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Burder Ward

Coordinates: 1°11′23″N 40°27′05″E / 1.1896941027528707°N 40.451342268853345°E / 1.1896941027528707; 40.451342268853345
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Burder Ward
Burder Ward is located in Kenya
Burder Ward
Location of Burder Ward
Coordinates: 1°11′23″N 40°27′05″E / 1.1896941027528707°N 40.451342268853345°E / 1.1896941027528707; 40.451342268853345
CountryKenya
CountyWajir County
Highest elevation
460 m (1,510 ft)
Lowest elevation
150 m (490 ft)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Burder Ward is an electoral ward of Wajir South Constituency in Wajir County Kenya. Burder Ward is one of the seven wards in Wajir South Constituency of Wajir County. It is also one of the most neglected, underdeveloped, and unchanged wards in Wajir South since its creation. A mega failure by both successive members of Parliament and the county governments. Despite the billions of devolved funds pumped into Wajir County over the years, water remains a scarce resource for the residents of the ward. The main water source for the residents for both domestic and livestock is water pans, which dry up during the dry season. The Ward has over 18 settlements and locations.[citation needed]

Burder ward lies between latitudes 1◦ 30’N and 0◦ 60’N and between longitudes 39◦ 30’E and 41◦ E. It borders Dif ward to the East; Lagboqol south to the South, and Ibrahim ure ward to the North. Burder ward is a featureless plain and lies between 150 meters and 460 meters above sea level and along latitude 1°45'N and longitude 40°4'E. Its altitude is 244 m (801 ft).

The region's population is largely pastoralist and pre-dominantly Somali. About 80-90% of the people depend largely on livestock for their livelihood. The main form of land use is nomadic pastoralism, which is the most efficient method of exploiting the range lands.[citation needed]

Members of County Assembly

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Elections MCA[1] Party Notes
2013 Adan Kadid ODM

Orange Democratic Movement

2017 Abdullahi Akhwan JP

Jubilee Party

2022 Abdirashid Hussein Tajir UDA

United Democratic Alliance

References

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  1. ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived 2008-02-28 at the Wayback Machine