Mandera County

Mandera County is a county in the former North Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Mandera. The county is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, by Somalia to the east and by Wajir County to the southwest. According to the 2019 census, the county has a population of 867,457 and an area of 25,939.8 km².[1] The main economic activity in the county is pastoralism, while others include cross-border trade with Ethiopia, artisanal mining, beekeeping and agriculture along the Dawa River.[2]

Not to be confused with Mandera.

Mandera County
County
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Location of Mandera County in Kenya
Coordinates: 3.41667°N 40.6667°E / 3.41667; 40.6667
Country Kenya
FormedMarch 4, 2013
Capital and largest townMandera
Other townsEl Wak
Government
 • GovernorAli Roba
Area
 • Total25,797.7 km2 (9,960.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
 • Total867,457
 • Density34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Websitewww.mandera.go.ke

Geography

The county mostly consists of rocky hills, located on a plain that rises from 400m in altitude near El Wak, to 970m near the Ethiopian border. The seasonal Dawa River (also 'Daua River') forms the border between Mandera County and Ethiopia, for about 150 km from the northernmost point of the county up to the Somali border. The river's flood plains are used for cultivating crops. Most of the county has a semi-arid climate.[2]

Climatic Conditions

County has a temperature range between 24C – 42C. Rainfall is very low and unreliable with annual average of 91.7mm annually. Long rains normally occur in April and May averaging 69.1mm while short rains in October and November averaging 122mm.[3]

Demographics

The county has a total population of 867,457 of which 434,976 are males, 432,444 females and 37 intersex persons. There are 125,763 household with an average household size of 6.9 persons per household and a population density 33 people per square kilometre.[4]

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1979 105,601—    
1989 123,787+17.2%
1999 250,372+102.3%
2009 1,025,756+309.7%
2019 867,457−15.4%
source:[5]

Administrative and Political Units

Administrative Units

There are 7 sub counties, 22 divisions, 97 locations and 141 sub-locations.[6]

Sub-counties
  • Mandera East
  • Mandera West
  • Banisa
  • Mandera North
  • Lafey
  • Mandera South
  • Kutullo

Electoral constituencies

It has 6 constituencies and 30 county assembly wards.[7]

Political Leadership

Ibrahim Roba is the Governor serving his last term in office after being elected twice 2013, 2017 and his deputy is Mohamed Ahmed.[8][9] Mahamud Mohamed M is the Senator and he replaced Billow Kerow who was the first elected senator.[10][11] Amina Gedow is the second elected women representative won against the Fathia Mahbuub who was the first women representative for the county.[12][13]

For Mandera County, the County Executive Committee comprises of:-

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

Source[14]

Members of Parliament 2017-2022 (Mandera County)
  1. Hon Omar Mohamed - omar salla[15] of EFP Party Member o.f Parliament Mandera Constituency.[16]
  2. Hon. Hassan, Kulow Maalim[17] of EFP party Member of Parliament West Banisa Constituency.[18]
  3. Hon. Hassan, Omar Mohamed Maalim[19] of EFP Party Member of Parliament Mandera East Constituency.[20]
  4. Hon. Ibrahim, Abdi Mude[21] of EFP Party Member of Parliament Lafey Constituency.[22]
  5. Hon. Ali, Adan Haji[23] of Jubilee Party Member of Parliament Mandera South Constituency.[24]
  6. Hon. Abdullah, Bashir Sheikh[25] of Jubilee Party Member of Parliament Mandera North Constituency.[26]

Health

There is a total of 83 health facilities in the county and 150 health personnel of different cadre.[27]

HIV prevalence is at 1.8% below the national 5.3%.[28][29]

Transport and Communication

The county is covered by 1,884.5 Km of road network. of this 1,390 km is covered by earth surface, 494.5 km is murram surface.[30]

There are 13 cyber cafes, 5 post offices installed letter boxes, 1150 rented letter boxes and 1100 rented letter boxes, 50 vacant letter boxes[31]

Trade and Commerce

There are 32 trading centres, 127 licensed retail traders, 212 licensed hawkers and 10 petrol stations.[32]


Urban Centre2009 Population[33]
Mandera57,692
El Wak24,368
Rhamu24,037
Takaba21,474

County subdivisions

As of 2019, Mandera County is divided into 7 sub-counties:[1]

Sub-countyPopulationLand area (Sq. Km)Pop. densityHeadquarters
Mandera West98,3004,016.924Takaba
Banisa152,5983,942.739Banisa
Kutulo72,3942,509.329Kutulo
Lafey83,4573,846.322Lafey
Mandera Central157,2204,031.639El Wak
Mandera East159,6382,505.764Mandera
Mandera North143,8505,087.328Rhamu
Administrative divisions
Division Population* Pop. density* Area (km²) Headquarters
Arabia6,7345xMandera East
Ashabito33,0347xRhamu
Banisa38,41127xBanissa
Central43,916437xMandera
Dandu16,5348xTakaba
El Wak26,39126xEl Wak
Fino7,9104xLafey
Hareri5,4685xMandera
Khalalio7,94816xMandera
Kotulo12,9555xElwak
Lafey7,8659xLafey
Libehia2,9924xMandera
Malkamari12,4987xMandera
Rahamu Dimtu7,3718xRhamu
Rhamu10,81875xRhamu
Shimbir Fatuma5,1793xElwak
Takaba9,6683xTakaba
Warankara3,0423xLafey
Wargadud8,3728xElwak
Sala4,3225xLafey
Kiliweri7,5729xBanisa
Total250,3729 (average)x-
* 1999 census. Sources:[34]

Electoral constituencies
Constituencies of Marsabit County[35]
Map Constituency Names Constituency No. Approximate Population (2009) Area in km2
Mandera West 39 141,633 4,778.50
Banissa 40 178,142 3,356.10
Mandera North 41 205,468 5,895.20
Mandera South 42 211,836 5,787.50
Mandera East 43 138,728 1,857.30
Lafey 44 149,959 4,316.80
Total 1,025,756 25,991

References
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  2. "Mandera County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP 2018-2022)". Maarifa. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  3. Mandera County Integrated Development Plan CIDP 2018-2022. Mandera County Government. 2018. p. 25.
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  34. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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