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COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF VIHIGA

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC PLANNING

VIHIGA COUNTY FACT SHEET

2018

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Source: VIHIGA COUNTY GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)

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Information Category Statistics

AREA Sub county: Hamisi (KM2) Sabatia (KM2) Emuhaya (KM2) Vihiga(KM2) Luanda(KM2) County Size (KM2)

156.4 110.9 90.2 89.5 84.0 531.0

POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS No of constituencies No of wards No of sub-counties No of Divisions No of Locations No of sub-locations

5 25 5 11 38 131

Land Use Arable Land (Km2)

404.8

Non Arable Land (Km2) 126.1

Urban Areas 5

Number of major urban centres 2

Topography and Climate

Altitude (m) Highest Lowest

1800 1300

Temperature range (0c) Highest Lowest

32 14

Rainfall Highest(mm) Lowest(mm)

2000 1800

Demographic Profiles

Census Population (2009) Males Females Total

262,716 291,906 554,622

Projected Population (2018) Males Females Total

310,426 338,820 649,246

Projected Population (2022) Males Females Total

333,307 308,893 694,830

Population growth rate (%) 1.7

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Life Expectancy ( years) 56

Male: Female population ratio 0.9: 1

Population Projection by age cohort (2018)

0-4 103,130

5-9 95,930

10-14 86,709

15-19 74,060

20-24 48,627

25-29 38,397

30-34 32,981

35-39 29,928

40-44 25,850

45-49 21,979

50-54 21,051

55-59 19,633

60-64 17,066

65-69 13,020

70-74 9,265

75-79 5,662

80+ 5,958

Total 649,246

Population Projections by age cohort (2022)

0-4 106,504

5-9 102,640

10-14 93,688

15-19 77,925

20-24 52,328

25-29 42,116

30-34 35,578

35-39 32,013

40-44 28,614

45-49 24,123

50-54 22,937

55-59 21,237

60-64 18,584

65-69 14,710

70-74 10,458

75-79 5,931

80+ 5,444

Total 694,830

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Youth population projection aged 15-29 years (2018) Female Male Total

82,034 79,050 161,084(24.8%)

Labor force population projection aged 15 -64 years (2018) Female Male Total

178,565 (52.7%) 151,007(48.6%) 329,572(50.8%)

Reproductive Age group projection (2018) Female 15-49

146,367(43.2%)

Aged Population projection (65 years and above) Female Male Total

18,676(5.5%) 15,229(4.9%) 33,905 (5.2%)

Registered Voters by constituencies( IEBC-2017) Hamisi Sabatia Emuhaya Luanda Vihiga COUNTY

73,357 63,035 41,494 49,214 45,309 272,409

HEALTH ACCESS

Referral Hospital/level 5 Sub County Hospitals/level 4 FBO/NGO Health facilities Private Health facilities Nursing Homes (Private) Health centers (Public)/level 3 Health centers (Private) Dispensaries (Public)/level 2 Mission health facilities Private Clinics No. of community health units Doctor/population ratio Nurse/Population ratio Average distance to the nearest health Facility(KM) HHs with health insurance (%)

2 4 3 31 2 18 4 38 2 32 89 1:11,800 1:1,900 5 5.8

Fertility rate (%) 4.5

Teenage pregnancy and early motherhood (%) 10.8

MORBIDITY

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HIV prevalence (percent) Most infected age-group Gender mostly infected Acute respiratory infection (%)

5.4 15-49 Female 16.6

Malaria prevalence (%) Use of mosquito nets (%) Children under 1 year who sleep under treated mosquito net Children under 5 years who do not sleep under treated mosquito net

27 60.0 54% 43.2%

Prevalence of diarrhea (%) 5.4

Skin diseases prevalence (%) 19.3

Child and Maternal care indicators: Immunization coverage (percent) Antenatal care(ANC) visits Skilled deliveries Percentage of women of reproductive age receiving family planning

62.5% 97.1% 54 13

Medium age at first birth(years) 19

Full immunization coverage of under one year children (%) 2017 2018

53.1 60

Mortality rates Infant per 1000 birth Maternal per 100,000 Death rate per 1000

121 531 17

Nutritional status of children under five years (%) Stunted Wasted Under weight

23.5 2.6 5.9

Number of households 144,500

Average household size 4.5

Distribution of HH headship (Female) per cent 41.3

Proportion of population by disability (type) Physical Visual Hearing Speech Mental Others Total

2.2 2.4 1.8 1.8 2.3 2.5 2.2

Poverty Indicators Absolute Poverty: Percentage Number

43.2 271,000

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Food poverty (as per 2015/16 Economic Survey) Percentage Number

36.6 230,000

Contribution to national poverty (per cent) 4.5

Mean monthly expenditure per adult equivalent, 2015/16 economic survey Food (%) Non-food (%)

63.6 36.4

Sectoral contribution to household income (per cent) Agriculture Rural self-employment Wage employment Urban self-employment

70 34 29.2 4

AGRICULTURE

Crop Farming: Area under food crop production (ha) Area under cash crop production(ha) Average farm size (Small scale) Average farm size (Large scale) Major cash crops Tea(ha) bananas(ha) main food crops Maize(ha) Main storage facilities

8000 40,000 0.4 ha 3 ha 1530 998 30,300 NCPB silos, improved granaries, traditional stores, bags.

Livestock Farming: Main animals bred Zebu(no.) Poultry(no.)

133,720 796,390

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Annual milk production Quantity (litres) Value (Ksh) Beef production Quantity(kg) Value(Ksh.) Mutton production Quantity(kg) Value(Ksh.) Egg production Quantity(trays) Value(Ksh) Poultry meat production Quantity(kg) Value(Ksh.) Beehives (No.) Honey production Quantity (kg) Value (Ksh.) Pork production Quantity(kg) Value (Ksh.)

28,500,000

1,710,000,000 1,723,800 723,996,000 26,385 13,192,500 547,900 191,765,000 16,090 8,045,000 38,500 69,000 67,200,000 71,760 25,116,000

Fisheries production (2017) No of fishermen No. of fish ponds Area covered by fish ponds(ha) Main species of fish

2,819 3,000 84.57 Nile Tilapia, African catfish.

Forestry Total area covered by forests(ha) No of gazetted forests

Size of gazetted forests(Km2)

Size of non-gazzetted forests(Ha)

Main forest products

4,160.9 2(Kibiri, Maragoli) 41.609 48 Timber, wood fuel, charcoal, construction poles, medicine.

ENVIRONMENT EIAs endorsed (No) Environmental Audits Executed Hill tops and slopes and mountain areas protected No. of Water Resource Users Association Major rivers with environmental flows Main types of ground water sources

446 138 Ebusiekwe, Maragoli and Ebuyangu hills 5 Isava, Zaaba and Egaragoli Boreholes, Springs and Shallow Wells

Minerals

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Mineral types Granite, gold

Cooperatives No. of cooperative societies by type SACCOS Marketing Housing Industrial Multipurpose Handcraft Active cooperative societies Dormant cooperative societies Collapsed societies Total registered membership Total share capital Members Deposits

46 24 6 2 2 1 62 31 1 21,972 54,604,700 50,000,000

EDUCATION

Pre-School: No. of ECDE Centres

No. of public ECDE centres

ECDE enrollment rates

Gross Enrollment(2018)

ECDE gender parity

No of teachers

Teacher: Pupil ratio

852

385

44.8%

44,638

1:1

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1:30 Number of ECDE Teacher Training colleges

Public

Private

1

14 Number of trained ECDE Teachers

Public

Private

1205

232 Number of untrained ECDE Teachers

Public

Private

470

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TVET:

No. of TVET Centres

TVET Gross Enrollment(2018)

TVET gender parity

Retention rates

Instructor: Learners ratio

30

3824

1:2

40%

1:16

Primary School: Number of primary schools Number of teachers Teacher/pupil ratio Public private Enrolment by sex (No) Girls Boys

457 3,901 1:44 1:19 88,456 85,768

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Gross enrollments Gender parity ratio ( Girls: Boys) Communities’ distribution by distance to nearest public primary school (percent): 0-1Km 1.1-4.9Km 5Km and more

174,224 1: 0.9 89.9 87.64 88.77

Secondary schools: Number of secondary schools Teacher/student ratio Total enrolment (No.) Girls Boys Drop- out rate

117 1:32 17,843 16,345 4

Tertiary institutions: University (No.) Tertiary education Teachers training college Vocational training Centers(no.)

Literacy: (Population aged 15+) Ability to read and write: Can read and write (%) Cannot read and write (%)

1 1 3 31 82.1 17.9

Transition Rates (%) ECDE to primary Boys Girls Average Primary to secondary Boys Girls Average Secondary to Tertiary Boys Girls Average

80 90 85 50 71 60 67 77 68

Completion rate (%) Primary level education Boys Girls Average Secondary Level Education Boys Girls Average

60.7 73.6 71 92 85 86

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Water and Sanitation Population with access to safe drinking water (%) Households with access to piped water (%) Population with access to other water sources Current daily water demand (m3) Volume of piped water daily (m3) Piped water supply schemes (No) HH (%) with access to potable water HH (%) with roof catchment system Mean distance to nearest water point Number of Boreholes Number of Protected springs Number of Shallow wells Number of Water kiosks Proportion of institutions with roof catchment (%)

64 16.8 83.2 52,912 8,889 23 2.65 3.1% 0.5 KM 50 875 100 60 50

Distribution of Households by Main Source of water (%) Piped into plot/yard Public tap/stand pipe Rain/Harvested Borehole with pump Protected well Protected spring Unprotected well Unprotected spring Bottled water Stream/Pond/Dam/Lake Tankers/truck Bicycles with buckets

3.5 1.8 3.1 1.5 4.4 73.9 1.1 4.5 0.1 4.4 0.0 1.6

SANITATION

Proportion of population using improved sanitation (%)

85%

Community distribution by type of main toilet facility (%) Flush to piped sewer Flush to septic tank Flush to pit Ventilated improved pit latrine Pit latrine with slab Pit latrine without slab/open pit No facility/bush/field

0.0 0.5 0.4 16.2 26.1 56.4 0.5

Community distribution by type of waste/garbage disposal (%); Collected by county government Collected by community association Collected by private company

2.0 0.0 0.3

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Dumped in the compound Dumped in the street /vacant plot/drain Dumped in the latrine Burning Buried Others

46.5 0.5 0.0 48.2 2.1 0.4

Energy (No) Health centers with electricity Schools connected with electricity (%) Urban access to electricity (%) Rural access to electricity

52 85 12 7

HH distribution by main cooking fuel: (%) Electricity Gas (LPG)

Biogas Solar

Paraffin Charcoal

Other

County 325 800 498 35 2,543 6,881 88

HH distribution by main lighting fuel: (%) Electricity

Solar Gas Lamp

Paraffin Pressure Lamp Paraffin Lantern

Paraffin Tin Lamp Fuel wood

Battery lamp /torch candle

25.4 11.9 0.0 0.1 11.6 49.6 0.0 0.9 0.4

Households, distribution by main source of cooking type: (%) Firewood Liquefied petroleum gas Biogas Kerosene Charcoal Straw shrub grass Animal dung Agricultural crop residue others Household distribution by main source of cooking appliance (%) Traditional stone fire Improved traditional stone fire Ordinary jiko Improved jiko Kerosene stove

89.0 3.6 0.0 3.8 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 83.4 4.2 2.8 1.3 3.9

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Gas cooker Electric /gas cooker Others

3.6 0.3 0.4

Transport & Communication (km) Road length: Bitumen surface Gravel surface Earth surface Railway line length Railway Stations (No)

201.5 373.7 483 20 1 (non-operational)

Mobile network coverage (%) 80

Number of post offices 23

Wholesale and Retail Trade & Industry

Trading Centers (No.) Registered retail traders (No.) (2016) Registered Wholesale traders (No.)(2016)

146 1606 81

Industry

Processing industry (No) Total production by industry (tea) (Kg/year)

1 10.6million KGs/year

Tourism

Hotels by category: (No.) Unclassified hotels Bars and Restaurants

11 22

Financial services Commercial Banks Micro-financial Institutions Registered SACCOs

5 2 46

Housing

Distribution of Households by Ownership of dwelling unit (%) Owner occupied Rented

88.0 8.0

HH distribution by main floor materials: (%) Cement

Tiles Wood Earth

Cowdung/mud Carpet Others

29.7 1.0 0.0 3.8 65.1 0.1 0.3

HH distribution by main Roofing materials: (%) Corrugated Iron Sheets

Tiles Concrete

Asbestos sheets Grass/Makuti

Mud/Dung

98.8 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.3

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Community Development and Social Welfare Sector

Number of registered groups (2016)

Women 5107

Youth 2657

Self help 7192

No. of community based projects

Emuhaya 111

Hamisi 290

Sabatia 192

Vihiga Luanda

344 145

Total 1082

Adult literacy classes Emuhaya 8

Hamisi 15

Sabatia 13

Vihiga 10

Luanda 9

Total 55

Vulnerable groups Number of OVCs Number of Old persons

8,104 26,500