The CSG meeting took place on 11th March 2025 at the county commissioner’s office. The meeting  was attended by several departments from the County Government of Samburu like water, livestock, health, nutrition,  agriculture, education, peace and security,  as well as development and humanitarian partners like PACIDA, NDMA, SND, MID-P  and Food for the Hungry, and  chaired by the Deputy Governor of  Mr. Gabriel Lenengwesi and co-chaired by the Deputy County Commissioner Mr. Langat Mutai. Each team lead from the different departments and organizations got to share their updates and briefs from their sectors. The discussions were very insightful and gave highlights of the main issues within the Samburu community as follows: Repair of broken boreholes in Samburu North and East to enable the community to access enough water Declining milk production in the county due to decrease in livestock feeds and pasture Livestock department partnered with Kenya Defense Force and did livestock vaccination Increasing cases of malnutrition in Samburu county On going capacity building of health workers in Samburu North and East to better handle cases of malnutrition Education is being affected due to cases of insecurity Food resource in secondary school has been affecting learning Need for climate resilient crops that will adapt to the climatic conditions of the…

Introduction   On March 10th, MID-P team ( PM, CO, BDO,  PO and Driver) went to Maralal, Samburu County for a County Steering Group meeting which was scheduled for 11th of March 2025. During that process, the team paid a courtesy visit to National Drought Management Authority(NDMA), where they  got the County Drought Coordinator (CDC),  Mr. Josephat Lotwel. The team  engaged the CDC on a face to face through discussion on the CSG meeting which was scheduled for the next day.   MID-P Programme Manager introduced the organization, from its formation, vision, mission, core values and the impact the Organization has had within Isiolo County and the plans for the organization to expand its operations to the neighboring counties like Samburu and Marsabit upon acquiring funds. The CDC welcomed the team well and highlighted on the work that they are doing in Samburu County , he explained the core values of NDMA, the main one being partnership and how they value working together with other development and humanitarian partners to support the local community.  "At NDMA we value partnership, because we believe that there are enough resources and if we work as a team with all the humanitarian and development partners, then we will go far in helping the community, that…