ABOUT US

The current Krachi West District with Kete Krachi being its capital town is the remnant of the former Krachi District that was created since independence. The administrative and political jurisdiction of the Krachi District has undergone remarkable changes over the years. The Krachi District was re-established by Legislative Instrument 1501 (L.I.1501) on March 10, 1989 after Jasikan and Nkwanta Districts had been carved out of it. It was one of the oldest districts created at the beginning of the Decentralisation Programme in 1988. The District was further split into two districts, namely, Krachi West District and Krachi East District on August 4^th, 2004, The Krachi West District Assembly was subsequently established by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 1747. In June, 2012, the Krachi Nchumuru District was further carved out of the Krachi West District and the original Krachi West District was re-established by LI 2078.

AGRICULTURE

The agriculture sector of the district comprises of crop farming, fishing and livestock rearing. Mixed farming is common in the district. Business in the agriculture sector relies very much on simple tools like hoe, cutlass, canoes and cast fishing nets. Over 70 per cent of the fishermen comprised of settlers namely Tongus, Adas, Fantis, and Zambarima extractions who are not indigenes and mostly not permanently resident in the district.

EDUCATION

The District has 48 Nursery /KGs, 48 Primary Schools, 22 Junior High Schools, 2 Senior High Schools, 1 Vocational/Technical Institutes, 4 Private Institutions, and distributed all over the District. Both of the Senior High Schools and one of the Vocational / Technical institutions are located in the district capital, Kete Krachi There is also one Midwifery Training College in kete krachi (District Education Office, 2016).

HEALTH

Apart from the District Capital that accommodates the District Hospital, the rest of ten health facilities of varied statuses in the District are fairly distributed over the District. These include Public Clinics/Health Centres; CHPS Compounds, RCH. There are only four Medical Doctors and a few Medical Assistants in the District with an apparent shortage of other medical support staffs. The major diseases in the District are malaria, bilharzias, whooping cough, and diarrhoea. Until recently Surveillance on HIV/AIDS in the Krachi West District has not been wide-ranging but limited to a few basic statistics from the District Hospital which is not readily available or not readily provided by the District Health Administration. Though there is a Voluntary Testing and Counselling Centre in the District, current data in this field are not handy.