Makueni County focuses on six areas of investment opportunities, spread across commercial, public, public-private and social investments.
Investing in water.
The over-arching development and investment theme is water. Increased access to water will boost agricultural and horticultural production. Water-related investment is being done in dams, boreholes and irrigation schemes. The other investment areas are:
1. Value addition in the mango production and agribusiness sectors
2. Cold storage facilities for the horticulture sector
3. Public markets with standardization services for the mango sector
4. Public-private partnerships in agriculture and horticulture extension services
5. Research and development in agriculture and horticulture
The population of the County is estimated at 800,000 and land surface area is about 7,000 sq...
