Makueni District lies in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) zone. The downward trend in the performance of the country’s economy coupled with stringent expenditure and austerity measures imposed by the donor community, this has consequently slowed down the development momentum in the rural areas.

It is one of the twelve districts that form the Eastern Province of Kenya. It borders Kajiado District to the west, Taita Taveta to the south, Kitui to the east and Machakos District to the north. The district covers an area of 7,440 km2.

The division has 50% of the population living below the poverty line.

Crop farming in the district is mainly for subsistence use. The major crops grown in the division are maize, beans, pigeon peas and cowpeas.


Irrigated horticultural crop farming is rarely undertaken but in smallholdings on individual farmer basis. Livestock rearing is also an important economic activity in the district.

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