County Government of Turkana will soon have a world class disaster response hub to serve the local areas and, international neighbors of Uganda and South Sudan.
During a high level meeting between the County and Kenya Red Cross delegation, it was agreed that the ground breaking for the hub be performed later this year.
According to the Deputy Governor, Dr. John Erus the new hub will not only improve emergency preparedness but also provide information for decision making on disaster response programming moving forward.
“We can confirm, that the ten acreas land donated by the County Government to Kenya Red Cross Society will host the advanced center,’ DG Erus said.
Adding that Turkanas’ long history of recurrent disasters make the county a strategic location for such an investment, DG Erus called acknowledged that climate change challenges are making the disaster situation worse every passing day.
On his part, Deputy Secretary General in charge of Program Joe Mbalu said that the hub will bring the number of existing hubs to eleven as ten were already up and functional in other regions.
“Once completed, this hub will be unique. Designed to serve all areas of Turkana including the hard to reach areas, the hub will also serve as an international resource therefore limiting time wastage in responding to disasters in the neighbouring Uganda and South Sudan,’ Joe Mbalu said.
