•Self-sustaining projects provide lasting solutions
•Proactivity will ensure service delivery to residents
Northern Kenya counties should allocate more resources to self-sustaining projects to effectively deal with drought and hunger, Wajir Governor Mohamed Mohamud has said.
Self-sustaining projects, Mohamud said, will provide lasting solutions to the north and northeastern counties.
“This explains why despite all Arid and Semi-Arid Lands counties facing emergency at the moment, Wajir County is still at alarm stage meaning that we can still cope with the drought a couple of weeks due to our coordination and pre-positioning of essential services amongst other factors,” the county chief said yesterday.
He was addressing World Bank, government and civil society officials at a meeting on enhancing the implementation of North and North Eastern Development Initiative (NEDI) at a Nairobi hotel.
The governor said, “Let us not be complacent but be proactive in everything we do so as to promote service delivery to the residents of our beloved county.”
Mohamud said his government has put in place measures to ensure that drought-affected residents get services on time.
He said counties in economic bloc Frontier Counties Development Council (FCDC) have established a coordination unit for projects supported by development partners.
“I urge all my staff to do everything in their ability and ensure the current drought does not lead to loss of lives and livelihoods.” he said.
The governor said Wajir will get Sh4 billion out of the Sh10 billion World Bank funds for the north and northeastern counties.
He said it was critical for the County Coordination Unit to be strengthened to harmonise and synchronise all WB funded projects.