According to recent statistics released by the World Bank, Garissa is among the counties that have recorded slow progress in development since the inception of devolution three years ago.
However, some of the major factors that have been cited for the slow pace are security challenges and climatic changes.
The county has been witnessing inter-clan conflicts over boundaries and grazing lands.
Over a number of times, dominant clans have turned against one another, brutally murdering themselves over land.
Just weeks ago, the Borana and Somali community from Garissa County were involved in border wars, where at least six people died while several families were displaced.
Climatic changes in the Northern County is now threatening tom wipe out livestock in the pastoral region.
Residents are crying for help from both the national and county governments even as the continued drought is further escalating.
Livestock have no place to graze as the lands have turned dry. There are scanty traces of green vegetation that can sustain the herds for the months to come.
Children are boycotting school lessons to accompany their parents in looking for means of survival.
In this view, the county leadership should set its priorities right and initiate the right projects that will propel the county to higher development levels, or else investors will keep off the region.