Election day 10 Aug 2027|295 days to go
Mandera County, 2022 to 2026
What the county government has done since August 2022, department by department. Every entry names its published source and says plainly whether the work is finished or still under way.
7 delivered · 1 recognition
July 2026 · Mandera town
Renovated by the Kenya National Library Service with money from the national Sports, Arts and Social Development Fund, and handed over to the county government. Two more libraries, in Lafey and Elwak, are complete and ready for launch.
August 2025
Awarded in Paris on 20 August 2025 for the Elimu Kwa Wote initiative. It was received on the Governor's behalf by his Chief of Staff and presented to him in Mandera on 4 October 2025.
August 2025
The county reports recruiting 450 early childhood teachers and building 66 new ECDE classrooms, with learning materials, furniture and a school feeding programme for ECDE learners.
August 2025
Students on a programme fully sponsored by the county government completed degrees in nursing, electrical and electronics engineering, molecular biology and genetics, biochemistry and bioengineering, and returned to Mandera.
June 2025
By June 2025 the county had disbursed KSh 1.27 billion in bursaries over three years. In 2023 alone, 10,306 students from all 30 wards received ward bursaries.
September 2023
In September 2023 the county invested in Mandera Teachers Training College and announced it would cover 50% of trainees' fees. By August 2025 it reported a 50% scholarship for more than 1,000 trainee teachers.
March 2023
434 students graduated from the vocational training centres in Mandera, Takaba, Rhamu and Elwak, each with a certificate and a start-up kit, at a graduation held with the Danish Refugee Council.
January 2023
Launched in January 2023, the county's flagship secondary education programme had reached 24,973 students in 61 public secondary schools by January 2024.
8 delivered · 1 under way
December 2025 · Elwak
A new renal unit, a modern mortuary and a maternity theatre were commissioned at Elwak Hospital on 11 December 2025.
November 2025 · Kutulo
The Governor commissioned several key upgrades at the hospital on 25 November 2025.
July 2025
Newly recruited health workers went through a four-day induction to serve in both urban centres and remote facilities.
June 2025
The county reports that the operating theatres at Banisa and Lafey hospitals have been brought into service.
December 2024 · Garbaqoley, Mandera East
Three technical staff deployed to offer treatment of minor ailments, immunisation, nutrition, maternal and child health, family planning, maternity care and health education.
August 2024
Construction of oxygen plant housing began at Mandera County Referral, Elwak and Banisa hospitals, supported by AMREF Health Africa and the national Ministry of Health.
August 2024 · Mandera County Referral Hospital
The Governor commissioned a dental unit at Mandera County Referral Hospital and signed into law the Community Health Services Bill and the County Health Services Improvement Financing Bill.
June 2024
A six-day training on the electronic Community Health Information System closed with 968 phones configured for it, ahead of training for community health workers in their units.
August 2023
A five-day free eye camp run by the Fred Hollows Foundation and welcomed by the county: more than 2,000 residents received medical attention and 295 eye operations were performed.
2 delivered · 2 under way
January 2026
During the 2025/26 drought the county trucked water to 266 sites while repairing, drilling and equipping emergency boreholes. In January 2026 the Governor reported 39 boreholes drilled, 24 of them equipped and working and 15 still being equipped by the county and its partners.
June 2025
By June 2025 the county reported deploying 86 water bowsers, rehabilitating 30 earth pans, extending 350 km of pipelines and drilling strategic boreholes.
August 2024 · Lafey
Handed to the contractor in August 2024: rising and distribution pipelines, steel elevated storage tanks and new consumer connections for Lafey town. Completion has not yet been reported.
August 2024 · Dandu
Handed to the contractor in August 2024: filtration units, rising and distribution pipelines, storage tanks, water kiosks and new consumer connections for a town that has depended on untreated surface water for many years. Completion has not yet been reported.
4 delivered · 3 under way
September 2026
Sites including Shantoley East Irrigation Scheme and Bulla Haji Farm handed over so that works can begin under the Food Systems Resilience Programme.
April 2026
Launched in April 2026 through the Food Systems Resilience Programme in Kutulo, Arabia, Mandera East and Lafey sub-counties, to treat and vaccinate 722,691 animals by the end of the campaign.
October 2025 · Border Point One, Mandera East
A 1.5 km canal restored, a solar-powered draw-off system installed and the pump house upgraded to withstand floods, funded under the Financing Locally-Led Climate Action programme and handed over to the community.
September 2025 · Takaba town
Commissioned by the Governor on 13 September 2025 and operating from 15 September, in Takaba town.
June 2025
By June 2025 the county reported livestock insurance for 7,089 pastoralists, 1,187 farmers trained in climate-smart agriculture, 540 modern beehives distributed and 18 irrigation and flood control projects.
April 2025 · Khalalio
Dykes under construction at Khalalio, Shariff Iley and Burabor in Khalalio Ward. Once complete, the Khalalio dyke alone is designed to protect more than 300 hectares of farmland.
December 2024 · Takaba
Commissioned by the county Department of Agriculture, Livestock Development and Fisheries to strengthen livestock trade, create jobs and raise revenue.
2 delivered · 2 under way
July 2026 · Dandu
Opened by the Governor in Dandu town, bringing government services closer to residents.
June 2026 · Mandera town
A national government project pledged by the President. The site was handed to the contractor in June 2026 with the county's full cooperation; construction begins once the contractor has mobilised.
January 2025
Launched on 16 January 2025 to replace obsolete assets: three ambulances, 10 vehicles for departments and 40 motorcycles for rural and hard-to-reach areas.
November 2024
With the Land Information Management System already running in Mandera East, the county began rolling it out to the other sub-counties and trained lands officers.
3 delivered
January 2025
Donated by the UK Government through its Digital Access Programme and received by the county for the ICT hubs and technical colleges in Mandera East, Elwak and Banisa sub-counties.
November 2024
Launched on 16 November 2024 and driven by more than 500 women, with registration and training support from the county's Department of Cooperative Development. Over 800 members attended its first general meeting a month later.
August 2023
Wheelchairs, walking frames, motorised motorbikes and trade tools unveiled for persons with disabilities by the county's social development department.
3 delivered · 1 recognition
February 2026
A council of religious organisations, business, youth groups, professional bodies and non-state actors established to promote interfaith harmony and peacebuilding and to counter violent extremism.
October 2024
On Mazingira Day 2024 more than 1,000 trees were planted and 5,000 seedlings distributed. By June 2025 the county reported over 30,000 trees planted.
September 2024 · Utrecht, Netherlands
Mandera Municipality's greening programme, begun about eight years earlier and sustained under this administration, won its category at the AIPH World Green City Awards in Utrecht in September 2024, ahead of finalists Liverpool and Melbourne.
October 2023
Communities affected by inter-clan clashes came together after a 14-day ceasefire that followed a peace dialogue led by the Governor.
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