Here, we are talking about livelihood and avoiding unnecessary jargon. For the common farmer, the idea is each household to have food on the table and money in the pocket. Tana River has attracted many willing investors from European and Arab countries but the County government has not been keen on this initiative, possibly due to lack of the necessary exposure, goodwill or simple lethargy. This has perpetuated the adage that "we are marginalised" while in reality we are the ones dragging ourselves down.  

 

The key to instant growth and opportunity is industrialisation. This is what made Europe to be a developed region. We need to secure land for families so that serious farming can take place. We intend to subsidise fertilisers and ensure families have minimmum of 10 acres so that we may improve the subsistence farming model. We shall have tractors in each are to be determined by us which will either clear land for free initially and/or continue through subsidy by the county government to ensure the agriculture sector is revamped. With increase yield, we are sure we will attract investors in industrial sector.  Our zoning model need to include an are of INDUSTRIALISATION like we have INDUSTRIAL AREA in Nairobi. And this is possible based on the developments of Galana Kulalu and Lamu Ports. We shall fine tune this model based on realities on the ground and the Kenyan development trajectory.


As governor, Hassan Morowa will champion Tana’s agriculture and forestry industries, prioritizing efforts to expand exports and open new markets for Tanarian's products. Building on his promise to get Tana growing again, Hassan will support the growth of these new and crucial industries with pro-growth, to ensure Tana River becomes the breadbasket of Kenya. That would be the long term plan. Among the short-term plans, we could explore ways and means of giving out cheap fertilisers and high breed seeds for better yield. We can also collobarorate with KALRO to institute best practise and plant drought resistant crops. To alleviate poverty we plan to strongly subsidise ploughing and soil preparation to ensure we increase farm acreage even at family subsistence level. ​

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Finally, we recognise the challenges facing our people. We have consistently over the years relied on traditional farming techniques and the reality is, very few people have made it in farming beyond basic subsistence.  Despite having agricultural extensive officers paid by the government, very few of our people are willing to adopt the advices given by the Extension workers in agriculture and livestock. To a large extent that is one reason why our lives have not changed over the centuries. Whereas we are good culturally at operating as a group, we are resistant to apply this in farming. We choose to operate individually and hence fail miserably at maximisation of economies of scales and profit maximisation. This needs urgent attention by local proffessionals and opinion leaders.