Samburu County

Samburu County
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Location of Samburu County in Kenya
Coordinates: 1°10′N 36°40′E / 1.167°N 36.667°E / 1.167; 36.667Coordinates: 1°10′N 36°40′E / 1.167°N 36.667°E / 1.167; 36.667
Country  Kenya
Formed March 4th 2013
Capital Maralal
Government
 • Governor Moses Kasaine Lenolkulal
Area
 • Total 20,182.5 km2 (7,792.5 sq mi)
Population (2009)[1]
 • Total 223,947
 • Density 11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)
Website samburu.go.ke

Samburu County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It covers an area of roughly 21,000 km² (8,000 mi²) in northern Kenya where the Samburu,Turkana and many other tribes live. It stretches north from the Wuaso Ng'iro River to the south of Lake Turkana and also includes Mount Kulal which lies just east of Lake Turkana.

Within Samburu County are the towns of Maralal (capital and largest town),[2] Baragoi, Archers Post, South Horr, Wamba and Lodosoit.

It also includes the Samburu National Reserve, Bisanadi National Reserve, and Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Mount Ng'iro, Ndoro Mountains, Mathews Range (Ol Doinyo Lenkiyo), Kirisia Hills, and Loroki Forest.

There is a town named Samburu in Kwale County also in Kenya, but is not related to Samburu County or Samburu people.

County subdivisions

The county has three constituencies: Samburu East, Samburu West, and Samburu North. The headquarters of Samburu Central is Maralal, Samburu North is Baragoi and headquarters for Samburu East is Wamba. There has been controversy about the headquarters of Samburu East. Some schools of thought proposed Archers Post, a rapidly growing town, while others proposed Wamba town a less rapidly growing town.

Local authorities (councils)
Authority Type Population* Urban pop.*
MaralalTown24,61216,281
SamburuCounty118,93518,507
Total-143,54734,788
* 1999 census. Source:[3]
Administrative divisions
Division Population* Headquarters
Baragoi19,884Baragoi
Kirisia47,072Mararal
Lorroki25,571Suguta mar mar
Nyiro15,551
Wamba24,155Wamba
Waso10,314
Total143,547-
* 1999 census. Sources:[4]

Government

The Samburu County Government is headed by Governor Moses Kasaine Lenolkulal, referred to within Samburu County as 'M.K.'. A member of the national Jubilee political party, Lenolkulal was the first governor following Kenya's devolution to county administrations and was reelected for a second term in 2013.

A popular figure, Governor Lenolkulal has been tackling insecurity and cattle rustling, creating jobs and employment opportunities for the youth, boosting the tourism industry, establishing of more wildlife conservancies, engaging the young-unemployed people as rangers, incorporating the youth in policing forest-cover, developing livestock farming, establishing abattoirs, improving infrastructure and education, constructing early childhood development centres, constructing polytechnics, providing clean drinking water and medical services, equipping farmers with knowledge on drought resistant crops and modern farming methods and water harvesting.[5]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.scribd.com/doc/36672705/Kenya-Census-2009
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  3. ↑ http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  5. ↑ "Moses Lenolkula Kasaine Biography - Softkenya.com". Softkenya.com. 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
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