Marsabit and Turkana are set to benefit from an additional KSh 1.35 billion from Germany’s KfW Development Bank to support drought resilience, according to a September 17 report by Tuko.co.ke.The financing raises the programme’s total allocation to KSh 4.49 billion. Marsabit will receive approximately KSh 1.05 billion of the additional funding, while Turkana gets about KSh 299 million.Planned projects include water harvesting, storage and irrigation, alongside support for livestock health, fodder production and marketing. Rural roads and school sanitation facilities are also covered.The programme targets rehabilitation of 5,000 acres of rangeland and aims to generate approximately 10,000 direct and indirect jobs.
Source: Tuko.co.ke —