Ngombeni
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Ng'ombeni | |
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  Ng'ombeni Location of Ng'ombeni | |
| Coordinates: 4°08′S 39°37′E / 4.13°S 39.62°ECoordinates: 4°08′S 39°37′E / 4.13°S 39.62°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. | |
| Country | Matuga |
| County | Kwale County |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Ng'ombeni is a settlement in Kenya's Coast Province. It is a developing town as new business centers are established. Ng'ombeni is also an education center, having Ng'ombeni Secondary School, Ng'ombeni Primary, Denyenye Primary, Zibani Primary, Kiteje Primary School, Ningawa Primary School, Waa Boys High School, Hekima Secondary School, and the private school Iqra Junior Academy. Government and private sectors are looking at ways to fund and establish higher learning institutions and technical colleges in Ng'ombeni, given the need for skilled labor in the rapidly developing county and the area’s strategic location. A new cabro stone road project leading to an expanded road network at the primary school entrance makes it only minutes to the beach and access to Shelley Beach from the south.
Just off from the main highway, farming is still the main source of income, and the government and the private sectors are helping local farmers improve their production capacities. Some of the places in Ng'ombeni include Mwachileli, Zibani, Ng'ombeni, Denyenye, Magaoni, Bara-arabu, Mwamoro, Mtakuja, Moshini, and Ngong'o. The informal contract sector has also grown exponentially over the last five years, given all the infrastructure and capital-intensive projects in Ng'ombeni. This has resulted in the per capita income growth on average surpassing many other Kwale towns and most of Kwale County areas. Several collective savings projects and increased consumer spending habits have seen a growth in retail and entertainment outlets. Recent affordable and high-density housing development projects have been initiated.
Being strategically located on the northern end of the south coast, the new Dongo Kundu by-pass will connect to the Mombasa–Lunga-Lunga highway junctions at Ng'ombeni. The main highway at this junction has seen expansion to four lanes. As a result, light industries, hotels, housing, and commercial interest in the area have risen consistently since 2018. With the construction of the new Mtongwe–Ganjoni bridge scheduled to replace the aging ferries in Likoni by 2024, traffic to the Economic Zones, Moi International Airport, and Mombasa Island will only take minutes. Ng'ombeni is increasingly becoming a vital logistics center for Kwale County. Several light industries have contributed significantly to employment and improving the living standards. Fresh water has been a main issue in this area, though, through the government of Kwale and Aid agencies, boreholes and rain catchment programs have helped reduce the shortages. It is also worth noting that Kwale County has a program currently in the works to provide running water once the gazetted dams are completed. In addition, with the building of the new bridge to replace the ferries, many developers have started prospecting for commercial and residential land development in the whole vicinity.
Property developers and the government’s low-income housing initiatives have started looking for opportunities in Likoni and Ng'ombeni to help ease the growing population and housing pressure experienced on the coast. Over the last five years, significant housing relocations (due to the by-pass) and annexation have shifted the need for more affordable and environmentally friendly construction. The cost of building such houses to current building codes is still challenging to the community at large, though more suppliers of raw materials have sprung up to ease the demand, and cement/stone manufacturing factories have ramped up production. To a greater extent, the beachfront and sea cliff areas, since the COVID pandemic, have driven the start of many touristic sites for both local and international demand, since electricity is now available in most areas. The need for a major University in Kwale is pressing on the community at the moment.
The Kwale Development plan outlines the following developments (https://www.youthagenda.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Kwale-County-Annual-Development-Plan-2018.pdf):
i) Investing in quality, affordable, and accessible health care services through the establishment of a County Referral Hospital and upgrading the sub-county hospitals, health centers, and dispensaries. ii) Investing in key infrastructural facilities such as educational (ECDE and Youth Polytechnics), county access roads, water and sanitation systems, energy, markets, and other facilities for rapid economic transformation. iii) Investing in agricultural transformation and food security through increased extension services, agricultural mechanization, irrigation, livestock development, and fisheries promotion. This will enhance food security, create employment, raise rural incomes, and thus reduce poverty. iv) Working towards effective management of land and our natural resources, the physical planning of urban areas and trading centers, and investing in land banking for infrastructural development. v) Investing in social welfare programs for women, youth, and other vulnerable groups, human capital development programs, trade promotion through offering of business capital, and others. This will ensure inclusivity, equity, and rapid economic development.
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