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Garissa County is a county in Kenya located in Eastern Kenya bordering Somalia to the East, Wajir County and Isiolo County to the North, Tana River County to the West, Lamu County to the South and the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest urban area is Garissa.
The county was created by the 2010 Constitution of Kenya as a new unit of the devolved government. Prior to the 2010 constitution, Garissa County was part of the North Eastern Province which was one of the former provinces of Kenya. The North Eastern Province was carved out of the then Northern Frontier District (NFD) prior to independence.
The county had a population of 800,000 at the 2019 Census, and a land area of about . The majority of the population in Garissa County is of Somali ethnic background. This includes subgroups like the Ogaden, Degodia, Ajuran, and others. There are also smaller populations of other ethnic groups.
The current elected Senator of the county is Sen. Abdul Mohammed Haji while the current County woman representative is Hon. Amina Udgoon Siyad.
| County Secretary |
| Agriculture, Livestock & Pastoral Economy |
| Finance and Economic Planning |
| Water, Environment, Climate Change & Natural Resources |
| County Affairs, Public Service & Intergovernmental Relations |
| Education, Information & ICT |
| Health & Sanitation |
| Culture, Gender, Youth & Sports |
| Trade, Investments & Enterprise Development |
| Roads, Transport & Public Works |
| Lands, Physical Planning & Urban Development |
| County Attorney |
| Hon. Mohamed Dekow Barrow |
| Hon. Salah Yakub Farah |
| Farah Maalim |
| Hon. Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed |
| Hon. Abdi Omar Shurie |
| Hon. Abdi Ali Abdi |
The list below shows all the wards of the county and the current elected MCA for each Ward:
| Abubakar Haji Sugow |
| Abubakar Mohamed Khalif |
| Hussein Mohamed Dagane |
| Musdaf Abdirashid Ahmed |
| Abdi Ibrahim Daar |
| Idris Ismail Aden |
| Adan Hussein Durow |
| Abdiweli Aden Abdullahi |
| Abdirahman Mohamed Ali |
| Mahat Abdikadir Ibrahim |
| Abdiqayum Sugow Nurow |
| Fakrudin Haji Sadik |
| Hajir Mahat Farah |
| Issa Aden Abdi |
| Hassan Dahir Noor |
| Aden Hassan Odowa |
| Mohamed Abdi Farah (Aboo) |
| Mohamed Sheikh Abdisalat |
| Omar Abdi Hassan |
| Ahmed Abdirahman Shiekh |
| Hajir Mohamed Dahiye |
| Ali Abdihakim Haret |
| Ahmed Noor Aden |
| Noor Sheikh Farah |
| Hassan Aden Kolosho |
| Abdullahi Ibrahim Sigat |
| Adow Omar Said |
| Abdi Muhyadin Abdi |
| Abdirahman Muktar Muhumed |
| Yunis Abdi Ibrahim |
Distribution of Population, Land Area and Population Density by Sub-County
| 8.8 |
| 28.9 |
| 8.9 |
| 49.4 |
| 17.3 |
| 57.7 |
| 8.3 |
| 18.8 |
39.7 per cent of the population can read and write and 57.9 cannot read and write. There is an average of 8.2 per cent literacy level and 74 per cent are illiterate.
| +School and Tertiary Institutions !Category !No of Public !No of Private !Total | |||
| ECD | 210 | 137 | 347 |
| Primary School | 173 | 51 | 224 |
| Secondary School | 25 | 16 | 41 |
| Youth Polytechnic | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Teachers Training Colleges | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Technical Institutions | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Universities | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| +Most Prevalent Diseases !Diseases !Percentage | |
| Upper Respiratory Tract Infections | 30.9 |
| Urinary Tract Infection | 15.2 |
| Diarrhoeal diseases | 9.5 |
| Diseases of the skin | 7.4 |
| Pneumonia | 6.7 |
HIV/ADS is at the 1 percentage as compared to the national prevalent rate of 5.6 percentage.
There are 6 postal services with 2,600 installed letter boxes, 2,496 rented letter boxes, and 104 vacant letter boxes.
Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130221174536/http://kenya.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/profiles/Garissa_Dec2011%2023.pdf USAid Kenya]
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