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Improved agricultural infrastructure

development, mechanization and
fARM PRODUctIVIty

Governor Roba marvels at the size of a lemon harvested at
the Suez farm in Neboi ward.

or years, Mandera County has been profiled as a vast
wasteland plagued by drought and famine. But that
Fstereotype of an arid land and agriculturally deficient
region has been debunked…in a record time of less than
five years.

Under the stewardship of H.E. Ali Roba as the first Gover-
nor of Mandera, the county has transformed into an oasis of
abundance. Governor Roba explains that, “We have turned
drought-threatened arid lands into high-impact green farms
using irrigation along rivers and water pans to produce food.”
The Governor and his team spearheaded a lifestyle change
in the region that saw many pastoralists successful adopting
small-scale farming, besides increasing the acreage under