GARISSA COUNTY: More than 500 small scale milk traders in Garissa town have benefited from milk sheds worth Sh870,000.
The sheds, officially handed over to traders yesterday, were built through a partnership between the County Government of Garissa and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
Speaking at the handover ceremony at Garissa Bus Park, Deputy Governor Abdullahi Hussein said the sheds will promote businesses of small scale traders, of whom majority are women.
"With the commissioning of this milk shed, we hope to be able to provide quality facilities to our people to earn a living and at the same time make it easy for the county to collect revenue," Abdullahi said.
He said for efficient service delivery to devolved units, the county administration – through urban planning department, will recruit more enforcement officers to ensure county by-laws are adhered to.
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Sharif Ahmed, head of Migration Crisis Response Unit at IOM revealed that the organisation will work with the county government on more development projects geared towards uplifting residents' standard of living.
Ahmed thanked the locals for supporting IOM activities in the county since the UN partner agency is also involved in humanitarian assistance at the Dadaab refugee camps which is housed by the Garissa County. The function was also attended by acting Director of the County Urban Planning, Daud Abdi Biriye.
Garissa County, with a total population of 623,060 people, relies on livestock keeping and trading, bee-keeping, sand harvesting as main economic activities. The county's tourism attractions include Giraffe Sanctuary, Arawale & Boni National Reserve.
