West-Pokot County Factsheet - Oct 2025 - Open County

WEST-POKOT COUNTY

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COUNTY LEADERSHIP

  • Samuel Losuron Poghisio Samuel Losuron Poghisio
    SENATOR
  • Hon. Simon Kachapin Hon. Simon Kachapin
    GOVERNOR
  • Nicholas Owon Kpar Atudonyang Nicholas Owon Kpar Atudonyang
    DEPUTY GOVERNOR
  • Lilian Cheptoo Tomitom Lilian Cheptoo Tomitom
    WOMEN REPRESENTATIVE

GENERAL INDICATORS

  • ENERGY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

    Number Of Households With Fuel Wood (2017) Number of households
    469
    Number Of Households With Solar (2017) Number of households
    46980
    Number Of Households With Electricity (2017) Number of households
    2456
    Number Of Households With Gas Lamp (2017) Number of households
    467
    Number Of Households With Lantern (2017) Number of households
    20880
    Number Of Households With Other Lighting (2017) Number of households
    400
    Number Of Households With Presure Lamp (2017) Number of households
    104

  • AGRICULTURE

    Percentage Distribution Of Agricultural Parcels (2017)
    72%
    Cabbage Production (2014) KSH
    66.8
    Kales Production (2014) KSH
    24.7
    Land Potential By Sub-county (2014) Hectares
    1085
    Maize Production (2014) Production (90 Kg Bag) Cereals
    514.9
    Mangoes Production (2014) KSH
    19
    Sorghum Production (2014) Production (90 Kg Bags)
    5360

  • HEALTH

    Average Morbidity In All Genders (2016)
    15.1%
    Morbidity In Females (2016)
    16.7%
    Morbidity In Males (2016)
    13.3%
    Health Facilities (2015)
    123
    Among Children Under Age 5 With Fever, Percentage Who Took Any Act (2014)
    16
    Births Assisted By A Skilled Provider (%) (2014)
    27
    Births Delivered In A Health Facility (%) (2014)
    26

  • SECURITY

    Crime Index Per 100,000 For The Year 2015 (2015) Number of incidences
    133
    County Crime Figures According To Prevalence (2014) Number of crimes
    739
    Crime Incidences (2014) Numbers
    739
    Crime Index Per 100000 People (2014) Crime index
    144

  • POVERTY METRICS - FOOD POVERTY ESTIMATES

    Distribution Of The Poor (%) (2015)
    2.6
    Headcount Rate (%) (2015)
    57.3
    Poverty Gap (%) (2015)
    20.4
    Severity Of Poverty (%) (2015)
    9.4

  • FINANCE AND PLANNING

    Household Level Price (inflation Price) (2015)
    1.001155400069
    Monthly Per-adult-equivalent Food Expenditure (average) (2015)
    2737.9937068506
    Monthly Per-adult-equivalent Non-food Item Consumption (average) (2015)
    723.77954099724
    Population (2009)
    512.7
    Population Density 2009 (people Per Sq Km) (2009)
    56
    Share Of Urban Population, 2009 (%) (2009)
    8
    Poverty Gap, Based On Kihbs (2005/06) (2005)
    25.8

  • EDUCATION

    Monthly Per-adult-equivalent Education Consumption (average) (2015)
    364.0625157331
    Ecde Centers By Sub-county (2014)
    77
    Ecde Enrollment And Enrollment Rates By County (2014) no of boys
    33741
    Kcse Candidates By Sub-county (2014)
    2076
    Number Of Overloaded Desks (2014) Number of overloaded desks in urban and semi urban settlements
    740
    Number Of Permanent Classes In Public Schools (2014) number of classes
    350
    Number Of Secondary School Teachers (2014) Number of teachers
    4222

  • POVERTY METRICS - CREDIT ACCESS

    Proportion Of Households That Sought And Accessed Credit (%) (2015)
    93.3
    Proportion Of Households That Sought Credit (%) (2015)
    38.8

  • TRADE AND COMMERCE

    Informal Enterprises (2014) Informal Enterprises
    50
    Licenced Hawkers (2014) Licenced Hawkers
    10
    Licenced Retail Traders (excl. Supermarkets) (2014) Licenced Retail Traders (excl. Supermarkets)
    4
    Licenced Wholesale Traders (2014) Licenced Wholesale Traders
    10
    Licensed Liquor Outlets (2014) Licensed Liquor Outlets
    83
    Other Licenced Businesses (2014) Other Licenced Businesses
    1683
    Petrol Stations (2014) Petrol Stations
    10

  • LAND AND CLIMATE

    Long Rains (average) (2014) mm
    128.2
    Rainfall (annual Average) (2014) mm
    116.3
    Rainfall (annual Avergage) (2014) mm
    116.3
    Short Rains (average) (2014) mm
    124.6
    Surface Area By Category (km2) (2014) Water Mass
    23.4
    Temperature (annual Average Highest) (2014) degrees centigrade
    30
    Temperature (annual Average Lowest) (2014) degrees centigrade
    10

  • FORESTRY

    No. Of Non-gazetted Forests (2014) Number
    8
    Number Of Gazetted Forests (2014) Number
    2
    Size Of Gazetted Forests(ha) (2014) Hectares
    20922
    Size Of Non-gazetted Forests (ha) (2014) Hectares
    11740

  • WATER AND SANITATION

    Access To Improved Sources Of Water (2013)
    25%
    Number Of Households With Main Septic Tanks (2009) number of households
    6845
    Number Of Households With The Main Pit Latrine (2009) number of households
    162.2
    Number Of Households With The Main Sewer (2009) Number of households
    16411

BUDGET INDICATORS

BUDGET DATA (2016-17)ALLOCATIONEXPENDITURE
Agriculture And Irrigation246,370,000240,860,000
County Assembly555,000,000520,150,000
County Public Service Management167,170,000157,530,000
EducationCommunication And ICT579,480,000559,080,000
Finance And Economic Planning403,600,000371,800,000
Health And Sanitation1,363,100,0001,192,430,000
Intergovernmental And Special Initiatives157,520,000154,720,000
Land Physical Planning And Urban Development141,630,000135,450,000
Livestock Fisheries And Veterinary Services155,370,000143,620,000
Office Of The Governor472,150,000449,760,000
Roads Public Works And Transport602,030,000552,500,000
Tourism CultureSports Youth And Gender Development127,390,000113,170,000
Trade Industry And Cooperatives83,910,00052,390,000
Water DevelopmentEnvironment Natural Resources66,510,000

STATISTICS

COUNTY RESOURCES

Economy
    Natural Resources
  • Land
  • Water
  • Wildlife
  • Livestock
  • Pasture
  • Forests
  • Minerals
  • Medicinal Plants
  • Solar
  • Wind Energy
    • Tourist Attractions
  • Wildlife
  • Scenic Sites
  • Eco-tourism
  • Escarpments
  • Kapenguria Museum
  • Turkwel Hydo-power Plant
    • Economic Activities
  • Nomadic Pastoralism
  • Agriculture Mining
  • General Businesses
    • Potential Minerals
  • Gold
  • Copper
  • Limestone
  • Kyanite
  • Talc
  • Muscovite
  • Iron Ore
  • Graphite
  • Garnet
Health
    Health Facilities
  • 31 - District Hospitals (1)
  • Dispensaries (27)
  • Health Centres (3)
    • Doctor To Population Ratio
  • 1
    • Infant Mortality Rates
  • 108 /1000
    • Under Five Mortality Rates
  • 206 /1000
    • Prevalent Diseases
  • Malaria
  • Respiratory Tract Infections
  • Diarrhoea
  • Skin Infections Notable Hospitals
Education
    Number Of Institutions (2007)
  • Primary (318)
  • Secondary (34)
    • Primary
  • Enrolment (105,452)
    • Teacher To Pupil Ratio
  • 1
    • Secondary
  • Enrolment (9,897)
    • Teacher To Pupil Ratio
  • 1
    • Tertiary
  • Data Not Available
    • Adult Literacy Classes Enrolment
  • Over 1,400