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Achievements
Environment sub-sector
The department recorded the following mile-
stones:
• Implementation of afforestation programme
in which 60,000 tree seedlings were planted,
nurtured and maintained across the county
• Distribution of over 100,000 tree seedlings
to households and public institutions to en-
hance forest cover
• Spearheading of environmental education
Lag Sure water pan 60,000 cubic metre and public awareness creation on the impor-
tance of environmental conservation
• Distribution of afforestation tools such as wa-
tering cans, hoes, and wheelbarrows among
others.
• Enforcement of EMCA 1999 Cap 387 law
and its regulations, such as EIA/EA, waste
management and air quality regulation in the
county in collaboration with the National Envi-
ronment Management Authority (NEMA)
• Clearing of the prosopis juliflora (Mathenge)
in areas where the plant species has invad-
ed, such as roadsides and public places
• Enforcement of the ban on the use of plastic
carrier bags in collaboration with NEMA
• Formulation and operationalisation of the
Governor Ali Roba launches water supply projects. County Environment Committee.

Achievements
Over the last five years, the department has
made significant strides through the following
successful projects:
• A total of 69 boreholes have been drilled since
2013. Fifty-eight of these boreholes bore water
and 56 have already been equipped and are
operational
• Construction of 40 new small to medium-sized Camels at Merille earth pan in Banisa sub
water pans (15,000m3 – 30,000m3)
• Construction of 21 big dams (60,000m3 – county.
110,000m3) • These initiatives were instrumental in improv-
• Completion of seven new infiltration galleries ing water security per capita from 6m3 per
and protected wells person in 2013, to 9m3 per person in 2017.
• Construction of 96 new underground tanks in The projects also increased the percentage
remote, water-scarce areas of the population with access to safe and reli-
• Rehabilitation of four urban and 33 rural water able water services in the county from 31% in
supplies 2013 to 48% in Dcember 2017 in urban areas
• Construction of 31 new rural water supplies and 43% in 2013 to 68% in rural areas by
December 2017.

Achievements
Energy sub-sector
The following projects were successfully commissioned and delivered:
• 1,821 solar-powered streetlights have been installed in all the six sub-county headquarters
• 18 high-mast security floodlights have been installed in strategic places in Mandera Town
• Stand-alone, solar-powered systems have been installed in 10 public institutions including
schools, dispensaries and offices.