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Aerial view of the Elwak SME Market.

Mandera county has attracted Sh45 billion investments

hrough strategic lobbying, we have tion of the Qofole-Moyale tarmac road, which West Constituency.
been able to attract investments worth will open up the area. • We lobbied the World Health Organisation
Tover Sh45 billion into Mandera County, • We lobbied for the construction of Sh3.4 bil- (WHO) to get three ambulances to support
slightly above the Sh32.9 billion the National lion Mandera International Airport, whose first health services.
Treasury allocated for the devolved govern- tranche of Sh700 million has been disbursed • We lobbied the United Nations Fund for
ment in four years. to the Kenya Airports Authority. Population (UNFPA) and United Nations High
Some of these investments are: • We lobbied for Sh2.4 billion to get com- Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) for three
• Sh3.5billlion construction of road from Elwak mitment through African Development Bank vehicles - two ambulances and a single-cabin
to Rhamu. (AfDB) financing for Mandera water and sew- truck.
• Joint Commitment amounting to USD1.1 bil- erage construction. AfDB and the National • We lobbied the National Government for
lion for the Mandera-Isiolo road through the Government’s Ministry of Water have done three colleges - Mandera Technical Train-
Northern Frontier Development Council (Man- designs, validation and contracting, with the ing Institute, Kenya Medical Training College
dera, Wajir, Garissa, Tana River, Lamu, Isiolo projects set to commence after the General (KMTC) and Technical Training College in
and Marsabit), whose construction begins Election. Mandera town.
in 2018. The financing will be through World • We lobbied the Turkish Government to get We have partnered with Kenya Medical Re-
Bank and Mandera’s share of the fund is Sh35 two tractors for Agricultural Mechanisation search Institute (KEMRI) to build a state of the
billion, to be allocated to roads, water, sew- programme. art regional research centre, the first of its kind
age, agriculture and other resilient projects. • We lobbied partner organisations for the in Northern Kenya.
• We lobbied for Sh3.6 billion from the national construction and operationalisation of Com-
government for three years for the construc- munity Life Centre in Dandu Ward, Mandera

The Elwak Accident and Emergency Centre.