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Northern counties must use devolution to catch up

As drought continues to ravage northern Kenya, pockets of areas practice dryland farming using irrigation. [Ali Abdi,Standard]

The five Northern Frontier counties have suffered marginalisation since time immemorial. Isiolo, Marsabit, Garissa, Wajir and Mandera counties consist of about 37.7 per cent of Kenya’s land mass.

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