Local content as a catalyst for inclusive growth in Turkana

A section of the newly tarmacked Lodwar–Kakuma road at Kawalase in Turkana County, photographed on July 4, 2022.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

For decades, the vast natural wealth of Turkana County has coexisted with deep poverty and exclusion. Long viewed through the lens of hardship and remoteness, the region has often featured in national conversations as a symbol of developmental failures.

Devolution has begun to shift that narrative by placing decision-making closer to communities and opening new pathways for inclusive growth to communities that waited too long on the fringes.

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