Nandi County Presentations

1. WELCOME TO NANDI COUNTY.

3. COUNTY PROFILE.

4. COUNTY HQTS: Kapsabet. LOCATION: Latitude- 00 and 00 34’’. Longitude- 34034’’/350 25E. Altitude- 1300-2500. VITAL INFORMATION AT A GLANCE

5. NEIGHBOURING COUNTIES: Kakamega Vihiga Kisumu Kericho UasinGishu AREA: 2,784 Km2 Forest Cover- 544.8 Ha

6. POPULATION: 752,965 Female- 376,477 Male- 376,488 Sex Ratio 1:1 FERTILITY: 4.7 INFANT MORTALITY: 48:1000 POVERTY LEVEL: 48%

7. CONSTITUENCIES: Tindiret- Hon. Kosgey Henry. Aldai- Hon. Kosgei Sally. Mosop- Hon. Koech David. Emgwen- Hon. Elijah Lagat. Two additional constituencies provisionally established LOCAL AUTHORITIES: Municipal Council of Kapsabet. Town Council of Nandi Hills. Nandi County Council.

8. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS(Eight): EDUCATION: Universities;(one) Baraton University (private) Middle Level;(three) Mosoriot,O’Lessos, Kaiboi. Secondary; Schools- 132 Pupils- 27,446 Teachers- 936 Ratio- 1:29 Primary; Schools- 664 Pupils- 164,650 Teachers- 4165 Ratio- 1:39.7

9. MAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES: Tea Dairy Maize & Coffee. MAIN RIVERS(Eight): Kipkaren, OlareOnyoinkie, Kimondi/Kingwal, Kabutie, Makong, Yala, Kapchorwa and Anabngetuny.

10. NANDI COUNTY CONSULTATIVE FORUM ON INVESTMENT- HELD ITS MEETING ON 14TH MAY 2011- AT CITC KAPSABET

11. COMPOSITION OF MEMBERS PROFESSIONALS OPINION LEADERS GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS PURPOSE OF THE FORUM CARRY OUT A COUNTY SWOT ANALYSIS IDENTIFY KEY CHALLENGES AND HOW TO OVERCOME THEM IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIES KEY INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES AGREE ON WAY FORWARD THE FOLLOWING POLICY DOCUMENTS WERE USED AS REFERENCE: VISION 2030 CURRENT CONSTITUTION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL (MDGS) ERS- ECONOMIC RECOVERY STRATEGY FOR WEALTH AND EMPLOYMENT CREATION DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLANS AMONG OTHERS

12. ON SWOT ANALYSIS THE FOLLOWING WERE IDENTIFIED AND AGREED UPON STRENGTHS People of the county Strong human resource base Strong work ethics Abundant land and natural resources Land for development Fertile soil for farming Rivers and forest Good location Proximity to international and domestic airports Good road network Well established institution of learning (Baraton, Moi University, Lessos technical ets Rich industry/tourism resources Historical structures and sites Tourism sites e.g. Nandi rock Good and clean environment

13. (b) OPPORTUNITIES 1. AGRICULTURE Commercial agriculture Horticulture/floriculture Food crop (maize, beans, potatoes etc) Cash crop – (sunflower, tea, sugarcane) 2. AGRO PROCESSING AND VALUE ADDITION Industrial processing (tea, sugar cane etc) Cottage industries Milling Dairy processing 3. LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT Dairy production Dairy goats *(production) Slaughter houses Fisheries Bee keeping and honey processing 4. TRADE AND COMMERCE Retail and wholesale Financial institutions- banks and Saccos

14. 5. MANUFACTURING (NON-AGRO) Mining Quarrying Sand harvesting Water processing/bottling Pottery and clay works Sotet / mursik Biomass and biogas (sugar industries) 6. BPO- BUSINESS PROCESSING OUTSOURCING 7. AGRO FORESTRY

15. 8. TOURISM DEVELOPMENT Wildlife Moran dancers Cultural villages Hospitality / conference facilities 9. SPORTS Sports institutions Stadium development Training camps 10. CULTURE AND HERITAGE Cultural museum Cultural institutes

16. ( c ) THREATS Dilapidated roads infrastructure High rate of school drop outs Increased unemployment/under employment Culture of hand outs /neo dependency Poor attitude to manual work e.g. tea farms Drugs and substance abuse (alcohol/narcotics) High loss of energy /high cost of living /fluctuation of prices of farm produce. (d) WEAKNESS Land subdivision Sale of land Environmental degradation (deforestation) Tainted image Insecurity Corruption CONCLUSION Our untapped strength /opportunities far outweighs our threats and weakness

17. WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND URGENTLY Build a strong competitive and sustainable county economy Priorities infrastructure development Urgently create a friendly business environment to make county the destination of choice for investment Enhance security. Create a vision for the county based on our core values e.g. honesty, integrity etc

18. CURRENT ACTIVE AND LEAD SECTORS The forum identified the following ; Dairy sector/ livestock production Tea production /farming Horticulture-passion fruits Coffee farming Sugarcane farming Construction

19. AVAILABLE COUNTY INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES NB opportunities exits for both FDI/DDI /foreign/domestic 1. EDUCATION- Establishment of both private primary an secondary schools Diploma institution in agriculture / commerce /entrepreneurship/teaching /nursing Nandi county university (elevate the existing institution to fast track) 2. INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT ICT / real estate / construction 3. DAIRY FARMING / ANIMAL BREEDING 4. AGRICULTURE –TEA/COFFEE/HORTICULTURE 5. TOURISM/HOSPITALITY 6. HEALTH

20. TEA FARMING Most population drinks after water 24 countries in the world produce tea 75% of world production comes from 5 countries-china, India, Kenya, srilanka and Indonesia- Kenya accounts for 65% of Africa’s total production World tea consumption is in the increase –demand has increased in the last four years. Kenya /Tanzania are the main producers.

21. CHALLENGES OF TEA INDUSTRY High cost of production Labor /farm inputs/taxes/poor road network Low yield Poor husbandry practices Processing capacity constraints Green leaf transplant Energy costs

22. OPPORTUNITIES IN NANDI Ideal growing industries Factory capacities Potential to improve infrastructure and add values Potential to advertise through athletes