude 35.099159 |
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Surveillance of Trans-boundary Animal Diseases (TAD) | Done quarterly
2 surveillance done. |
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2 | Kacheliba-Orolwo-Konyao-Alakas Uganda | Pasture and water,
Konyao saleyard (GPS coordinates N 01.78882, E 035.04584 |
Feasibility study and EIA to be done soon | |||||
Karameri water pan
N 01.69878, E 035.03841. |
30,000 m3 | |||||||
Nakwapuo shallow well Konyao
GPS coordinate N 01.80387o, E6 03.05552o |
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3 | Kacheliba-Orolwo-Kerita Uganda | Cheposebei
Bore hole 36N 721293E, 167785S. |
 40m3 per day. | Procurement process ongoing | ||||
4 | Kacheliba –Kanyerus-Uganda | Surveillance of Trans-boundary Animal Diseases (TAD | Vaccination against TAD to be done starting from November 2016 | |||||
4 | Kishaunet-Cheptuya-Kanyarkwat-Uganga | Kanyarkwat Saleyard
Latitude 1.261647Longitude 34.913761 |
Survey and registration done | |||||
5 | Kainuk-Marich-Chepareria-Kishaunet-Kitale | Rehabilitation of Kishaunet livestock Saleyard
Latitude 1.280522Longitude 35.080284 |
GIS mapping done | |||||
Refurbishment of county project offices,Kapenguria |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Complete. | |||
6 | Kacheliba-Chepareria- | Surveillance of Trans-boundary Animal Diseases (TAD | All livestock
Kacheliba and Chepareria markets |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
7 | Chesegon-Lomut-Sigor-Chepareria | Surveillance of Trans-boundary Animal Diseases (TAD | All the livestock along the stock routes
Lomut,Sigor and Chepareria markets |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
8 | Kolowa-Nyangaita-Sigor-Chepareria | Kokwokochily Water pan | 30,000 m3 | |||||
Rehabilitation of Lotong’ot water pan | ||||||||
9 | Konyao-Orolwo-Kacheliba-Kishaunet-Kitale | Rehabilitation of Kishaunet livestock Saleyard
Latitude 1.280522Longitude 35.080284 |
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Gully control at Orolwo |
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 | Complete |  | In progress |  | Not Carried Out |
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         STOCK ROUTES
- Chesogon-Lomut-Sigor-Ortum-Chepareria-Kishaunet
- Kolowa-Sigor-Ortum-Chepareria-Kitale
- Kainuk-Ortum-Chepareria
- Turkwel-Kasei-Kamketo-Kamla –Alakas
- Kamketo-Konyao-Alakas
- Konyao-Orolwo-Kacheliba-Kishaunet
- Kacheliba-Chepareria
- Kacheliba-Kanyerus
- Kishaunet-Cheptuya-Kanyarkwat