On 24 August 2009 Zonal authorities announced that approximately 540 safe water units were constructed during the past Ethiopian budget year at a cost of over 23 million birr, while another 878 units were repaired.
The main runway was rebuilt in 1997 at a cost of 53 million birr.
It had a starting capital of 110 million Ethiopian birr (Br), surpassing the minimum capital requirement by 35 million Br.
The zonal water, mining and energy department announced 15 August 2009 that 84 of the 100 wells planned in Raya Azebo and Alamata woredas have been completed at a cost of 40 million Birr.
He ate one meal a day and had to work every day to earn around 2.50 Ethiopian birr (US$0.30).
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The currency was introduced on 8 November 1997 to replace the Ethiopian birr at par, and it was named after the town of Nakfa.
Funds for construction of the building, budgeted at a million Birr, was provided by the woreda and Helvidius, a non-governmental organization.
Featuring an 80 meter Bailey bridge across the Omo river and five other bridges, this road cost 255 million Birr, and reduced the distance between the Regional capital at Awassa and Mizan Teferi to 400 kilometers.
Since he was Eritrean and best friend to two of the top-ranking Eritrean-born Ethiopian Generals, General Aman Andom and General Bereket, Kaleb's case was weighed more than the any other Ethiopian, and he was accused of helping the ELF (Eritrean Liberation Front), and also alleged that he ordered the ruthless interrogations of one of his employees who stole from him more than 150,000,000 Ethiopian birr, which was found later to be a simple fabrication by the junta's cadres.