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Turkana County Presentations
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Turkana county is 77,000 sq kms and borders Ethiopia South, Sudan and Uganda.
Lodwar is the regional and administrative headquarters.
It has other 5 main towns – Lokitaung ( near ethiopia), Lokichokio at South Sudan border, Lokori and Kainuk.
The county is endowed with different natural resources
The attendees included the renown scholar Dr Richard Leakey, local leaders, local investors, trade community, govt officials and professionals.
A series of issues were discussed in order to boost local economy
Need for good investment climate was emphasized. Turkana county will be an Investor friendly region. All border towns be opened to accelerate trade. Improvement of roads, kitale – lodwar road be
retarmacked. Opening of Nadapal town as free market port to
serve South Sudan. Creating water dams for irrigations and light
industries.
MINING – LIMESTONES, GOLD, BLUE SAPHIRE, GYPSUM
AGRICULTURE – FERTILE LAND WITH ENOUGH UNDERGROUND WATER
FISHING – LAKE TURKANA ENERGY – SOLAR,GEOTHERMAL AND WIND POWER TOURISM – SCENIC AREAS WITH MOUNTAINS FILM INDUSTRY- HAS NEVADA TYPE OF CLIMATE –
TROPICAL’SAVANNA/DESERT/Landscapes CROSS BORDER TRADE – SUDAN, ETHIOPIA AND
UGANDA WHITE MEAT –eg. Fish and CROCODILE DELICACIES
– THE NILE CROCODILES AT LAKE TURKANA FOR EXPORT AND SHOE MAKING
POOR INFRASTRUCTURE – ROADS ESPECIALLY KITALE –LODWAR-JUBA / HIGHLY NEGLECTED
LACK OF STABLE ENERGY – SMALL % POOR COMMUNICATION – HAMPERS TRADE HIGH TEMPERATURES –Climatic conditions INSECURITY ALONG POTENTIAL AREAS DUE
TO CATTLE RUSTLING AND BANDITRY HIGH COST OF LIVING
GRAFT – KITU KIDOKO CULTURE – THE 10% CULTURE
POOR GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE –
POOR AND CONFLICTING POLICIES – HIGH OPERATIONAL COSTS
HIGH COST OF GOODS DUE TO BAD ROADS AND GLOBAL DEPRESSION AS A RESULT OF HIGH FUEL PRICES
VISION 2030 LAMU – LOKICHOKIO ROAD SHOULD BE STARTED FROM Loki to Lamu not the other way round to speed up development
Nadapal border town – be planned and a conference to woo investors be done in Nairobi - November 2011
Lodwar – kitale road Recarpeting be speeded up
Lake turkana tourism circuit be constituted/Revamped.
Feasibility on agricultural investment in Turkana county be launched – mapping potential agricultural areas within the county
Open todonyang immigration office for Ethiopia and lokiriama for uganda.
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