TURKANA – Turkana County is set to receive over KSh 600 million for major water, irrigation, and livestock initiatives under the Drought Resilience Programme in Northern Kenya (DRPNK) for the 2026/2027 financial year.
Approved on September 9, 2026, by the Turkana County Steering Committee chaired by Dr. Michael Eregae, CECM for Agriculture, Livestock Development, and Fisheries the capital injection aims to finance 28 targeted projects across four strategic clusters. The initiative is designed to bolster regional food security, build climate-change adaptive capacity, and transform the livelihoods of local pastoral and agropastoral populations facing recurrent dry spells.
The selection followed a rigorous, bottom-up approach led by the County Programme Coordination Unit (CPCU), which surveyed 135 potential sites across Turkana Central, Turkana West, and Loima before finalizing the list through reconnaissance, validation, and community ranking. Out of the 28 selected projects, 10 are earmarked for the Lodwar cluster, 10 for Loima, five for Kalokol, and three for Kakuma, with implementation set to run until December 2027. To ensure an equitable distribution of resources across all five constituent wards, the committee recommended reorganizing select projects in the Lodwar and Kalokol clusters prior to final national review.
Following county approval, project documentation moves to the National Programme Coordination Unit and the Joint Programme Steering Committee, which comprises respective county governors and the Principal Secretary. Jointly funded by the German Financial Cooperation through the German Development Bank (KfW), the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation, and county governments, DRPNK continues to deliver long-term resilience infrastructure across Turkana and Marsabit counties, adding to 17 already completed local projects and 15 others currently nearing completion.
