Making devolution work for livestock trading in Northern Kenya

Abstract

KEY HIGHLIGHTS  evolution has improved administrative state functions at the county levels in northern Kenya.  In 2018/2019 FY, counties in northerDn Kenya received an annual budget of over Kshs. 50 Billion, with Garissa receiving an allocation of Kshs. 7 billion,  In 2018, the World Bank through The North and Nort-Eastern Development Initiative (NEDI), invested US$2 Billion in the counties in Northern Kenya,  The annual cattle revenue collected at Garissa market in 2018 exceeded US$500,000, without including the formal taxation of goats, sheep, and camels,  Limited skilled officials is slowing the positive impact of devolution to the counties in Northern Kenya,  Overreliance on brokers and wrong time of sales are poor marketing strategies that attract losses within pastoralists’ economies in northern Kenya, are the major causes of economic risks/losses

 The annual cattle revenue collected at Garissa market in 2018 exceeded US$500,000, without including the formal taxation of goats, sheep, and camels,

 Limited skilled officials is slowing the positive impact of devolution to the counties in Northern Kenya,

 Overreliance on brokers and wrong time of sales are poor marketing strategies that attract losses within pastoralists’ economies in northern Kenya, are the major causes of economic risks/losses