The County Steering Group (CSG) will conduct an audit of all interventions implemented by development partners in Turkana County to enhance coordination, accountability and compliance with project implementation objectives.
The announcement was made by the interim CSG co-chairs, Deputy Director for Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Mike Aupe and Turkana Central Deputy County Commissioner Joseph Kipkorir, during a meeting attended by representatives of government agencies and non-state development partners.
Aupe said the audit exercise had already commenced, with teams of officers deployed to selected project sites across the county.
He said he had led a team to Komio in Urum, where Save the Children is implementing health outreach programmes in hard-to-reach areas, adding that the team was impressed by the progress made.
“What we saw was encouraging and we call upon other partners to borrow lessons from the initiative,” he said.
Aupe noted that a recent mapping of development partners operating in the county was aimed at strengthening coordination of interventions and establishing benchmarks for an objective assessment of project performance.
He added that the CSG had resolved to establish a team of sector leads to coordinate interventions across the county’s 11 sector working groups.
During the meeting, the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) presented the 2026 Long Rains Assessment and Food and Nutrition Assessment reports for validation.
NDMA County Drought Coordinator Lordman Lekalkuli said the assessment drew data from key sectors affected by rainfall patterns, including education, health, water, agriculture, livestock and household purchasing power.
He said the validated report would be forwarded to the Kenya Food Security Steering Group to support the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification process, which determines the county’s drought vulnerability status.
Lekalkuli warned that conditions could deteriorate in the coming months if the expected June–August off-season rains fail.
Deputy county commissioner Kipkorir said the validation process was inclusive and consultative, urging development partners to use the report to inform future programming and resource allocation.
He also called on partners to initiate programmes targeting the boy child, saying the group’s continued exclusion from many interventions had increased its vulnerability to neglect.
Other issues discussed during the meeting included support for the Kimormor health programme, coordinated spot checks on partner projects and the harmonization of reporting templates.
By Peter Gitonga
