Marsabit County

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Marsabit County is a county in Kenya,[1] covering a surface area of 66,923.1 square kilometres. Marsabit is the second largest county by size in Kenya after Turkana county which has an area of 71,597.8 km2. Its capital is Marsabit and its largest town is Moyale. According to the 2019 census, the county had a population of 459,785.[2] It is bordered to the North by Ethiopia, to the West by Turkana County to the South by Samburu County and Isiolo County, and to the East by Wajir County.

Geography

The county is located in central north Kenya and borders the eastern shore of Lake Turkana. Important topographical features are: Ol Donyo Ranges Template:Cvt in the southwest, Mount Marsabit Template:Cvt in the central part of the county, Hurri Hills Template:Cvt in the northeastern part of the county, Mount Kulal Template:Cvt in the northwest and the mountains around Sololo-Moyale escarpment up to Template:Cvt in the northeast. The Chalbi Desert makes up much of the center region of the county.[3]

Physical and tropical features

The county is made of an extensive plain lying Template:Cvt above sea level which gently slopes towards the south-east. Some of the prominent features include Ol Donyo Template:Cvt above sea level, Mt. Marsabit Template:Cvt above sea level, Hurri Hills Template:Cvt above sea level, Mt. Kulal Template:Cvt above sea level, and the Sololo-Moyale escarpment up to Template:Cvt above sea level.
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Climatic conditions

The county experiences semi-arid climatic conditions with an average temperature ranging between 15 °C and 26 °C. The rainfall ranges between Template:Cvt per annum. The Long rains season starts in April through May while the short rains occur from November to December.[6][5]

Demographics

The county has a total population of 459,785, of which 243,548 are males, 216,219 females and 18 intersex persons. There are 77,495 households, with an average household size of 5.8 persons per household and a population density of 6 people per square kilometre.[7]

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Urban Centre 2019 Population[8]
Moyale 37,387
Marsabit 14,907
Sololo 9,104
Loiyangalani 5,117
Laisamis 2,643

Religion

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Administrative and political units

Administrative units

There are 4 sub counties, 16 divisions, 63 locations and 127 sub-locations.[9]

Sub-counties

  • Saku
  • North Horr
  • Laisamis
  • Moyale

Electoral constituencies

There 4 constituencies and 20 county assembly wards.[10]

Political leadership

Mohamed Mohamud Ali is the Governor and was elected in 2017 and his deputy is Solomon Gubo Riwe.[11][12] He replaced Ukur Yattani, the first governor of Marsabit county and was the Cabinet Secretary of National Treasury & Planning.[13][14] Gordana Hargura is the Senator and has been senator since 2013.[15] Nasra Ibrahim Ibren is the first elected women representative and was replaced in 2017 general elections by Safia Sheikh Adan.[16][17]

For Marsabit County, the County Executive Committee comprises:-

County Executive Committee
Number
The Governor 1
The Deputy Governor 1
The County Secretary 1
The CEC Members 10
Total 13

Source[18]

Members of Parliament 2017-2022 (Marsabit County)

  1. Hon. Wario, Qalicha Gufu[19] of Jubilee Party (JP) Member of Parliament Moyale Constituency.[20]
  2. Hon. Ganya, Francis Chachu[21] of FAP Party Member of Parliament North Horr Constituency.[22]
  3. Hon. Raso, Dido Ali[23] of Jubilee Party (JP) Member of Parliament Saku Constituency.[23]
  4. Hon. Arbelle, Marselino[24] of Jubilee Party (JP) Malimo Member of Parliament Laisamis Constituency.[25]

Education

There are 278 ECD centres 209 primary schools and 31 secondary schools. The county has also 1 teachers training college, 4 Youth Polytechnics, 106 adult training institutions and 6 technical training institutions.[26] The number of teachers currently providing basic education in Marsabit county is 1,912, consisting of 492 ECDE teachers, 1,147 primary and 283 secondary school teachers.[27]

Health

There is a total of 111 health facilities, hospital beds in the county. County has 457 health personnel of different cadre.[28]

HIV prevalence is at 1% ,below the national 5.3% (Kenya HIV Estimates 2011).[29]

Transport and communication

The county is covered by Template:Cvt of road network. Of this, Template:Cvt is covered by earth surface, Template:Cvt is murram surface, and Template:Cvt of surface is covered by bitumen.[30][31]

There are two post offices with 1,000 installed letter boxes: 717 rented letter boxes and 283 vacant letter boxes.[32]

Electoral constituencies

Constituencies of Marsabit County[33]
Map Constituency Name Constituency No. Approximate Population (2009) Area in km2
File:Marsabit-County.svg Moyale 45 145,196 9,390
North Horr 46 109,179 38,953
Saku 47 46,502 2,078
Laisamis 48 65,669 20,266
Total 291,166 70,687

Administrative sub-divisions

Administratively, the county is divided into four administrative sub-counties namely: Marsabit Central, Laisamis, North Horr, and Moyale. [34] Sub-counties are further divided into 20 wards and administrative villages.

References

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