10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MANDERA COUNTY

1. Mandera County borders Ethiopia to the North and Somalia to the East and is one of Kenya’s biggest Counties with 1.2 million people.

2. Mandera County Government has allocated 440 square kilometres for construction of a modern international airport.

3. Mandera is a virgin tourist attraction with Malkamari National Park which has unique giraffes, lions, leopards, cheetahs, zebras, foxes, ostriches and antelopes.

4. Mandera County is investing new infrastructure tarmacking the county roads and lighting the streets.

5. Mandera County is planning to build the first University in the region and 300 acres of land has been allocated for the Mandera University of Science and technology.

6. River Daua which serves as the border of Kenya and Ethiopia flows through 160 kilometres in Mandera County.

7. The sweetest watermelons in the world come from Mandera County.

8. Precious gypsum stones are abundant in Elwak area Mandera County.

9. Mandera County is prospecting for oil.

10. Mandera County hosts the 1st border point beacon of Kenya. What it essentially means is that Mandera is County No.1