Kassena Nankana East existed since 1897 following the treaties of friendliness, freedom of trade and protection by Sir George Eken Ferguson. The creation of the district was during the reign of Nvro-Pio Kadatua Kwara a.k.a "Kwa". He respectfully welcomed the first District Commissioner (D.C) called Partridge in 1904 and also customarily received the first missionaries to settle on the land in 1906.
Kassena Nankana East District is one of the nine (9) Districts in the Upper East Region of the Republic of Ghana which lies within the Guinea Savannah woodlands. The District has its headquarters at Navrongo. The District used to cover a land area of 1,674 sq. km but with the creation of the new District, the land size of the District is still unknown. This is yet to be determined.
The District shares boundaries with the Kassena Nankana West District to the North, Bolgatanga Municipal to the East, to the West with the Kassena Nankana and the Builsa Districts and to the South with the West Mamprusi District of the Northern Region.
Research works that the Mobile Technology for Community Health Project (MOTECH) was undertaking at the Navrongo Health Research Centre has come to a halt.
Some 192 school children from Kologu-zuo Primary School in the Kassena-Nankana East District have received school uniforms and exercise books under the government’s free school uniform programme.
A Principal Research Investigator, Professor James Philip of the Columbia University, USA, currently working on a research project at the Navrongo Health Research Centre (NHRC) in the Upper East Region, has been accused of research misconduct and fraud.
A sod-cutting ceremony for the construction of new premises for Our Lady of Lourdes (O.L.L) Girls Senior High School at Navrongo, has been performed by the Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Mark Owen Woyongo.
About 56,000 youth in the Upper East Region have thus far benefited from the Block Farming Programme under the government’s initiated Youth in Agriculture programme.
