This Integrated Development Plan aims at achieving a wealthy and vibrant County offering high quality services to its residents. The Mission focuses on the improvement of the welfare of the people of Kakamega County through formulation and implementation of all-inclusive multi-sectoral policies. The Plan organises the development of the County focusing on the following six sectors: health, water and sanitation, agriculture, livestock, fisheries and food security, education, wealth creation and infrastructure, social development and good governance. The Plan provides a comprehensive development blueprint focused on improving service delivery, boosting agricultural productivity, expanding infrastructure, increasing access to health and water services, creating economic opportunities, and strengthening governance, while addressing funding constraints and climate-related challenges. The Plan identifies and specifies sectoral priorities, in order to achieve their sectoral goals. In the Health sector, the Plan, in compliance with the constitutional provisions of the right to the highest standards of health, focuses on improving health indicators and on making Kakamega County a preferred destination for medical tourism through construction, renovation, upgrading and equipping of health facilities, disease prevention, provision of drugs and qualified staff, improving maternal and child health services, and strengthening related Policies and Strategies. On food security, the Plan envisages strategies, programmes and projects to increase agricultural production and productivity, through crop production development and agricultural extension, livestock production development and veterinary services, fisheries farming and aquaculture development, smallholder irrigation and drainage development, support to cooperatives and agro-processing initiatives. Concerning water, environment and climate change, the Plan focuses on: citizens’ access to clean and safe water and sanitation services; mainstreaming of climate change mitigation and adaptation measures into development programmes for sustainable development; access, control and participation in resource management to women, youth, and people with disabilities; implementation of water supply schemes and sanitation projects; promotion of afforestation measures. Furthermore, the Plan establishes goals and priorities in the following sectors: education, through the expansion of vocational training institutions; infrastructure, through the upgrade of road networks and bridges, and the improvement of electricity access; trade, tourism and industrialisation, through the strengthening of micro, small, medium enterprises, the enhancement of access to credit, the promotion of tourism; lands, housing, urban areas and physical planning, through the improvement of land administration, the strengthening of affordable housing and the upgrade of urban centres, the development of a zoning plan, surveys and mapping services; strengthening of public participation, social services and disaster preparedness.
Kenya · 2023-01-01