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VISION
A Prosperous, Globally competitive County,offering quality life through sustainable development
MISSION
To promote equitable and Sustainable Socio- economic development through efficient resource utilization and inclusive Participation.
Kajiado County was formed after the successful implementation of Kenya’s Constitutional Referendum of 2010 which yielded the 47 counties in the Country.The county covers an approximated area of 21,900.9 square kilometers. Kajiado County Consists of a number of administrative districts are Kajiado Central, Isinya, Loitokitok, Magadi, Mashuru, Namanga and Ngong. Kajiado County is adjacent to the Capital City of Kenya, Nairobi. Kajiado’s County neighbours inclued counties of Machakos, Makueni, Narok, Taita Taveta and Kiambu counties. Here are few towns found in the county - Ngong, Kitengela, Ongata Rongai, Kiserian, Kajiado, Loitokitok, Namanga, Isinya, Sultan Hamud and Ilbisil.
The county’s main physical features include the beautiful plains, valleys ,volcanic hills, scarce vegetation in low altitude areas which increases with altitude and rain this combinations make Kajiado one of few natural selected wildlife habitat in Kenya
Kajiado County like many counties in Kenya is mainly water stressed where community members sometimes find themselves covering an average of 10km in search of water
Demographic Features
The county has a population growth rate of 5.5 percent; total population was estimated at 807,070 with 401,785 being females and 405,245 males as at the statistics of 2012. The population is projected to grow to 1 million by the year 2017
Economic Activities
Economic growths and development is majorly depending on the main strengths and future investments in this sectors of Agriculture,Horticulture,Food Crop Farming,Livestock production,Dairy,Beef production,Hides and Skins,Poultry Farming and other
Commercial exploits.
Tourism is a strength that Kajiado holds dear through the current progress with Amboseli National Park, but not only stopping there for there is a lot of room for good investment in this area. Kajiado has Forestry about 6,866.88 ha of forest cover. Conservation efforts to improve our forest cover being a serious matter in the hearts of the people of Kajiado. Tree farming as an economic activity is being encouraged.
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Kajiado county has a very condusive environment for companies to set up manufacturing and processing pants. This is due to availability of expansive land, underground water resources, raw materials and affordable labour force. EXISTING AND OPERATIONAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES There are many different industries and manufacturing companies in Kajiado County: MAGADI SODA The Madagi Soda Company manufactures soda ash at the Kenyan town of Magadi, which is in southwestern Kenya. It is the largest manufacturer of soda ash in Africa. The company was founded in 1911 and mines trona from Lake Magadi, in the Rift Valley. Lake Magadi has one of the purest surface deposits of...
Biography His Excellency Dr David Nkedianye is the first Governor of Kajiado County Government.He holds a PhD from University of Edinburgh- UK, between August 2005-August 2008, Masters in Rural Sociology and Community Development at the University of Nairobi in 2004. He studied Bachelor of Education from Catholic University of East Africa.
Between the year 1990- 1999 Nkedianye was enrolled in The Catholic University of Eastern Africa for a Post graduate Dip. in Planning and management of Development Projects during the period of 1990, he was awarded a Certificate of the Second Best Teacher on Teaching Practice – Siriba Teachers’ College with Diploma in Education from the same college.
H.E. Nkedianye worked as a Deputy Headmaster for Mashuuru Secondary School, (Kajiado) between 1990-1996. later in 2002 he participated in various projects as a Community Liaison Officer (consultant for the Mara Conservancy, Trans Mara District), Conducted a survey ‘Assessing information needs of leaders for better policy and decision making’ in collaboration with ILRI which covered four divisions of Kajiado District and eventually on the same year he did an evaluation on ACC’s EU-funded projects covering the Mara, Lumo, Kitengela and Shompole areas.
Between the year 2002-2005 he was appointed as a community facilitator International Livestock Research Institute (Northern Tanzania and Southern Kenya Pastoral project) whereby he Facilitated the provision of breeding bulls for farmers in the target pastoral areas. In August 2005-January 2010 Nkedianye was a Graduate Fellow, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya. Nkedianye was appointed theChairman of Board of Directors, Kajiado Pastoralist Organization in 2006.
During the same period he Published various papers on Land use, Drought mitigation, Pastoral Systems and Livelihoods. In 2008- 2009he was aResearch Associate and Fellow (Founding Cohort), Center for Collaborative Conservation, Colorado State University.At the same time he was aConsultantworking with the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) on a USATD-funded project, on an integratedlivelihoods programme. In 2009-2011 Nkedianye became a Project Manager, African Wildlife Foundation – USAID-funded Conservation Program.
From June 2011-2012 he was the Deputy Co-coordinator/Director of The Centre for Sustainable Dryland Ecosystems and Societies – Kabete Campus-USAID funded UoN-CSU Project on Higher Education for Drylands in Kenya and at the same time served as a Part-time Lecturer, Pastoral Systems, Human Ecology – University of Nairobi. Later in between October 2010-January 2011 he worked as a Consultant with International Organization for Migration (IOM) working on a study with regard to pastoral livelihood diversification, climate change mitigation and mobility.