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The indicators and assumptions for the Oldonyiro ward ToC in Fig. 15.3 are shown inTable 15.2.14 Thecommunitieswereasked todiscuss theassumptionsdescribed inTable15.2 inorder todevelopoptionsforriskmanagement.Theseincluded; thelegalizationof traditionalnatural resourceby-lawsby theCountyAssemblywhichwouldassist in the enforcement of sound water resource management and would also raise the profileof thewatermanagement committees; and the strictvettingandsupervision of potential sand dam contractors to enhance minimize the risk of poor dam construction. ForTrack 1,Brooks et al. (2012) proposed a scoring systemwhere eachCRM indicator isscoredagainstfivequestions towhichtheanswer isyes,partially,orno, andscored0,1or2 respectively.Theanswers to thesequestionscanbeaggregated to yield anoverall score out of 10 for each indicator, so that changes in the extent and quality of CRMover the various dimensions the indicators represent can be tracked over short time scales e.g. annually by policy and decisionmakers.How- ever the scoringparameters canbechangedby theusers of the score card.Thus in Isiolo, the County officials changed the proposed Brooks scoring to percentages which they aremore conversant with. The percentages presented in Table 15.315 against eachCRMparameterwere agreeduponby the countyofficials. Thecounty scoredanaverageof 59.3%for climate riskmanagementmeasures withhighest scores aroundpublicparticipation inplanninganddecisionmaking in climate change adaptation aswell as coordination of climate change interventions in the county. These scores provided a baseline for climate risk management activities. Subsequently theywere used to develop activities needed to strengthen climate riskmanagement andadaptation activities at county level andalso formed the basis of the county’s theoryof change. 15.5 Track1ScoreCardOutputs From the score card process, the county government had prioritised strengthening early warning systems, improving climate finance and budgeting and improving county coordination and planning. The CAPC was able to implement activities within twoof theactivityareas.Thefirst activity involvedpurchasinga transmitter for the Isiolo radio station to enhance dissemination of weather and climate information. The expected output indicators for this intervention were on the types and number of information communication products and the percentage of thepopulationreachedwithclimateinformationwithin thewholecounty.Againsta baseline figure of 10% of the population coverage by the transmitter, after the interventionitwasreportedthat thetransmittermanagedtoenhancethecoverageto 50%of thepopulation.Howeverduring this feasibility testing, itwasnot possible 14Ibid. 15See note 11. 15 UsingParticipatoryApproaches inMeasuringResilience andDevelopment in. . . 281