No. 75/2023/2024 Assessing Labour Productivity for Marsabit County

Key Highlights Productivity in Marsabit County is characterized by the following: (i) The share of industry has increased to dominate the Gross Value Addition, agriculture has declined while the non-market service dominates the services sector. [...] (iv) The services sector employs the highest workforce with the majority in the wholesale and retail sub-sector. [...] The industry sector experienced the highest growth rate in 2019 with a growth rate of 84.51 per cent attributable to the increase in electricity supply from the Lake Turkana Wind Farm, which began feeding into the national grid. [...] There is a need to market the tourist sites in the counties to encourage local and international tourism and incentivize players in the hotel and accommodation to invest in tourist facilities in the arid counties. [...] 75/2023-2024 22 (v) To improve the quality of labour in Marsabit County the national government needs to encourage participation in the adult and continuing education programme and enrolment of children in school to improve the quality of the current labour force.