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1A United Prosperous Green Model County
MERU COUNTY GOVERNMENT
FIRST MERU COUNTY INTERGRATED
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
2013-2017
A United Prosperous Green Model County
17 November 2013
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VisionA United Prosperous Green Model County
MissionTo facilitate sustainable development and wealth creation in the County through technological innovations, trade and industrialization that leverages on our skilled human resources, agricul-
ture, wildlife, bio-diversity and cultural heritage
Core ValuesThe County is committed to upholding the following core values as the guiding principles for its operations:
Integrity Honesty and sincerity are an integral part of the County’s operations. We shall uphold these through strict adherence to the moral principles underlying all our policies.
Transparency and Accountability We shall always endeavour to be transparent, answerable and liable at all times.
Team work
We treat one another with respect and communicate openly. We create a work-place that fosters community, respect, and uniqueness of each person, promotes employee participation to ensure their full contribution and appreciate the value of multiple perspectives and diverse expertise.
InclusivenessIn all our undertakings, we shall have people from diverse backgrounds or com-munities involved in development. The county values the perspectives and con-tributions of all people, and incorporates the needs, and perspectives of commu-nities into the design and implementation of county programs. All groups and members of the county shall be treated equally and without exception.
InnovativenessWe thrive on creativity and ingenuity. We seek the innovations and ideas that can bring a positive change. We value creativity that is focused, data-driven, and con-tinuously-improving based on results.
Hard workWe shall be patriotic to the cause of the county and be guided by ethics of hard-work in all our undertakings.
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Table of Contents
List of Tables ............................................................................................................................................. iv
List of Figures ............................................................................................................................................ v
Abbreviations and Acronyms .................................................................................................................... vi
Foreword ............................................................................................................................................... xi
Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................. xii
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................... xiii
CHAPTER ONE ...................................................................................................................................... 2
COUNTY GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................... 21.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 2
1.2 Physiographic and Natural Conditions ...................................................................................4
1.3 Administrative and Political Units ..........................................................................................5
1.4 Demographic Features...........................................................................................................7
1.5 Human Development Indicators ..........................................................................................19
1.6 Infrastructure and Access ....................................................................................................19
1.7 Land and Land Use .............................................................................................................. 23
1.8 Community Organizations/Non-state actors .......................................................................23
1.9 Crop, Livestock and Fish Production ....................................................................................24
1.10 Forestry and Agro-forestry ..................................................................................................26
1.11 Environment and Climate Change .......................................................................................29
1.12 Mining ................................................................................................................................. 30
1.13 Tourism ................................................................................................................................ 31
1.14 Industry ............................................................................................................................... 32
1.15 Employment and Other Sources of Income .........................................................................32
1.16 Water and Sanitation ...........................................................................................................33
1.17 Health Access and Nutrition ................................................................................................34
1.18 Education and Literacy ........................................................................................................35
CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................................................................... 37
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS ........................................................................................... 372.1 SWOT Analysis .................................................................................................................... 37
2.2 PESTEL Analysis .................................................................................................................... 37
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2.3 Stakeholder Analysis ............................................................................................... 39
2.4 Major Development Challenges .............................................................................. 39
CHAPTER THREE ....................................................................................................................41
SPATIAL PLANNING ..............................................................................................................41
CHAPTER FOUR .....................................................................................................................43
LINKAGE WITH OTHER PLANS ........................................................................................434.0 Preamble ................................................................................................................. 43
4.1 Kenya Vision 2030 and Second MTP ....................................................................... 43
CHAPTER FIVE ......................................................................................................................45
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ........................................................................................45
CHAPTER SIX .........................................................................................................................45
DEVELOPMENT PRIORITY PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS ..................................456.0 Preamble ................................................................................................................. 45
6.1 Governance and Public Administration ................................................................... 46
6.4 Disaster Preparedness and Management ............................................................. 130
6.5 Planning................................................................................................................. 140
6.6 Health .................................................................................................................... 147
6.7 Social Protection, Culture and Recreation ............................................................. 196
6.8 Education .............................................................................................................. 221
6.9 Infrastructure ........................................................................................................ 246
6.10 Water and Sanitation ............................................................................................ 262
6.11 Financial Services, Trade, Co-operatives and Enterprise Development ................ 283
6.12 Industrialization Sector ......................................................................................... 311
6.13 Land Sector............................................................................................................ 323
6.14 Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Sector ........................................................... 374
6.15 Tourism Sector....................................................................................................... 444
6.16 Environment, Forest and Natural Resource Management Sector ......................... 450
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CHAPTER SEVEN .................................................................................................................474
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION FRAMEWORK ................................................................4747.0 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 474
7.1 Budget Projection .................................................................................................. 474
7.2 Resourcing ............................................................................................................. 477
7.3 Financial Strategy .................................................................................................. 481
CHAPTER EIGHT .................................................................................................................484
IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK ..............4848.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 484
8.2 Institutional Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation ....................................... 484
8.3 Monitoring and Evaluation Framework ................................................................. 486
List of Tables
Table 1: Former Area and Administrative Units by districts ........................................................4
Table 2: County’s Electoral Wards by Constituency .....................................................................4
Table 3: Registered vs. Eligible Voters by Constituency ..............................................................5
Table 4: Population Projections by Age Cohorts ..........................................................................6
Table 5: Population Projections for Selected Age Groups ............................................................7
Table 6: Population projections by Urban Centre .......................................................................10
Table 7: Population Distribution and Density by Constituency/Sub-county ..............................12
Table 8: Population projections by Constituency/Sub-county ....................................................13
Table 9: Key Demographic Characteristicsof the Meru County residents: ..............................149
Table 10: Number of Outpatients seen at various Levels of the health system in Meru
County ....................................................................................................................151
Table 11: Number of Inpatients seen at various Levels of the health system in Meru County 151
Table 12: The cadre of HRH and number per Sub-county .......................................................155
Table 13: 5-Year Budget Projection for the Integrated Development Plan: .............................466
Table 14: Expected Internal and External Revenue over the planned period: ..........................471
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List of Figures
Figure 1: Position of Meru County in Kenya..................................................................................2
Figure 2: Map of Meru ..................................................................................................................6
Figure 3: A Section of Meru –Maua Road ...................................................................................20
Figure 4: Antuanduru Primary School in Tigania East .................................................................21
Figure 5: Entry to Meru Town, Major Commercial Hub in the County .......................................22
Figure 6: Wheat farm in Buuri Constituency ...............................................................................25
Figure 7: Fish Pond in Imenti Central ..........................................................................................25
Figure 8: Gitune forest in Imenti North ......................................................................................27
Figure 9: Soil eroded site in Imenti South constituency .............................................................30
Figure 10: Meru dancers entertain guest at a function ..............................................................32
Figure 11: Graph showing number of hospitals in the County by level and ownership: ..........152
Figure 12: Number of health centres and nursing homes in the County by level and
ownership: ..............................................................................................................152
Figure 13: Number of dispensaries in the County by level and ownership: .............................152
Figure 14: Number of beds in the County by facility ownership and location .........................153
Figure 15: Number of Functional Maternity Units in the County by facility location:..............154
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
ACCOSCA African Confederation of Cooperative Savings & Credit Associations
ACX Africa Carbon Exchange
AGOA African Growth and Opportunity Act
AIA Appropriation in Aid
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AMREF African Medical and Research Foundation
AMS Agricultural Mechanisation Services
ANC Ante Natal Clinic
APR Annual Progress Report
ARV Anti-Retroviral (Treatment)
AWPB Annual Work Plan and Budget
BCC Behavioural Communication Change
BOM Board of Management
BPO Business Process Outsourcing
BQs Bill of Quantities
CAP Community Action Plan
CBO Community Based Organization
CCI Charitable Children Institutions
CDF Constituency Development Fund
CEB County Education Board
CES Centre for Environmental Stewardship
CFA Community Forest Associations
CGM County Government of Meru
CHW Community Health Worker
CIDP County Integrated Development Plan
COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
CSO Civil Society Organisation
CT-P Cash Transfer Programme
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EAC East Africa Community
ECD Early Childhood Development Centres
ECDE Early Childhood Development Education
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EMCA Environment Management and Coordination Act
FBO Faith Based Organisation
FCSs Farmers Cooperatives Societies
FP Family Planning
FPE Free Primary Education
FSE Free Secondary Education
FY Financial Year
GITS Government Information Technology Services
GPS Global Positioning System
HDI Human Development Index
HIV Human Immuno-deficiency Virus
HQ Head Quarter
HR Human Resource
ICRAF International Centre for Research and Agro Forestry
ICT Information Communication Technology
IEBC Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFMIS Integrated Financial Management Information System
IFMIS Integrated Financial Management Information System
IGA Income Generating Activity
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency
KARI Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
KCC Kenya Cooperative Creameries
KeRRA Kenya Rural Roads Authority
KERUSSU Kenya Rural Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Union
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KESSP Kenya Education Sector Support Program
KFS Kenya Forestry Service
KFS Kenya Forestry Service
KICD Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development
KIDDP Kenya-Italy Debt for Development Programme
KNBS Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
KNEC Kenya National Examinations Council
KNSPWD Kenya National Survey for Persons with Disabilities
KTBH Kenya Top Bar Hive
KUSCCO Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Cooperatives
KWFT Kenya Women Finance Trust
KWS Kenya Wildlife Service
KWS Kenya Wildlife Service
LAPSSET Lamu Port Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport
LMP Livestock Marketing Project
LPD Livestock Production Department
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
MCG Meru County Government
MEWASS Meru Water and Sewerage Services
MKEPP Mt. Kenya East Pilot Project
MMR Maternal Mortality Rate
MoE Ministry of Education
MoOH Ministry of Health
MSMEs Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework
MTP Medium Term Plan
NACC National Aids Control Council
NCPB National Cereals Produce Board
NEMA National Environment Management Authority
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NEMA National Environment Management Authority
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
NIB National Irrigation Board
NMK National Museums of Kenya
OVC Orphaned and Vulnerable Children
PESTEL Political, Economic, Socio-Cultural, Technological, Ecological & Legal Factors
PFM Public Finance Management
PLWHA Persons Living with HIV AIDS
PMC Project Management Committee
PMTCT Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission
PPP Public Private Partnerships
PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal
PTA Parents Teachers Association
PWDs Persons with Disabilities
RVWSB Rift Valley Water Services Board
SACCO Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation
SCMP Sub Catchments Management Plan
SIDA Swedish International Development Agency
SMEP Small and Medium Enterprises Program
SMS Short Message Service
SOP Standard Operating Procedures
SWOT Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats
TIVET Technical, Industrial, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training
TNA Training Needs Assessment
ToR Terms of Reference
TSC Teachers Service Commission
USAID United States Agency for International Development
WAC World Agro Forestry Centre
WEF Women Enterprise Fund
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WOCCU World Council of Credit Unions
WRMA Water Resources Management Authority
WRMA Water Resources Management Authority
WRUA Water Resource Users Association
WRUAs Water Resource Users Association
YEDF Youth Enterprise Development Fund
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Foreword
Kenyans from all walks overwhelmingly support a devolved system of government. In it they see an opportunity to determine, pursue and achieve the highest levels of development. The duty towards that end in Meru County has been committed to the Governor and his government. This is a duty that calls for the highest sense of devotion and commitment of which I will lead. As required by the constitution and related laws on devolution, the Meru County Government has prepared this five year County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP), 2013-2017.
The process of developing the CIDP has been fully participatory from the grassroots. I wish to thank all those who have played a part in the same. The process has been ably led by the County Executive Committee Member for Lands, Economic and Physical Planning, Dr. Joshua Mugam-bi, with the support of Chief Officer, Martin Gikunda and the technical team. We are grateful for the generous support we have received for USAID-Kenya Transition Initiative led by Mary Kagunyi.
The County has the vision of A United Prosperous Green Model County. Thus our mission is to facilitate sustainable development and wealth creation in the County through commerce, technological innovations and industrialization that leverages on our skilled human resources, agriculture, wildlife, bio-diversity and cultural heritage. In so doing the Governor shall lead the county in upholding values of Integrity, Team work, Inclusiveness, Innovativeness, Hardwork, Transparency and Accountability.
To achieve the said vision the County has prioritized key sectors including Governance and Pub-lic Administration; Information and Communication Technology (ICT); Justice, Cohesion and Security for Development; Disaster Preparedness and Management; Planning; Health; Social Protection, Culture and Recreation; Infrastructure; Financial Services, Trade, Co-Operatives and Enterprise Development ; Industrialization ; Land; Agriculture; and Tourism. These have been identified as key to moving all aspects of our county forward.
The CIDP provides the County with a legally bound working framework that will guide all pro-grammes in the county. It binds both state and non state actors working in the county so as to en-sure that we move with a singularity of purpose. It has been developed in a participatory manner and it’s our commitment to ensure that its implementation is equally participatory. The County is open to innovative ideas of how best to deliver on the commitments herein.
Let us all come together and see to it that we play our role in achieving the Meru we desire. This we do for posterity.
H.E. Peter Munya,
Governor, Meru County
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Acknowledgements
The development of the Meru County Integrated Development Plan, 2013-2017 has taken the efforts of many persons and institutions. First I wish to acknowledge the people of Meru County who participated in providing inputs during the public consultations held on 22nd– 25th August 2013. Secondly I thank all public officers both of the national and county government who par-ticipated in the drafting and validation workshops held on 26th– 30th August and 25th– 26th Octo-ber 2013 respectively. Thirdly, the people’s representatives, The Members of the County Assem-bly, the Senator, the Members of Parliament and the Women Representative are appreciated for their support and useful input. Fourthly we are thankful for the invaluable input of the technical team of consultants namely; Paul Kamaku, Caroline Mutwiri, Linner Nkirote, George Rukaria and Abraham Rugo Muriu. I also appreciate the development officers, namely Joel Muyanga, John Mungai, Gabriel Mukuria, Kennedy Muthama and other county economists who worked tirelessly to see to the completion of this process. Last but not the least; I thank my fellow County Executive Committee members for their consistent work to ensure that we have a firm founda-tion upon which to build our county.
Dr. Paul Joshua Mugambi,
County Executive Committee Member,
Physical and Economic Planning
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Executive Summary
The Constitution of Kenya 2010 created a two-tier system of governance, a national and a de-volved county government that requires a paradigm shift in development planning. In the case of planning, the two levels of government are required to work very closely to ensure coherence of policy and promote the Kenya Vision 2030 aspiration of making Kenya a globally competitive and prosperous Nation, with a high quality of life for all citizens by the year 2030. In the Con-stitution 2010, Article 220(2) (a) states that “national legislation shall prescribe the structure of development plans and budgets”. In June 2013, the Ministry of Devolution and Planning issued Guidelines for Preparation of County Integrated Development Plans. As stipulated in the Con-stitution, Integrated Development Planning will govern the preparation of national annual bud-gets and those of the counties and that no public funds will be appropriated without a planning framework as stipulated in the County Government Act. In addition, all planning is expected to be aligned to the second Medium Term Plan of Kenya Vision 2030.
Based on the law and guidelines available, the Meru County planners prepared this 5-year In-tegrated County Development Plan and the annual projections of budgets to implement them. Integrated development planning is defined as “a process through which efforts at national and devolved levels of government and other relevant public institutions are coordinated at local lev-el, and through which economic, social, environmental, legal and spatial aspects of development are brought together to produce a plan that meets the need and targets set for the benefit of local communities”. The CIDP will have the goal of promoting harmony with national and other coun-ty plans, land-use plans, urban planning and environmental conservation. This CIDP, 2013 -2017 aligns both the fundamental changes in the dynamic operating environment and the thinking of the Government at Macro-level. This plan is further informed by The County Government Act, 2012, section 104 (1), which states that, “a county Government shall plan for the county and no public funds shall be appropriated without a planning framework developed by the county exec-utive committee and approved by the county assembly”. It also states that the county planning framework shall integrate economic, physical, social, environmental and spatial planning.
In addition to CIDP, each county is expected to develop 10 year Sectoral Plans in respect for each sector; County Spatial Plan; and City and Urban Areas Plans. County Integrated Development Plan document and the other county plans provide the roadmap, framework and action plans that the County Government will implement within the next 5-10 years. The plans articulate the County’s operations and outlines measures to be implemented to achieve the set objectives. These county plans (section 107(2)) “shall be the basis for all the budgeting and planning in a county”.
This CIDP comprises eight chapters. Chapter one is the county general information on the so-cio-economic and infrastructural information that has a bearing on the development of the coun-ty. Chapter two is the situation analysis looking at both the macro-environmental factors that af-fect many sectors within the county and the micro-environmental factors that specifically affect the various sectors. The analysis is given by use of two main tools, which are SWOT and PES-TEL analysis. Chapter three is the spatial planning and chapter four links CIDP with other plans. Chapter five shows the institutional framework which is the formal system of task and authority relationships that control how the county will coordinate her actions and use resources to achieve county goals. Chapter six is on the development priority programmes and projects based on broad
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sectors. Chapter seven elaborates on the execution of this plan that requires the commitment of human and financial resources through resource mobilization; the plan aims to achieve adequate, more predictable and sustainable resourcing that fully supports the achievement of the County Government objectives. Finally, the implementation, monitoring and evaluation framework that will assist to implement and track progress on implementation of projects and programmes at the county level
In order to achieve the set objective (s), programmes/ projects and strategies are formulated and the expected outputs are noted. Various activities, in tandem with the programmes/ projects, are stipulated and the cost estimates & sources of funds identified. The approximated budget for the full implementation of this plan amounts to KShs. 252,589.829 Million over the five year period. The highest expenditure is expected in 2015/2016.
Monitoring and evaluation will ensure that there will be consistent tracking of progress during the implementation of the CIDP, 2013-2017. The progress made will be measured against the targets. Monitoring will ensure that there will be continuous check while evaluation will be con-ducted on episodic bases. Public Participation is expected in all the above processes.
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CHAPTER ONE
COUNTY GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 Introduction
This chapter presents the socio-economic and infrastructural background information that has a bearing on the development of the county. The chapter also provides a description of the county in terms of the location, size, physiographic and natural conditions, demographic profiles as well as the administrative and political units. In addition, it provides information on infrastructure and access; land and land use; community organizations/non-state actors; crop, livestock and fish production; forestry, environment and climate change; mining; tourism; employment and other sources of income; water and sanitation; health access and nutrition, education and liter-acy, trade, energy, housing, transport and communication, community development and Social Welfare.
1.1.1 Position and Size
The county lies to the east of Mt. Kenya whose peak cuts through the southern boundary of the county (see Figure 1 and 2). It shares borders with Laikipia County to the west, Nyeri to the south west, Tharaka/Nithi to the east and Isiolo to the North. It straddles the equator lying within 00 6’ North and about 00 1’ South, and latitudes 370 West and 380 East. The county has a total area of 6,936.2 km2 out of which 1,776.1 Km2 is gazetted forest.
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Figure 1: Position of Meru County in Kenya
Source: Kenya National Bureau Statistics (KNBS
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Figure 2: Map of Meru
Source: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
1.2 Physiographic and Natural Conditions
1.2.1 Physical and Topographic Features
The county’s position on the eastern slopes of Mt Kenya and the equator has highly influenced its natural conditions. Altitude ranges from 300m to 5,199m above sea level. This has influenced the atmospheric conditions leading to a wide variety of microclimates and agro-ecological zones.
The drainage pattern in the county is characterized by rivers and streams originating from catch-ment areas such as Mt. Kenya and Nyambene ranges in the North. The rivers cut through the hilly terrain on the upper zones to the lower zones and drain into the Tana and UasoNyiro Rivers. The rivers form the main source of water for both domestic and agricultural use.
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1.2.2 Ecological Conditions
The county has varied ecological zones ranging from upper highlands, lower highlands, upper midlands and lower midlands. This has greatly influenced the major economic activities. The upper highlands zones covers majority of the county’s area ranging from Imenti South, Imenti Central, Imenti North, Tigania East, Tigania West, Igembe North, Igembe Central and Igembe South constituencies. The lower midland zones are only found in lower parts of Buuri and Tiga-nia which borders Isiolo County.
1.2.3 Climatic Conditions
The county receives moderate amounts of rainfall except for the lower parts of Buuri area bor-dering Isiolo County which are arid. The distribution of rainfall ranges from 300mm per annum in the lower midlands in the North to 2500mm per annum in the South East. Other areas receive on average 1250mm of rainfall annually. There are two seasons with the long rains occurring from mid-March to May and short rains from October to December. Temperatures range from a low of 8oC to a high of 32oC during the cold and hot seasons respectively.
1.3 Administrative and Political Units
The county comprises of nine administrative sub-counties which are equivalent to the constitu-encies namely, Tigania East, Tigania West, Igembe North, Igembe South, North Imenti, South Imenti, Buuri, Igembe Central and Central Imenti. Their corresponding wards are as shown in Table 2. Formerly the administrative units that fall under the boundaries of Meru County are as shown in Table 1.
1.3.1 Former Administrative Subdivisions (Districts, Divisions and Locations)
The county formerly comprised of eight administrative districts, 28 divisions, 133 locations and 351 sub-locations as shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Former Area and Administrative Units by District
District Area (Km2)
No. of Di-visions
No. of Loca-tions
No. of Sub-Lo-cations
Tigania East 557.6 3 10 25Tigania West 567.3 4 19 62Igembe North 939.7 3 20 34Igembe South 1,879.3 6 14 45Imenti North 569.6 2 12 36Buuri 971.1 2 9 26Imenti South 661.4 3 24 58Meru Central 790.2 5 25 65Total 6,936.2 28 133 351
Source: 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume 1A and District Commission-ers’ office
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Igembe South district has the largest land area while Tigania East has the smallest as shown in Table 1. Although Buuri was the second largest district, it had only two divisions. These units are under review in the transition to the new units of service delivery. 1.3.2 Political Representation Units
The county comprises of nine parliamentary constituencies and 45 electoral wards. The nine par-liamentary constituencies are North Imenti, Tigania East, Tigania West, Igembe North, Igembe South, Igembe Central, South Imenti, Buuri and Central Imenti, as indicated in Table 7.
Table 2: County Electoral Wards by ConstituencyConstituency Number of Wards
Tigania East 5Tigania West 5Igembe North 5
Igembe South 5North Imenti 5South Imenti 6Buuri 5Igembe Central 5Central Imenti 4
Total 45Source: Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)
1.3.3 Eligible and Registered Voters by Constituency
The total number of eligible voters in the county was estimated to be 672,984 in 2012 while the number of registered voters stood at 489,515 as at December 2012 as shown in Table 3 below.
Table 3: Registered vs. Eligible Voters by Constituency
Constituency Eligible Voting Population (2012)
Registered Voters*
Proportion of Registered to Eligible voters (%)
1 Igembe South 66,762 45,706 68.462 Igembe Central 95,959 56,237 58.613 Igembe North 76,817 43,931 57.194 Tigania West 67,472 44,126 65.405 Tigania East 78,024 50,238 64.396 North Imenti 74,004 63,286 85.527 Buuri 66,813 54,168 81.078 Central Imenti 58,013 51,581 88.919 South Imenti 89,117 80,242 90.04 672,984 489,515 72.74
Source: Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. (IEBC) 2012*
NB: The eligible voting population has been projected from 2009 census to 2012.
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South Imenti constituency has the highest number of registered voters in the county comprising 16.4 per cent while Igembe North has the least constituting 8.9 per cent of the total registered voters. This shows that there is a sizeable percentage of the population that is unregistered, hence the need for more civic education on voter registration in the future and issuance of identity cards.
1.4 Demographic Features
1.4.1 Population size and Composition
The county has a population growth rate of 2.1 per cent. The 2012 projected population of the county stood at 1,443,555, which consist of 713,801 males and 729,754 females as shown in Ta-ble 4 below. The county population is projected to be 1,536,422 in 2015 and 1,601,629 in 2017. The growth in population will strain the available resources such as land.
Table 4: Population Projections by Age CohortsAge Co-hort
2009 2012 2015 2017
M F T M F T M F T M F T
0-4 96,281 94,618 190,899 102,475 100,705 203,180 109,067 107,184 216,251 113,696 111,733 225,429
05-9 92,235 91,013 183,248 98,169 96,868 195,037 104,484 103,100 207,584 108,919 107,475 216,394
10-14 83,925 83,627 167,552 89,324 89,007 178,331 95,071 94,733 189,803 99,105 98,753 197,859
15-19 66,694 68,934 135,628 70,985 73,369 144,353 75,551 78,089 153,640 78,758 81,403 160,160
20-24 58,646 67,282 125,928 62,419 71,610 134,029 66,434 76,217 142,652 69,254 79,452 148,706
25-29 57,824 62,432 120,256 61,544 66,448 127,992 65,503 70,723 136,226 68,283 73,725 142,008
30-34 49,753 47,685 97,438 52,954 50,753 103,706 56,360 54,018 110,378 58,752 56,310 115,063
35-39 38,562 37,611 76,173 41,043 40,031 81,073 43,683 42,606 86,289 45,537 44,414 89,951
40-44 26,851 26,547 53,398 28,578 28,255 56,833 30,417 30,073 60,489 31,708 31,349 63,057
45-49 25,258 25,891 51,149 26,883 27,557 54,440 28,612 29,329 57,942 29,827 30,574 60,401
50-54 19,096 19,901 38,997 20,324 21,181 41,506 21,632 22,544 44,176 22,550 23,501 46,051
55-59 15,455 14,333 29,788 16,449 15,255 31,704 17,507 16,236 33,744 18,251 16,926 35,176
60-64 12,757 13,053 25,810 13,578 13,893 27,470 14,451 14,786 29,238 15,064 15,414 30,479
65-69 7,611 8,234 15,845 8,101 8,764 16,864 8,622 9,328 17,949 8,988 9,723 18,711
70-74 7,305 8,361 15,666 7,775 8,899 16,674 8,275 9,471 17,746 8,626 9,873 18,500
75-79 4,478 4,879 9,357 4,766 5,193 9,959 5,073 5,527 10,600 5,288 5,762 11,049
80+ 7,379 10,848 18,227 7,854 11,546 19,400 8,359 12,289 20,648 8,714 12,810 21,524
Age NS 546 396 942 581 421 1,003 619 449 1,067 645 468 1,112
Total 670,656 685,645 1,356,301 713,801 729,754 1,443,555 759,721 776,701 1,536,422 791,965 809,665 1,601,629
Source: 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census, KNBS
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Population Projections for Selected Age Groups
Table 5 provides information on selected age groups which include the population under the age of one, under the age of five years, primary school age, secondary school age, youthful popula-tion, reproductive age, labour force and the aged population in the county.
Table 5: Population Projections for Selected Age GroupsAge Group 2009 2012 2015 2017
M F T M F T M F T M F T
Under 1 19,502
19,282
38,784
20,757
20,522
41,279
22,092
21,843
43,935
23,030
22,770
45,800
Under 5 90,876
89,267
180,143
96,722
95,010
191,732
102,945
101,122
204,067
107,314
105,414
212,727
P r i m a r y School Age (6-13)
140,238
139,773
280,011
149,260
148,765
298,025
158,862
158,335
317,197
165,604
165,055
330,659
S e c o n d a r y School age (14-17)
56,602
58,290
114,892
60,243
62,040
122,283
64,119
66,031
130,150
66,840
68,834
135,674
Youth Popu-lation (15-29)
183,164
198,646
381,810
194,947
211,425
406,373
207,489
225,027
432,516
216,295
234,577
450,872
Reproductive age – female (15-49)
-
336,480
336,480
- 358,127
358,127
- 381,166
381,166
- 397,343
397,343
Labour force (15-64)
375,210
383,767
758,977
399,348
408,456
807,804
425,039
434,732
859,771
443,078
453,183
896,261
Aged Popula-tion (65+)
26,538
32,718
59,256
28,245
34,823
63,068
30,062
37,063
67,125
31,338
38,636
69,974
Source: KNBS 2009
Under 1 year: In this age cohort, there were 41,279 children in 2012, an increase of 6.4 per cent from 2009 census. This population is projected to be 45,800 children by 2017. This accounts for approximately 3 per cent of the total population. The increase in the population under the age of one is attributed to decline in infant mortality rate due to immunization programs that have been scaled up by the health sectors in the county. There is also increase in the number of mothers delivering in health care facilities. There is need to train more health care professionals so as to reduce the ratio of health care workers to population and improve delivery services.
Under 5 years: The projected number of persons under five years of age in the county stood at 191,732 in 2012, this being a 6.4 per cent increase from the 2009 population census. This popula-tion consists of 95,010 females and 96,722 males and constitutes 14 per cent of total population. It is projected to increase to 204,067 and 212,727 by the year 2015 and 2017 respectively. This increase in population calls for more efforts in providing additional facilities in pre-schools and primary schools, consistent with government policies to provide free universal primary educa-tion. As this population is also vulnerable to diseases, response strategies call for measures to upscale immunization programmes. To curb cases of malnutrition and stunting, strategies aimed at improving nutritional status should also be encouraged
Primary School Age Group (6-13 Years): The population of primary school going age was projected to be at 298,025 in 2012. This is projected to increase to 317,197 in 2015 and 330,659 in the year 2017. Currently this group accounts for approximately 21 per cent of the total pop-ulation. Appropriate measures need to be put in place to provide necessary facilities such as teaching and learning materials. Physical facilities and teachers to cater for the needs of this age
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group need to be put in place to address the current challenge and the projected growth in this age group.
Secondary School Age Group (14-17 Years): The population of the secondary school age chil-dren stood at 122,283 in 2012, an increase of 6.4 per cent from 114,892 in 2009 census. This population is expected to increase further to 130,150 and 135,674 in 2015 and 2017 respective-ly. This comprises approximately 8.5 per cent of the total population. The current free primary school education coupled with the subsidized secondary education policies by the government are expected to yield a high transition rate. There is therefore an increasing pressure to expand the secondary school facilities while improving the existing ones in order to achieve high quality education.
Youth Population (15-29 Years): This population stood at 406,373 in 2012, an increase of 6.4 per cent from 2009 census figure of 381,810. It is projected to rise to 432,516 and 450,872 by 2015 and 2017 respectively. This population is mainly persons of secondary school going age and those in tertiary institutions such as universities and other middle level colleges. It is a pop-ulation that policies on education and employment need to target if efforts to address unemploy-ment and associated insecurity are to be effective. Policies on population control could also be more effective if this group was well targeted since it constitutes the bulky of the reproductive age population.
Reproductive Age Group (15-49 Years): Women aged between 15 and 49 years represent the reproductive age. In 2012, this population stood at 358,127, a 6.4 per cent increase from 336,480 according to 2009 population census. The age group is projected to be 381,166 and 397.393 in 2015 and 2017 respectively. The current projection accounts for 24.8 per cent of the total county population. This calls for increase in family planning, nutrition and health access programmes for the women and projects that support women to be self-reliant. Programmes that enhance women health and health education are essential to reduce both maternal and child mortalities. Policies that encourage women to deliver in health care facilities as well as attending pre-natal and post-natal clinics could go a long way in achieving this objective.
Labour Force Age Group (15-64 Years): The 2012 labour force was projected to be 807,804 persons. It is projected that this population will rise to 859,771 in 2015 and 896,261 by 2017. This calls for improvement in agriculture and investment in other sectors to provide employment opportunities for the increasing labour force especially the youthful population who accounts for 68 per cent of the total population.
Aged population (65+): The aged population (over 65 years) was projected to be 63,068 in 2012, an increase of 6.4 per cent from the 2009 census figure. It is further projected to be 67,125 by 2015 and 69,974 by 2017. This population currently accounts for 4 per cent of the total county population. This calls for increment in allocation of funds to programs that target the aged such as the voucher system to minimise dependency. Such programs should be designed to incorpo-rate healthcare and nutritional support.Urban Population
The main urban centres in the county are Meru, Maua, Nkubu and Muthara. The projected 2012 urban population stood at 118,707, which was 8.5 per cent of total county population as shown in Table 6.
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Table 6: Population projections by Urban CentrePopulation projections by Urban Centre
Urban Cen-tres
2009 (Census) 2012 (Projection) 2015 (Projection) 2017 (Projection)
M F T M F T M F T M F T
Meru Town 33,460 34,428 67,888 35,613 36,643 72,255 37,904 39,000 76,904 39,512 40,655 80,168
Nkubu Town 6,695 6,591 13,286 7,126 7,015 14,141 7,584 7,466 15,050 7,906 7,783 15,689
Maua Town 15,008 15,212 30,220 15,973 16,191 32,164 17,001 17,232 34,233 17,723 17,964 35,686
Muthara Town
1,806 1,833 3,639 1,922 1,951 3,873 2,046 2,076 4,122 2,133 2,165 4,297
Total 56,969 58,064 115,033 60,634 61,799 122,433 64,535 65,775 130,310 67,274 68,567 135,840
Source: KNBS, 2009 Census
The urban population consists of 60,634 males and 61,799 females with approximately 60 per cent of the total urban population residing in Meru Town. The rise of urban population from 115,033 in 2009 to the projected figure of 135,840 in 2017 is expected to strain the available urban resources. This calls for prior planning of available resources and expansion of social and economic facilities in the urban areas to accommodate the expanding population. The growth in population within the urban centres will expand central markets for agricultural and industrial products within these centres that call for investment in the agricultural value chain to tap this potential. Creation of income generating opportunities, sensitizing the population against drug and substance abuse will also help check the crime rate which is usually high in urban areas.
1.4.2 Population Density and Distribution
The population density is widely distributed among the nine constituencies, with the average density in the county being 282 persons per Km2 in 2012 as shown in Table 7. Population density ranges from a low of 134 in Buuri constituency to a high of 544 in Igembe South constituency. The high density in Igembe south is attributed to high fertile land which is good for farming whereas most areas of Buuri constituency are sparsely populated due to the semi-arid conditions and existence of large scale farms.
Table 7: Population Distribution and Density by Constituency/Sub-county
Constituency 2009 (Census) 2012 (Projections) 2015 (Projections) 2017 (Projections)
PopDensity (Km2) Pop
Density (Km2) Pop
Density (Km2) Pop
Density (Km2)
Imenti South 179,604 456 191,158 485 203,456 516 212,091 538 Central Imenti 116,918 351 124,440 373 132,445 397 138,066 414 Tigania East 157,246 243 167,362 258 178,129 275 185,689 287 Imenti North 149,144 509 158,739 542 168,951 577 176,121 601 Igembe North 154,814 132 164,774 141 175,374 150 182,817 156 Igembe Central 193,392 378 205,833 402 219,075 428 228,373 446 Igembe South 134,550 511 143,206 544 152,419 579 158,887 603 Buuri 134,653 126 143,316 134 152,535 142 159,009 148 Tigania West 135,980 298 144,728 318 154,039 338 160,576 352
1,356,301 264 1,443,555 282 1,536,422 300 1,601,629 312 Source: IEBC 2012: Final Constituencies and Wards description
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Igembe Central Constituency has the highest population as per the 2012 projection of 205,833 persons followed by Imenti South Constituency with 191,158 persons. Settlement patterns in the county are influenced by soil fertility, topography, road networks, urbanisation and rainfall. The high density settlement is concentrated around Nkubu, Maua, Timau and Meru towns. This is because of the good road networks especially the Embu-Meru –Maua Road and Meru-Nanyuki Road.
Table 8: Population projections by Constituency/Sub-county
Constituency 2009 (Census) 2012 (Projections) 2015 (Projections) 2017 (Projections)
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
Imenti South 90,291 89,313 179,604 96,100 95,059 191,158 102,282 101,174 203,456 106,623 105,468 212,091
Central Imenti 57,813 59,105 116,918 61,532 62,907 124,440 65,491 66,954 132,445 68,270 69,796 138,066
Tigania East 77,754 79,492 157,246 82,756 84,606 167,362 88,080 90,049 178,129 91,818 93,871 185,689
Imenti North 73,748 75,396 149,144 78,492 80,246 158,739 83,542 85,409 168,951 87,088 89,034 176,121
Igembe North 76,552 78,262 154,814 81,477 83,297 164,774 86,718 88,655 175,374 90,399 92,418 182,817
Igembe Central 95,627 97,765 193,392 101,779 104,054 205,833 108,327 110,749 219,075 112,924 115,449 228,373
Igembe South 66,532 68,018 134,550 70,812 72,394 143,206 75,368 77,051 152,419 78,566 80,321 158,887
Buuri 66,582 68,071 134,653 70,865 72,450 143,316 75,424 77,111 152,535 78,625 80,384 159,009
Tigania West 67,239 68,741 135,980 71,565 73,163 144,728 76,169 77,870 154,039 79,401 81,175 160,576
Total 670,656 685,645 1,356,301 715,378 728,177 1,443,555 761,400 775,022 1,536,422 793,715 807,915 1,601,629
Source: KNBS, 2009
Table 8 shows that the population distribution by gender is evenly distributed with the ratio of male to female being almost 1:1 in all constituencies.
1.5 Human Development Indicators
The Human Development Indicators, commonly measured by the Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite measure that incorporates mostly indicators derived from social sectors like life expectancy, years of schooling, access to water and the general standard of living in the region or country. To ensure that a county is able to assess its HDI status vis-a-vis other counties, data on the various key indicators will be collected in each county and analysed for comparison with other counties for specific periods and over time to determine the trends. The HDI mean score index for Meru region in 2011 was approximately 0.5622 compared to Nairobi’s 0.6533 and national score 0.505. The worst performing region, Mandera scored 0.3592. The HDI for Meru region thus ranks above the national score, meaning that Meru region contributes positive-ly towards the overall national score.
1.6 Infrastructure and Access
The county infrastructure comprises of road network, airstrips, electricity, telecommunication, financial institutions, education facilities, health facilities, markets and housing.
1.6.1 Road Network, Airports and Airstrips
The county is well served with road network with majority of areas being accessible during the dry season. The county has 1,259.9 km of road network of which 225.7km is bitumen, 266.7 km gravel and 767.5 km of earth surface. However during the rainy seasons, some sections of
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gravel and earth surface roads are impassable. The major tarmac roads in the county includes: Embu-Meru –Maua; Meru – Nanyuki; Meru – Mikinduri; Meru- Githongo; and Meru-Ruiri –Isiolo roads. The county is served by one airstrip; Gaitu airstrip in Meru Central which has been improved to serve more flights.
Figure 3: A Section of Meru –Maua Road
1.6.2 PostsandTelecommunications:PostOffices,MobileTelephony,andFixedLinesThere are six post offices and four sub-post offices with numerous registered stamp vendors in the county. The six post offices are in Meru, Maua, Nkubu, Timau, Muthara and Laare towns which offer mail services and parcel delivery among other services. Most private and public organisations have embraced ICT in the day to day operations. Private entrepreneurs have con-tinued to set up cyber cafes in major towns and trading centres due to high demand for internet services among others. Most of the areas in the county are covered by mobile phone network with the coverage being 95 per cent. Areas without mobile network coverage are mainly areas of Tigania bordering Isiolo. Most of the community members rely on radio, Television and Newspapers as the major sources of information.
1.6.3 Financial Institutions: Banks, SACCOs and Micro Finance Institutions
The county has high agricultural potential which has attracted various commercial banks and other financial institutions. There are sixteen commercial banks, eight microfinance institutions, four village banks and a number of SACCOs. The strong presence of the various financial institu-tions indicates that the county has high potential for commercial services. The major commercial banks include Kenya Commercial Bank, National Bank of Kenya, Barclays Bank, Equity Bank, Cooperative Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Consolidated Bank, Bank of Baroda, Commercial Bank of Africa, Bank of Africa, ABC Bank, CFC Stanbic Bank, ECO Bank, Family Bank, NIC Bank, K-Rep Bank and Guaranty Trust Bank. The various micro-finance institutions provide credit facilities to the small-scale enterprises. These include Small and Medium Enterprises Pro-gram (SMEP), Kenya Women Finance Trust (KWFT), Faulu Kenya among others. The Central Bank of Kenya has a currency centre in Meru town which acts as a banker to the commercial banks operating in the county.
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Major insurance firms operating in the county includes APA Insurance, UAP Insurance, BRI-TAM Insurance, and CIC Insurance among others. There are several SACCOs whose mem-bership range from farmers to salaried employees such as YETU Sacco, Meru farmers Sacco, Meru Teachers Sacco among other which offer credit to its members.
1.6.4 Education Institutions: Primary/Secondary Schools, Polytechnics, Colleges, Uni-versities
There are 792 Early Childhood Development Centres (ECD), 647 primary schools and 192 sec-ondary schools. The county has 15 education divisions and zones. The introduction of Constitu-ency Development Fund has enabled the construction of various mixed day secondary schools. The fully fledged universities in the County are: Meru University of Science and Technolo-gy (MUST) and Kenya Methodist University (KEMU). Other universities with campuses in the County are: University of Nairobi (UoN), Co-operative University of Kenya, Africa Naza-rene University (ANU), Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)and Mount Kenya University (MKU). In addition there are two teacher training colleges, namely, Meru and Igoji Teachers Training Colleges. There are five technical institutes and various private colleges most of them offering training in ICT.
Figure 4: Antuanduru Primary School in Tigania East
1.6.5 Energy Access (Main sources of Energy, Electricity Coverage etc)
The main source of energy for cooking by household is wood fuel and charcoal which accounts for 86.1 per cent and 6.6 per cent respectively. The number of household connected to electricity is 13.6 per cent; those using paraffin are 4.5 per cent, gas 2.4 per cent, biogas 0.1 per cent and solar 6.6 per cent. Major public and private institutions are connected to national grid but the major challenge for the county is how to connect the over 85 per cent households with electricity.
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1.6.6 Markets and Urban Centres
There are five main urban centres and forty nine trading centres in the county. Meru Town, Nku-bu, Laare, Timau and Maua are the major urban centres. Meru town is the largest in the county. All the trading centres are agricultural markets with all centres having two market days per week.
Figure 5: Entry to Meru Town, Major Commercial Hub in the County
1.6.7 Housing Types
Corrugated iron sheets accounts for 97.5 per cent of the household’s roofing materials with 0.7 per cent using asbestos sheets, while 1.1 per cent of the households use grass for roofing their houses. The county has 315, 100 and 35 low, medium and high grade government houses respec-tively to supplementing the private sector efforts. The county is characterized by inadequate, un-affordable and indecent housing, particularly for low income earners in urban areas and equally so, in the rural sector. The county also faces the problem of low level of urban home ownership and extensive and inappropriate dwelling units including slums and squatter settlement. The quality of housing also varies from one part of the county to another with Meru town having decent housing ranging from permanent, semi-permanent and temporary houses.
1.7 Land and Land Use
The major land use in the county is mainly for agricultural activities for both crops farming and livestock-keeping. Other uses include cultural and forestry conservation. There are large scale farming carried out by private companies in Timau area of Buuri constituency. These are mainly for wheat farming with Kisima farm being the largest in the county. Livestock farming is also being practised on group ranches in Tigania and Igembe areas.
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1.7.1 Mean Holding SizeThe average land holding size per household is 1.8 ha for the small scale and 18.25 ha for the large scale land owners. The area which is potential for irrigation is 81,262 ha with only 2,131 ha under irrigation. The major land use in the county is farming for both subsistence and com-mercial purposes.
1.7.2 Percentage of Land with Title DeedsOver 50 per cent of the farmers in the county have title deeds. However, Meru North region leads with the highest number of farmers without title deeds. This is mainly as a result of slow process of land registration and numerous land cases in courts.
1.7.3 Incidence of LandlessnessThe land is unequally distributed within the county, with the large scale farmers holding large tracks of land while most households have small parcels of land. Inadequate land has resulted to rural-urban migration leading to increase in slums within the urban areas. The other cause of landlessness is the growth in population which has resulted to uneconomic land sub-divisions. Poverty and lack of income have hindered land acquisition leading to cases of landlessness. High cost of land is a major hindrance to the low income earners in acquiring land.
1.8 Community Organizations/Non-state actorsCommunity organizations within the county include community based organisations, faith based organisations and self-help groups. These community based organisations are involved in various activities which range from income generating, creating advocacy on HIV/AIDS and mobilising communities to participate in various social economic activities.
1.8.1 Cooperative SocietiesThere are 58 Cooperative Societies in the county with a total membership of 56,091. The coop-eratives societies’ activities range from agricultural, retail, urban, rural, consumer and multipur-pose societies. However 11 of these societies have become dormant due to poor management and lack of funds, and thus only 47 are active. The total turnover is in excess of Kenya shillings 700 million per year.
1.8.2 Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs)A total of twenty six NGOs operate in the county. These NGOs provide services to county’s populace across all the sectors. Major NGOs include, Ripples international and AMREF among others. These organisations have been in the fore front in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Female genital mutilation, poverty, child abuse among other issues affecting the society.
1.8.3 Self-help Women and Youth GroupsThe county has a total of 1,841 women groups. This number is growing exponentially as new groups are registered daily. Majority of the groups come together to manage community resourc-es like water points and improving the welfare of the members through merry go rounds. The number of registered youth groups is approximately 1,200. The introduction of Youth Enterprise Development Fund has led to more youth groups being registered.
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1.9 Crop, Livestock and Fish Production
In the recent past, most farmers have been shifting from traditional cash and food crops to horti-cultural production which fetches relatively high prices in the market. ‘Miraa’ (khat) farming is the major agricultural cash crop in the Nyambene ranges area with most farmers specializing in it as the major source of income.
Figure 6: Wheat Farm in Buuri Constituency
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Figure 7: Fish Pond in Imenti Central
1.9.1 Main Crops ProducedThe county has a wide range of agro-ecological zones and untapped water for irrigation which support the production of a variety of crops such as mangoes, citrus, coffee, maize, beans, Ba-nanas, pigeon peas, cow peas and horticultural crops.
1.9.2 Acreage under Food Crops and Cash Crops
The major economic activity in the county is agriculture with the major cash crops being tea, cof-fee, miraa and bananas. The total acreage under food and cash crops is 161,907.2 ha and 15,773.4 ha respectively. Land subdivision has significantly reduced the average acreage to 1.8ha.
1.9.3 Average Farm Sizes
The average farm size in the county currently ranges from 1.8 ha for small scale to 18.25 ha for the large scale farmers. Kisima farm in Buuri Constituency is the largest in the county. Other large farms include Protea, Lobelia and Ibis - all located in Timau of Buuri Constituency.
1.9.4 Main Storage Facilities
The main storage facilities are traditional and modern cribs, which are used by most small scale farmers while large scale farmers uses the traders stores and National Cereals and Produce Board depots (NCPB). There are two NCPB depots in the county, namely Maua and Meru. The main purpose of the depots is to receive produce from the farmers and market them on their behalf. The stores also play a key role in the distribution of various farm inputs to the farmers such as the subsidized fertilizers.
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1.9.5 Main Livestock Breed
The main livestock are goat, cattle, sheep, pig, rabbits and poultry which are reared in small scale since most land is used for farming of food and cash crops. The livestock are mainly used for domestic purposes for example the bulls are used for cultivation of small farms and cows for dairy milk.
1.9.6 Number of Ranches
There are four company ranches with an average of 100 ha and four group ranches. The major activities carried out include cattle and sheep rearing. The Lewa ranch, one of the company ranches, is also a wildlife conservancy.
1.9.7 Main Fishing Activities and Types of Fish Produced
The county has over 2,000 fish pounds which are evenly distributed in all areas of the county. The county has highly benefited from the various Government programmes which have seen every constituency have at least 200 fish ponds. The major types of fish are Tilapia, Mud fish and trout. The increase in fishing activities has greatly improved the household income and nutrition. All the fishermen are on small scale basis with the total number been approximated to be over 2,500 farmers. These fish farmers mainly incorporate fishing with other agricultural activities. This calls for establishment of cold storage for the harvested fish.
1.10 Forestry and Agro-forestry
The county forest cover totals 1,776.1 km2, which is 25.6 per cent of the total county area. There are ten gazetted forest, with Mt Kenya and Imenti forest being the major ones and occupying 63,358 ha in the county. The ungazetted forests are 19 with 345 ha coverage. Encroachment of forested areas has resulted to major human wildlife conflicts in the region such as destruction of farm crops by elephants. The aspect of agro-forestry is highly practiced within the county, with the Forest department giving permits to farmers to ensure they get their livelihood as well as con-serve the forest. The squatters in Timau area are major beneficiaries of agro-forestry activities in the Mt. Kenya forest.
1.10.1 Main Forest Types and Size of Forests
The two broad categories of forest are natural forest and manmade forests. The county has Mt Kenya and Imenti forests which are natural forests with rich biodiversity. Conventional tree planting is mainly incorporated in the farms and along the river banks.
1.10.2 Main Forest Products
The main forest products are timber, wood fuel, charcoal, seedling production and poles. The high demand of these products has resulted to deforestation and hence need for policy measures to conserve the forests. The Mt. Kenya region is the major source of main forest products within the county.
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Figure 8: Gitune Forest in Imenti North
1.10.3 Promotion of Agro-Forestry and Green Economy
a) Income Generating Activities
The major income generating activities within the forest sub-sector include farming of food crops especially potatoes which accounts for almost 90 per cent of the farming activities within the farm forests. Despite a ban on logging by forest department and National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) timber harvesting and charcoal burning is also being practised. However the game rangers have been deployed to curb the practise. More conservation measures need to be put up to protect the forests.
b) Protection of Water Catchment Areas
The county is the major origin of the main tributaries of River Tana. Several programs have been put in place to protect the water catchment areas like the Mount Kenya East Pilot Project for natural resources management (MKEPP) was the major program advocating for protection of the water catchment areas. The major activities within this program included tree planting within the river banks. A second phase of the project covering upper Tana basin will be focussing on four sub catchments in the county.
c) Prevention of Soil Erosion
The hilly terrain of the county calls for measures to prevent soil erosion which is widespread in all the areas of the county given moderate rainfall experienced in the county. The ministry of agriculture is in the forefront in training farmers on contour farming and terracing of farm lands
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to curb soil erosion. Other measures include tree planting in hilly places and along river banks and de-siltation of sediment laden rivers.
d) Provision of Wood Fuel and Generation of Energy for Industries such as Tea EstatesWood fuel is the major source of household fuel in the county with over 86.1 per cent of the total population relying on it for their daily energy needs. However major industries within the county are connected with electricity. In order to conserve the county’s forest cover, afforestation and re-afforestation measures are been encouraged by both government and non-governmental agencies. Also low biomass energy saving jikos will be promoted
e) Improvement of Soil Fertility by Growing Fertilizer Trees
In order to improve soil fertility the ministry of agriculture is providing farmers with subsidized fertilizers. Trainings on best soil fertility conservation measures are also been carried out by sev-eral government and non-governmental actors. Traditional practises are also been used e.g. use of animal mature to enrich the soil.
f) Growing of Fruit Trees for Improved Nutrition, Domestic Use and Surplus for Markets
The county soil and climate are very conducive for fruit farming. Banana farming is the major fruit being grown in the county especially in Imenti and Igembe regions of the county. This crop is farmed for both subsistence and commercial purposes with majority of households moving from the traditional cash crops like coffee and tea to tissue culture banana farming.
g) Provision of carbon sinks e.g. Carbon Credits trading
This is a process in which the country that produces less of carbon dioxide from industries accu-mulates some credits tradable in the carbon credit market. This concept is still in its infant stage in the country. However, there is a draft policy to kick start carbon credit trading which has been initiated by government in conjunction with Africa Carbon Exchange (ACX). Several projects in power generation have since applied for accreditation to earn carbon credits. Measures are also being taken to ensure forests cover is increased to the recommended ten per cent to allow carbon sequestration.
h)Beautificationactivitiesintowns,highways,schools,homesandotherpublicplacesThe beautification of public gardens, roundabouts and highways is mainly sponsored by private companies as form of corporate social responsibility. The Economic Stimulus Program and Kazi Kwa Vijana program have provided schools with seedlings for beautification purposes. In Meru town, Nteere grounds have been beautified by the Ministry of Environment and NEMA to a con-ducive recreational park within the town.
i) Animal Feeds Production Ventures Production of animal feeds is practised on small scale within the county mainly by individual farmers within their farm lands. Currently large scale production is only being undertaken by Kisima farm in Timau area of Buuri constituency.
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j) Growing and Processing Value Plants and Products for Medicinal Purposes
This aspect is yet to be exploited on large scale basis within the county. However traditional herbalists still exist though on small scales. Major medicinal plants are the natural plants in the forest areas of Mt. Kenya and Nyambene ranges.
1.11 Environment and Climate Change
Environment refers to the aggregate of the surroundings, conditions, or influences of the sur-roundings. Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, precipitation, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological elemental measure-ments in a given region over long periods. Climate can be contrasted to weather, which is the present condition of these elements and their variations over shorter periods.
1.11.1 Environmental Degradation
The main causes of environmental degradation are human activities such as farming, mining, road construction, human settlements and overstocking of livestock. Other causes of environ-mental degradation include changing weather patterns that affect soil cover such as forests and all other forms of vegetation. Human activities such a cultivation, overgrazing, mining as well as settlements disturb the ecological setup and expose soil to erosion, reducing its ability to sustain natural regeneration of soil cover.
1.11.2 Effects of Environmental Degradation
The major effects include soil erosion which also contributes to loss in soil fertility, drying of riv-ers is also been experienced due to encroachment in wet land areas and also prolonged periods of drought. Wildlife in the forest areas are also migrating to other areas due to logging of the forests leading to human wildlife conflicts. The quarrying is causing a health hazard to the surrounding communities especially during the rainy seasons posing both landslides dangers to the populace and breeding sites for mosquitoes.
Figure 9: Soil Eroded Site in Imenti South Constituency
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1.11.3 Climate Change and its Effects in the County
Climate change refers to significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average (e.g. more or fewer extreme weather events). It may be limited to a specific region or may occur across the whole Earth. The county is experiencing increased periods of drought, erratic rainfalls and increase in tempera-tures as a result of changing climatic conditions.
1.11.4 Climate Change Mitigation Measures and Adaptation Strategies
The key measures being taken include; reforestation and reclamation of wetlands through plant-ing of trees and community sensitization. Implementing of the various Acts of Parliament that have been passed to enhance forest and natural resource conservation measure e.g. Environment Management and Coordination Act, Kenya Forest Service Act, Water Act.
1.12 Mining
Mining is the exploration and extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth for economic interest to the miner. In the county this economic activity has not been fully exploited.
1.12.1 Ongoing Activities
The major mining activities include production of building stones and ballast in small quantities in areas of Imenti Central and Imenti South.
1.12.2 Mining Potentials
The county’s potential for mining is low given that the area is largely agricultural. Mining poten-tial has not been exploited and a research to explore any mining potential may be conducted to indicate potentials in the county
1.13 Tourism
This sector has a high potential especially with neighbouring Isiolo County having a resort city as a flagship project under the Kenya Vision 2030. The county expects to benefit from hotel in-dustry among other tourism activities.
Figure 10: Meru Dancers Entertain Guests at a Function
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1.13.1 Main Tourist Attractions, National Parks/Reserves
The tourism industry is fairly developed in the county, with Meru National park being the major tourist centre. The Lewa Downs ranch which is privately owned attracts tourists and competitive sports like the cross country, rhino charge and marathon. The county also has Mt. Kenya which is a major tourist destination. The diverse cultures and heritage among the Meru community are another form of tourist attraction such as conservation of traditional worship places by the ‘Nchuri Ncheke’ elders.
1.13.2 Main Wildlife
There are a variety of wildlife such as white elephant, baboons, giraffe, gazelle, buffalos, rhi-no, cheetah, zebras and different birds’ species. These wildlife species are mainly found in the gazetted game parks and forests such as the Meru National Park, Mt. Kenya National Park and Imenti forest.
1.13.3 Tourist Class Hotels/Restaurants, Bed Occupancy
The hotel industry has approximately 2,500 bed occupancy capacity. Tourist class hotels are mostly found within the tourist attraction sites, mainly the Meru National Park. These hotels are privately owned with the county having one three star hotel. Most hotels are classified as bars and restaurants or unclassified.
1.14 Industry
The county has a number of factories which add value to agricultural products. These are mainly owned by the various tea and coffee cooperatives societies. There are also factories processing livestock products such as milk, owned by farmer’s cooperatives. There are other factories in the county producing bread and animal feeds. These are in small scale and mainly found in Meru town.
1.15 Employment and Other Sources of Income
Wage employment and self employment contributes 20 per cent to the household income which is attributed to Trade and Industry sub-sectors. Majority of the population are employed in the agricultural sector which contributes to 80 per cent of the households’ total income.
1.15.1 Wage Earners
Wage employment contributes approximately 10 per cent of the total household income. It’s estimated that over 135,630 persons are engaged in wage employment, this is approximately 10 per cent of the total population. The public sector and the private sector are the two major sources of wage income. Other sources are the civil society organisations which comprise NGOs, CBOs and FBOs.
1.15.2 Self Employed
Self-employment in the county is mainly in the agricultural sector, jua kali and trade sectors. However, inadequate capital has hindered the growth in self employment given the huge amount paid as goodwill and high rental rates required in urban centres. Self employment contributes on average 10 per cent of the total household income.
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1.15.3 Labour Force
Labour force refers to population aged between 15 years and 64 years. The county total labour force is 793,177persons which is 53 per cent of the total population. This labour force comprises of 401,060 females and 392,117 males. This portrays a good image of a light burden on the work-force as every person works for approximately one dependant. The opportunities to engage those willing to work are curtailed by low investment in job creation ventures and lack of resources to start up small businesses as a form of self employment. Child labour is high at 35 per cent and is mostly engaged in the agriculture sector especially in miraa production and supply chain system. This calls for special protection measures for these children.
1.15.4 Unemployment Levels
Unemployment rate remains high at approximately 65 % of the total labour force. This translates to over 515,565 in 2012 persons seeking job opportunities without success. This situation is like-ly to cause discontent in the county as youths are the major victims who are likely to be abused by politicians and criminal gangs. The high rate is attributed to low absorption rate in the agricul-ture and commercial sectors and preference for white colour jobs by the youth. The youth prefer salaried employments to self employed job, limiting their option in search for income sources, as preference tends to narrow the choices and opportunities.
1.16 Water and Sanitation
The county has water supply in some urban centres mainly from rivers originating from Mt. Ken-ya forest and Nyambene hills. Water sector reforms being implemented have resulted in estab-lishment of Tana Water Service Board, formation of Water Users Associations and the licensing of water service providers with Meru Water and Sewerage Services (MEWASS) providing water service in the Meru municipality, while Imetha Water Services serves the rest of the county.
1.16.1 Water Resources and Quality
The county has 11 permanent rivers with major one being the Kathita River which is a tributary to River Tana. The county also has 12 shallow wells, 30 protected springs, two water pans, 16 dams and 105 boreholes. These form the major sources of water for domestic use and irrigation. The quality of water in the county is good for domestic use as it originates from sources like Mt. Kenya and Nyambene hills. However, the land use practices and increase in use of chemicals in agriculture sector tend to pollute the water as it flows down stream.
1.16.2 Water Supply Schemes
Meru Water and Sewerage Company (MEWASS) is the only company licensed to supply wa-ter and sewerage services in Meru town while Thuura – Giaki is the biggest community water scheme in the county. Imetha Water Company supplies water to all other towns of the county. Other small water projects have been started through community initiatives due to high demand for irrigation water especially in arid areas of the county.
1.16.3 Water Sources (Distance to Nearest Water Points)
The average distance to the nearest water point in 2009 was 1.5km. This has however been re-duced following the use of CDF funds to finance community water projects aimed at bringing water closer to the people. The number of households with access to piped water stands at 21,920 while household with access to potable is 6,744. This contrasts sharply with the supply of water as only 2 per cent of the population has access to piped water.
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1.16.4 Sanitation
Meru town is served by an old sewerage system while Makutano area of the town has no sewer system. Other major towns within the county lack sewerage systems. The major sanitation fa-cilities are pit latrines which are used by over 80.4 per cent of the population. Other households using flush toilets and VIP latrines account for 5.8 per cent and 13.1 per cent respectively. Waste and garbage disposal is mostly managed by the local authorities in the urban centres and within the rural households private firms, garbage pit, burning, public garbage heap and farm manure are the common modes of disposal.
1.17 Health Access and Nutrition
Health and nutrition plays a major role in development through ensuring a healthy population. Diseases prevention and health promotion ensures a healthy environment for the public. This should be of high quality, affordable and accessible to the general population.
1.17.1 Health Access (Health Facilities, Personnel)
The county has one level 5 hospital, eight level 4 hospitals, 31 level 3 facilities(health centres, nursing homes and 3 maternity homes) and 260 level 2 facilities (dispensaries and clinics). Due to high population growth the number of health facilities need to be up scaled to cater for the populace.
1.17.2 Morbidity: Five most Common Diseases in order of Prevalence
The major diseases affecting the county populace are malaria, skin diseases, intestinal worms, HIV/AIDS and respiratory. The prevalence rate of malaria stands at 15 per cent. HIV/AIDS is also a major challenge in the county with a prevalence rate of 6.3 per cent. This has led to in-crease in child headed households, low labour productivity and poverty due to high medication costs.
1.17.3 Nutritional status (Prevalence of Stunting and Wasting in Children under 5 years: Height-for-age, Weight-for-Height, Weight-for-age)
Cases of malnutrition are minimal because majority of the areas in the county are food secure. However, there are some cases being reported from arid areas bordering Isiolo and Tharaka Nithi Counties where two out of five children under the age of five are stunted. In the county most children are being breast fed for more than 6 months and most of the children under five years get vitamin A supplement. Pregnant women are usually supplied with iron supplement during the Ante Natal Clinic (ANC) visits.
1.17.4 Immunization Coverage
Immunization coverage is high, with 98 per cent of the children under 5 years having received all the basic recommended vaccination such as BCG, Measles, 3 doses of DPT and Polio vaccine. This has reduced the under-5 mortality rate to an average of 25/1000 in the year 2012 down from 65/1000 in 2000.
1.17.5 Access to Family Planning Services/Contraceptive Prevalence
The average number of children per woman is four. It estimated that nine per cent of women use the pills while four per cent are sterilized. The unmet need for family planning stands at 24 per cent of the married women. There is increased use of modern methods of family planning due to provision of the health services by APHIA II plus, Marie Stopes, Red Cross and government health facilities.
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1.18 Education and Literacy
The county is made up of 15 education divisions and zones. Staffing is inadequate for both teachers and education officers. Majority of the students are attending government institutions at the schooling levels except for professionals and vocational training where private institutions absorb most students.
1.18.1 Pre-School Education
There are 61,870 children enrolled in pre-primary schools in the county which constitutes 28,925 male and 32,945 female. This number is enrolled in the 813 ECD centres. The total number of ECD teachers is 1,202 making the teacher child ration to be 1:51. The average number of years of attendance for the pre-school education is three.
1.18.2 Primary Education
The county has 647 public primary schools with a total enrolment of 335,879 pupils and 5,520 teachers. The teacher pupil ratio is 1:60 which is higher than the recommended ratio of 1:40. This number of pupil in primary school is however higher than children aged 6-13 years which stand at 298,025. This is may be attributed to many children joining schools when they are older and others joining from neighbouring counties. Introduction of CDF has resulted to growth in the number of schools and also improvement of school infrastructure.
1.18.3 Literacy
The county rate of literacy stood at 53 per cent in 2012, with the sex ratio being male 40 per cent and 60 per cent female. This implies that girl child campaign has resulted in imbalances in enrolment and completion rates for boys and girls. To improve the literacy rate, 74 adult learn-ing centres have been established with 910 learners and 312 teachers. There are however more female learners than male as the enrolment is 345 males and 565 females.
1.18.4 Secondary Education
There 192 public secondary schools in the county which absorbs students from both public and private primary schools. These schools have a total enrolment of 54,682 students against 1,825 teachers. The proportion of those enrolled in secondary school is however low compared to the population aged 14-17 years as only 45 per cent are in school. The number of male in secondary school stand at 25,625 which is lower than that of girls whose number is 29,057. The low number of boys could be attributed to a combination of factors in the county.
1.18.5 Tertiary Education
There are four public universities, three private universities, two teachers training colleges, one national polytechnic and various tertiary colleges offering post-secondary education. In addition there are several youth polytechnics involved mainly in training on life skills such as masonry, welding, tailoring and carpentry.
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CHAPTER TWO
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT ANALYSISThis chapter gives the situation analysis looking at both the macro and micro environmental factors that affect many sectors within the county.. The analysis uses Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) and Political, Economic Social, Technological, Environmental and Legal (PESTEL) tools. A systematic collection and evaluation of past and present economic, political, social, technological, environmental and legal data
2.1 SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses• Availability of wide range skilled manpower• Large tracts of arable land• Favourable climate for agriculture• Potential for irrigation agricultural production• Strategic location• Hospitable locals• Fair infrastructural facilities e.g. tarmac roads,
telecommunication, electricity etc.• Availability of water resources• Availability of financial institutions
• Limited industrialization• Limited value addition to agricultural
produce• Vast un adjudicated land• Relatively high illiteracy levels• Cultural rigidity• Skewed distribution of facilities espe-
cially in education and health • High understaffing across sectors• Poor soil conservation measures• Subsistence agricultural practices and
land subdivisionOpportunities Threats• The LAPSSET corridor • Proximity to Mt Kenya tourist site• Airport construction at Isiolo • Availability of many rivers/ water sources• Bordering the proposed resort city of Isiolo
(hotels, food)• Industrialization ( adequate raw materials)• Untapped rich Meru cultural practices• Untapped natural resources
• Cattle rustlers• Border disputes with Tharaka Nithi
and Isiolo Counties• Banning of ‘Miraa’ trade • Natural disasters such as drought,
landslides, floods.
2.2 PESTEL Analysis
These are the political, economic, socio-cultural, technological, ecological and legal factors that affect Meru County Government in her operation. A comprehensive analysis of these factors will
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enable the County adapt to the changing environment and match its demands.
Factors Issues Effects/ responses Political - Political biased
- The political stability/instability - Political influence
The projects and programmes must appreciate the change in Govern-ment and be inclusive of all people within the basin
Economic - Interest rates- Foreign exchange- Inflation/recession - Unemployment - Market fluctuations
The need to make sure we are in-formed on the opportunities for long-term investments
Socio-cul-tural
- Language- Race- Minority/ specialized groups - Gender issues- Aesthetic (appreciation of beauty, colour and
texture)
Uphold and appreciate diversity of culture and race in implementation of the programs/ projects
Techno-logical
- Internet- Social networks- Computer & accessories
ICT is the main driver for change in making operational systems and communication efficient. Specific technology that can be utilized in remote sensing & mapping; appro-priate technology in construction of dams, hydro-electric power; irriga-tion, rain water harvesting, farm-ing, environmental conservation and food processing
Ecological - Conservation of environment- Waste disposal (E-Waste disposal)- Eco-friendly
Creation of awareness on eco-con-scious society and active partici-pation on conservation of environ-ment
Legal - The Constitution of Kenya (2010)- County Governments Act (2012)- The Transition to Devolved Government Act
(2012)- The Public Finance Management Act (2012)- The Urban Areas and Cities Act (2011)- The Intergovernmental Relations Act (2012)- The National Government Coordination Act
(2012)
Implementation challenges of the legal requirements
2.3 Stakeholder Analysis
This table shows the various stakeholders within the County Government, the County Govern-ment’s expectation from the stakeholders and the stakeholders’ expectations from the County
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Government.
Stakehold-ers
County Government’s Expectation of Stakeholder
Stakeholder’s Expectation of County Government
Local com-munities
• Prudent use of resources • Information on needs assessment • Involvement and participation in
projects/programs activities • Support by tax payment
• Accountability and transparency • Information dissemination• Improving the standards of living• Security
National Govern-ment of Kenya
• Financial support for the budgets and projects programs
• Training and development of staff • Cooperation where overlap of proj-
ects exists
• Well prepared project proposals • Prudent utilization of allocated funds • Timely Returns and reports• Cooperation where overlap of proj-
ects/programmes exists Devel-opment Partners e.g. Donors NGOs, CBOs etc
• Collaborative/ Networking of proj-ects/ programmes implementation cycle
• Long term support • Alignment of activities to county
vision & mission
• Transparent, responsible and ac-countable management of resources
• Good partnership in project imple-mentation, monitoring & evaluation
• Alignment of activities to county vision & mission
Private Sector
• Community mobilization • Facilitation of investments • Lobbying relevant authorities • Alignment of activities to county
vision & mission• Corporate- social responsibility
• Disseminate information on invest-ment opportunities
• Provision of policies and guidelines
2.4 Major Development Challenges
This section provides a brief outline of the major development challenges facing the various sub-sectors in the county. The challenges include but not limited to the following:
(a) Poor Infrastructure
The county depends on road as the major mode of transport. However, the feeder roads that serve the agricultural areas are in poor state especially during the rainy seasons. The poor state of roads in the county hinders access to market by traders and farmers, resulting in high cost of trans-portation. Inaccessibility to markets for perishable products like horticulture and milk results to heavy losses for the farmers.
(b) Poor Marketing Systems
The county relies heavily on agriculture. However, most of these commodities are sold in raw form without any value addition thereby fetching low prices in the market. There is also poor market organization which has led to very low prices. Exploitation by middlemen has further re-duced investment in the sub-sector. The dairy industry faces a big threat due to middle men (who does what) and poor market organization. Few agricultural products are channelled through Meru Central Farmers association which used to market products dairy and other agricultural
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products in the county. This affects the returns in the agricultural sub-sector reducing wealth accumulation for investment.
(c) Change in Weather Patterns
Most of the agricultural activities in the county are rain fed. In the recent past there has been a major change in weather patterns with rainfall falling below the expected levels of 300mm p.a. in the lower midlands to 2500mm p.a. in the uplands and with prolonged dry spells being expe-rienced. The change in weather patterns has resulted into unpredictable and unreliable rains in most parts of the county. This has greatly affected the quantity and quality of agricultural pro-duce. The varieties of crops being grown in the county have also been affected. Irrigation is not well developed and therefore the income from agriculture and other productive sub-sectors have been affected due to over reliance on rain fall. The reduced income has resulted into low savings and further affecting investment in the county.
(d) High Unemployment Rate
The high unemployment rate has impacted negatively on development of the county through a high dependency ratio. This is because even though the ratio of the labour force to the rest of the population is 1:1, employment opportunities are inadequate. Over 80% of the population rely on agriculture for their income and due to low productivity and lack of value addition on these products then few gainful employment opportunities are created. The accumulation of resource for development (savings) has reduced over time due to this rising dependency ratios. Industrial and other formal of employment are not well developed with exception of Meru town which has substantial formal employment. Miraa and large scale farming provide informal employment. Wheat farming is highly mechanised thus reducing employment opportunities.
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CHAPTER THREE
SPATIAL PLANNING
Spatial planning is the organization of land use to achieve sustainable development. It can be done at various levels i.e. national level, county spatial plan, urban areas and city integrated development plans and short term plans such as advisory plans and action plans. A county plan will:
• Indicate the distribution of the current and future land use patterns for the various sector areas
• Facilitate network connectivity within and outside the county• Indicate the most suitable areas for urban development
It is a tool to implement national and county government policies and guidelines
VisionWell planned and sustainable human settlements
MissionProvide an appropriate spatial framework for sustainable development through preparation of spatial plan
Objectives• Create harmony in development of county transport system and infrastructure• To facilitate well planned and balanced human settlements• To provide for public open and recreational spaces• Develop urban and rural settlements as integrated areas of economic and social activity• To ensure balanced development • To protect historical and cultural sites
Spatial plans will be prepared in liaison with professional physical planners identified by the Directorate of Physical Planning in the Department of Land, Economic and Physical Planning. The spatial plan should include the following:
a. Establishing local priorities through public consultationsb. Preparing draft spatial plans with medium-to-long –term strategies to realize and co-or-
dinate those priorities.c. Consultation with local, regional and national stakeholders.d. Identifying and protecting areas of county-specific infrastructure, natural resources (e.g.
forests and minerals), and recreational areas. e. Appropriate environmental assessment of county-specific projects and programmes.f. Review of other local and national spatial plans to ensure conformity and coherence.g. Monitoring and Evaluation of spatial development trends.h. Expected impact of climate change and measures for mitigation (e.g., flood and drought
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control).i. Capacity – building measures for implementation of the spatial plan.j. Mechanisms for arbitration between stakeholders in spatial plans.k. Validation of the plan by stakeholders and the county public.
The urban plans that are complete and in place in Meru County include:• The Gatimbi Zoning plan (2010-2025)• The Timau Development Plan • The Kirogine Development Plan
The process of preparation of the following plans is in advanced stages and are already published requiring only approval to make them statutory:
• Meru Integrated Strategic Plan and Digital Mapping • The Nturingwi ‘B’ Local physical Development Plan• The Muthara- Muriri Zoning Plan• The Gaitu Zoning Plan (is under circulation)• Nkubu Zoning Plan (will require review and updating)• Maua zoning plan
There is need to prepare urban spatial plans for all urban centres and townships within the Coun-ty.The spatial planning should be long term and where applicable vertical space should be utilized for developmentNote: Refer to Land Sector (6.13) for Issues, Causes, Interventions and Project Plan
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CHAPTER FOUR
LINKAGE WITH OTHER PLANS
4.0 Preamble
This county integrated development plan lays out the strategies and the institutional framework that the county has identified as the vehicle to achieve the development goals and objectives. It is the first integrated plan for the Meru County and was prepared on the basis of constitutional and legislative backing of the Kenya constitution 2010, Public Financial Management Act 2013, County Governments Act 2012 and Urban areas and Cities Act.
The Constitution of Kenya 2010 Article 174 (c), under Chapter eleven gives the people power of self-governance through participation in decision making. This power is exercise in various ways including voting, planning and budgeting. The Public Financial Management (PFM) Act 2013 also lays the responsibility of preparing the CIDP to the county governments (sec 125 sub sec (1(a) as the basis for its budgeting process, defining both the short term and the long term priorities of the county. Section 126 (1) of the PFM Act also defines the specifics that the CIDP should enumerate in detail, highlighting the importance of monitoring and evaluating process. This responsibility to prepare the CIPD rests with the County Executive responsible for planning and the law requires that it must presented to the county assembly by September 1, every year (sec 126 (3)). County Government Act 2012 section 107 specifically mentions what plans each county shall prepare that shall guide its development activities.
4.1 Kenya Vision 2030 and Second MTP
The county priorities and strategies borrow heavily on the Second Medium Term Plan (MTP2) that was developed on the basic principles laid out in the Kenya Vision 2030. This plan is pre-pared mainly on the basis of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) that was devel-oped to guide planning process. To ensure the agenda of the Kenya Vision 2030 and all its future derivative plans are not lost to the planners, the Ministry of Devolution and Planning which guides the planning process has continued to spearhead planning activities through the provision of direction and guidelines for the preparation of CIDPs. The thematic areas focused by the first and the second MTP have been cascaded into county planning process. Key in the process has been the complete change of strategy in planning to involve the public in envisioning and medi-ating the overall dream together. Public participation, which is now a constitutional requirement for any planning process has proved to a vital towards the achievement of Vision 2030.
Monitoring and evaluation, which is a key component of the Kenya Vision 2030 and all its MTPs proved to be a useful tool in tracking process of implementation. These tools have been incorpo-rated into this plan. The County has identified some key projects which spill over to neighbour-ing counties where inter-county planning and implementation is required. This plan identifies key flagship projects that are of interest to the county, and which may such the LAPSSET, Isiolo Resort and Airport as some of the projects outside the county, or rather interacting with the county. These projects’ proximity to the county are of keen interest to the county development
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and adequate strategies have been proposed to harness the anticipated potential likely to be occa-sioned by their implementation. Already, the county is positioning itself to reap from the benefits of the Isiolo international airport whose construction is at advanced stage. The LAPSSET project which has already started at Lamu will have great impact on its transit point, Meru County being one of the regions traversed by this mega project that will transform East Africa commerce.
Millennium Development Goals are the international declarations agreed up on by all the United Nations member states and at least 23 international organisations to be achieved by 2015. These formed the eight goals, 21 targets and 60 indicators, formed around eight thematic areas. Even though the MDGs implementation period will come to end by the year 2015, the core themat-ic areas around which the MDGs were conceived remains valid and focal point of the county planning as most of the target remain unachieved. The social protection and health covers the MDGs widely, which are actually the basis and the thematic areas. The plan highlights the key strategies useful in addressing the challenges identified by the MDGs. The CIDP was prepared as a consolidation of the sector plans which identified the issues and strategies in each sector and Sub-sectors. It also integrates the Urban and Cities as well as the spatial plans that map out the land use in the county. To achieve the overall objective of the county integrated plan, sector plans were prepared in an interlinked way to maximise the synergies, and eliminate the duplication.
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CHAPTER FIVE
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
Meru County will be managed in four broad areas: The County Government; The County Public Service Board; The County Treasury; and the County Assembly. The County Government is headed by the governor (and deputy governor), the County Executive Committee and the Coun-ty Secretary. The governor guides the management team through setting of, and overseeing, the strategic direction of the organization. The organizational structure is shown below:
MERU COUNTY GOVERNMENT ORGANOGRAM
Governor
County Secretary
CO Agri.
c
CO Educ
CO PS
Admin
CO Health
CO Coops
CO Plannin
g
CO Culture
CO Finance
CeC Admin
CO Infrast.
County Executive Committee
Chief Legal
officer
CO Water
Deputy Governor
Sub county administrators
County PSB
C.O.S
Directors
Ward administrators
Village administrators
County assembly
County audit committee
Auditor director
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CHAPTER SIX
DEVELOPMENT PRIORITY PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS
6.0 Preamble
Meru County is committed to ensuring that the foundational matters of a progressive county are addressed. In so doing the county has established 15 key areas that are considered critical. These are Governance and Public Administration; Citizen Participation, civic education, communica-tion and access to information; Information and Communication Technology (ICT); Justice, Co-hesion and Security for Development; Health ; Social Services, Sports, Recreational Facilities, affirmative programmes (men, women, children, disabled, youth, and the elderly), and Culture; Education; Infrastructure (Roads, Public Works, Energy, Housing, and Transport); Water; Finan-cial Services, Trade, Cooperatives and Enterprise Development; Industrialization; Land use and Management (Spatial and Urban Area Plans); Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries Develop-ment; Tourism; Environment, Forest and Natural Resource Management including Wildlife. The plans for the above focal areas are provided in this section.
6.1 Governance and Public Administration
Governance and the public administration framework is the engine that will drive the county. The county is required by the constitution (Article 10 and Article 175) to ensure that it upholds the principles and values of good governance, integrity, transparency and accountability as well as democratic principles and separation of powers. The Meru county Governance and Public Administration will be structured in four broad areas: The Governor and County Executive Com-mittee; The County Public Service; The County Treasury; and the County Assembly. In each of these institutions each of the actors will ensure that the public participates in the governance of the county.
6.1.1 The Governor and County Executive Committee
The governor is the executive head of the county government. The governor is elected together with the deputy governor. The functions of the governor are to diligently execute the functions and exercise the authority provided for in the Constitution and legislation; perform such State functions within the county as the President may from time to time assign on the basis of mutual consultations; represent the county in national and international fora and events; appoint, with the approval of the county assembly, the county executive committee in accordance with Article 179 (2) (b) of the Constitution; constitute the county executive committee portfolio structure to respond to the functions and competencies assigned to and transferred to each county; submit the county plans and policies to the county assembly for approval; consider, approve and assent to bills passed by the county assembly; chair meetings of the county executive committee; by a decision notified in the county gazette, assign to every member of the county executive commit-tee, responsibility to ensure the discharge of any function within the county and the provision of
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related services to the people; submit to the county assembly an annual report on the implemen-tation status of the county policies and plans; deliver annual state of the county address contain-ing such matters as may be specified in county legislation; and sign and cause to be published in the county Gazette, notice of all important formal decisions made by the governor or by the county executive committee.
The key institutions are the governor (and deputy governor), the County Executive Committee and the County Secretary.
6.1.1.1 Issues, Causes and Proposed Interventions
Issues Causes Immediate Objectives
Proposed Interven-tion
Lack of of-fices
Insufficient funds
Establishment of modern offices that reflect county government and are citizen friendly
Establishments of modern offices
Limited ca-pacity
Lack of capacity due to legacy
Recruitment of qualified staff and retooling of existing staff adopted from Defunct authorities and nation-al government
Recruitment and re-tooling of personnel
Lack of ade-quate vehi-cles
Limited resourc-es to acquire ad-equate vehicles
Buy more vehicles Look at possibility of leasing to solve long term problem
Office equip-ment
Insufficient funds
Procure all the necessary office equipment
Acquiring all the office equipment required
Master plan lacking
Inadequate ca-pacity
Embark on drawing of a Master-plan under the guidance of a Consultant
Preparation of a Mas-ter plan
6.1.1.2 Priority Programmes
Pro-gramme/Project Name
Location/Sub-countyWard
Objectives Targets Description of Activities
Building of Governor’s Office
Meru Town To house all the county governor’s staff and county headquarters
Adequate office space of the governor’s staff by December, 2015
Construction of a twelve storeyed building with underground parking space, conference fa-cilities, adequate open parking to accommodate 100 cars
Sub-county offices
Sub-county To house all the Sub-county staff
Adequate office space of all Sub-county staff by June 2015
Construction of a three storey building with underground parking, conference facilities and adequate open parking to accommodate 50 cars
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Pro-gramme/Project Name
Location/Sub-countyWard
Objectives Targets Description of Activities
Ward offices Ward To house all the staff in the ward offices
Adequate office space of all ward staff by June 2014
Construction of one storey building, confer-ence facilities and open parking to accommodate 30 cars
Village offices
Village To house all staff in the village offices
Adequate office space for village staff by June 2014
Construction of an office block with open parking of 10 cars
6.1.1.3 Other Projects
Project Name Loca-tion
Objectives Targets to be met Description of Activities
Renovating of the current tem-porary head-quarters
Meru Town
Accommodate departments at the county and give them a new facelift
To accommodate 3 departments of the executive committee by June 2014
Repartitioning of offices, repainting and refurbish-ment of the entire build-ing
Sub-county/
Headquarters
A Sub-counties headquarters and 45 wards headquarters
County-wide
To accom-modate the Sub-county and ward administrators and their staff
To accommo-date staff at the Sub-county and ward levels by De-cember 2015
Construction of an office block with 10 offices at the Sub-county level and an office block with 5 offices at the ward level
Citizen Hudu-ma Centres
Strategic areas with-in the County
To avail Gov-ernment ser-vices closer to the citizens
To establish at least five Huduma Centres per Sub-county by June 2016
• Identify the services to be offered at Huduma Centres
• Recruit the required staff
• Establishment of Huduma Centres
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6.1.1.4 New Projects
a. Flagship
Programme/Project Name
Priority Ranking
Loca-tion/Level
Objec-tives
Targets to be met
Description Estimat-ed Cost (KShs. Millions)
Source of Fund
Citizen Huduma Centres
1 Strategic areas with-in the County
To avail Gov-ernment services closer to the citi-zens
To establish at least five Huduma Centres per Sub-county by June 2016
• Identify the services to be of-fered at Huduma Centres
•Recruit the re-quired staff
•Establishment of Huduma Centres
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Governor’s residence
2 Meru Town
To have an official residence
To house the Gover-norBy Decem-ber, 2015
Construction of a three storeyed self-contained 10 bedroomed house, self-contained 2 bedroomed staff security team hous-es, a conference fa-cility, offices and a swimming pool. Concrete parents, a fountain and a gun facility.
300 County govern-ment and Devel-opment Partners
b. Other Projects
Pro-gramme/Project Name
Priority Ranking
Loca-tion/Level
Objectives Targets to be met
Description Esti-mated Cost (KShs. Mil-lions)
Source of Fund
Building of Gover-nor’s plaza
2 Meru Town
To house all the county governor’s staff and county headquar-ters
Adequate office space of the gov-ernor’s staff by Decem-ber, 2015
Construction of a twelve storeyed building with underground parking space, conference facilities, adequate open parking to accommodate 100 cars
700 County govern-ment
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6.1.1.5 Role of Stake Holders
Name of Stakeholder RolesNEMA Environment AssessmentNational Government Release of fundsCommunity Ownership of projectsCounty Government Accounting of fundsNational Construction Authority Oversight on constructionBuilding professionals Drawing and construction
6.1.1.6 Budget Projections
Programme Project
Location Level
Total Budget (KShs. Millions)
Timeframe
2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18Purchase of vehicles (50)
County
Sub-coun-ty
Ward
210 30 85 50 45 -
Renovations of temporary county offices
County Meru Town
100 61 39 - - -
Construction of county headquarters
Meru Town
700 50 500 150 - -
Governor Residence
Meru Town
300 30 270 - - -
Sub-county and Ward headquarters
Sub-coun-ty/wards
200 15 185 - - -
Citizen Hudu-ma Centres
S e l e c t e d high traffic points in the county
260 - 150 110 - -
Totals 1, 770 186 1,229 310 45 -
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6.1.1.7 Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
Project Name Objective Location/Level
Project cost(KShs. Million)
Source of Funds
Time Frame
Imple-mentingAgen-cy(ies)
Monitoring Indicators
Governor’s residence
To have an of-ficial residence
Meru Town 300 County gov-ernment and development partners
By De-cember 2015
County govern-ment
Completed building
Governor’s Plaza
To house all county staff and county headquarters
Meru Town 700 County gov-ernment and development partners
By De-cember 2015
County govern-ment
Conducive working en-vironment for staff
Renovations of offices
Accommodate deport and give it a new facelift
Meru Town 100 County gov-ernment and development partners
By June 2014
County govern-ment
Personal cus-tomer satisfac-tion
Sub-county offices
To accom-modate the Sub-county Administrators and Sub-coun-ty staff
Sub-county headquarters
120 County gov-ernment and development partners
By June 2014
County govern-ment
Completed building
Conducive working en-vironment for staff
Ward offices To accom-modate ward Administrators and Ward staff
Ward Head-quarters
80 County gov-ernment and development partners
By June 2014
County govern-ment
Completed building
Conducive working en-vironment for staff
Huduma centres To avail Government services closer to the citizens
Strategic areas within the County
260 County gov-ernment and development partners
By June 2016
County Govern-ment
Effective and efficient service delivery
Satisfied Citi-zens
6.1.2 County Public Service
6.1.2.1 Brief Description
According to Article 235 of the Constitution, each county is supposed to have its own public ser-vice to be known as County Public Service. The County Public Service means the inclusiveness of all individuals performing functions within any department of the county government or its agency, but does not include the governor, deputy governor, members of the county executive committee and the members of the county assembly The Public services (Human resources) are handled by the County Public Service Board. The board is headed by the chairperson and is collectively answerable to the County Secretary in performance of its functions.
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Sub-sectors:
The Sub-sectors in the County Public Service are:-a) Recruitment, Promotion, separationb) Training /Education
i. Induction ii. Continuous training (refresher)iii. Short coursesiv. Long coursesv. Professional bodiesvi. Civic education on article 10 and 232 (both to staffs and public)
c. Remuneration i. Monthly salariesii. Per diemiii. Salary advance/salary in advanceiv. Training allowances
d. Staff Welfarei. Mentoringii. Counsellingiii. Deaths and othersiv. Staff cohesivenessv. Sports and liaison
e. Discipline
6.1.2.2 Sector Vision and Mission
VisionQuality public workforce for the county
MissionTo provide globally competitive workforce to all departments in the county
Core values• Professionalism• Impartiality• Efficiency• Social responsibility• Progressive
6.1.2.3 Sector Objectives
The objectives of the County Public Service
(a) Provide for institutions, systems and mechanisms for human resource utilization and development in a manner that best enhances service delivery by county public service institutions
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(b) Provide for the organization, staffing and functioning of the county public service in ways that ensure efficient, quality and productive services for the people of the county
(c) Provide for monitoring, evaluation and reporting on the extent to which the values and principles referred to in Articles 10 and 232 of the Constitution are complied with in the county public service
(d) Provide for the promotion of the values and principles set out in Articles 10 and 232 of the Constitution in the county public service
(e) Provide a framework of uniform norms and standards to be applied in the county in respect of—
(i) Establishment and abolition of offices in the county public service
(ii) Appointment of persons to hold or act in those offices
(iii) Confirming appointments and
(iv) Exercising disciplinary control over and removal of persons holding or acting in
those offices
(f) Provide for human resource management and career development practices
(g) Address staff shortages and barriers to staff mobility between counties
(h) Provide for standards to promote ethical conduct and professionalism in county public
service
(i) Provide for the establishment of County Public Service Boards
(j) Make further provisions relating to appeals in respect of county governments’ public
service
6.1.2.4 Situational Analysis
A. Stakeholder Analysis
Name of Stakeholders RolesCounty government Providing an enabling environment
(infrastructure and remunerations)The public Providing the manpower and consume services
County assembly Approval of budget and policies.
County employees Provide and consume the services
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B. SWOT AnalysisStrengths Weaknesses• A pool of qualified and healthy manpower• Well established training institutions in the county• Adequate infrastructure (housing, water, roads,
banks)• Hospitable Community• Good weather
• Inherited work force form de-funct local authorities.
• Large wage bill
Opportunities Threats• Unexploited skilled work force.• Wealthy County able to retain employees.
• Competition from external la-bour markets
• Political interference • Homogeneous in the work force
6.1.2.5 Issues, Causes and Proposed Interventions by Sub-sector
Sub-sec-tor
Issues Causes Immediate
Objectives
Proposed Interven-tion
Pay roll High wage bill
•Bloated work force with high pay
• Interim staff estab-lishment and audit
•Salary rationaliza-tion with public service commission
Training and induc-tion
Poor perfor-mance
•Newly recruited officers
•Lack of appro-priate skills
• Induction seminars.
•Refresher courses. long term training
•Establish a training policy
Staff wel-fare
Poor staff relationships
•Lack of staff welfare
•Start staff welfare programs
•Establish staffs sup-port mechanisms
Discipline In disci-plinary cases
•Lack of disci-pline procedures
•Set up a discipline section in the county
•Establish disci-plinary mechanisms
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6.1.2.6 Priority Programmes and Projects(i) On-going Programmes/projects
(a) Flagship ProjectsProgramme/Project Name Location/
Sub-county/ Ward
Objectives Targets Description of Activities
Monitoring, evaluation and reporting on Articles 10 and 232 of the Constitution
All wards To determine the extent to which the values and principles referred to are complied with in the county public service
All staff and public in the county
• Suggestion boxes• Public baraza• Sport checks• Departmental
meetings
Provide for the promotion of the values and principles set out in Articles 10 and 232 of the Constitution in the county public service
All wards To promote staff and public awareness on articles 10 and 232
All staff and public in the county
• Develop S.O.P• Public meetings• Fliers• Departmental staff
b) Other Projects
Project Name Location Objectives Targets to be met Description of Ac-tivities
Recruitment and selection of chief officers
In the county To ensure rele-vant officers in the county
Ensure all de-partment have an accounting officer
Consultation with Departments
Staff audit Defunct authorities and national government devolved services
To establish the number of officers in post.
Rule out ghost workers
Head count
ISO Certification County Headquarters To standardize work procedures
To assist in interna-tional benchmarking
To be ISO Certi-fied by June 2016
-Identify a Consultant
-Identify procedures for standardization
-Certification
iii) New Projects
Project Name
Pri-ority Rank-ing
Location/level
Objectives Targets to be Met
Description of Activ-ities
Estimat-ed Cost (KShs. Million)
Source of Funds
Devel-oping an ideal Orga-nizational structure
1 County To ensure appropriate county pub-lic service structures
To establish appropriate county staff establishment by December 2014
• Identifying the cur-rent gaps
•Recruitment of staff• Placement• Induction•On the job training•Appraisal
30 MCG
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Project Name
Pri-ority Rank-ing
Location/level
Objectives Targets to be Met
Description of Activ-ities
Estimat-ed Cost (KShs. Million)
Source of Funds
Job audit and anal-ysis
1 County To establish the activities in each task.
To establish a correct number of personnel per activity/taskBy Decem-ber, 2013
•Detailed self-admin-istered questionnaire
15 MCG
Recruit-ment
1 County To establish a county public ser-vice.
Recruitment of all cadres by June 2018
•Advertising•Selection•Placement,• Induction•Remuneration, moti-
vation and separation.
20 MCG
Develop-ing HR policies, norms and standards
1 County To establish appropriate HR policies
Appropriate Policies by December 2014
•Consultation•Drafting•Review/ amendments•Launch
25 MCG
Staff emol-uments
1 County To ensure well remu-nerated and motivated staff
Remunerated and motivated staff
•Defining a robust scheme of service and having adequate resources to ensure staff are well paid
1500 MCG
Staff train-ing and develop-ment
1 County To have professional staff
Competent and profes-sional staff by December, 2014
•Carry out TNA 437 MCG
Establish a County School of Govt
2 County To enhance staff training and develop-ment
To have the School con-structed by Dec 2016
Identify the locationConstruct the facilityRecruit TrainersDevelop curriculum
300 MCG
ISO Certi-fication
2 County Headquar-ters
To standard-ize work procedures
To assist in international benchmark-ing
To be ISO Certified by June 2016
-Identify a Consultant-Identify procedures for standardization -Certification
50 MCG and part-ners
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6.1.2.7 Budget Projection-Programme/Project
Location/
Level
TotalBudget (KShs. Million)
Timeframe
2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/2018Developing an ideal Organiza-tional structure
1 30 - 10 10 5 5
Job audit and analysis 1 15 5 7 2 1 -Recruitment 1 20 2 7 6 5 -
Developing HR policies, norms and standards
1 25 5 10 5 5 -
Staff emoluments 1 15,922 922 2000 3000 4000 5000Staff training and development 1 437 37 100 100 100 100Establish a County School of Govt
2 300 - 100 150 50 -
ISO Certification 2 50 - 20 15 15 -Totals 16,779 971 2,504 3,538 4,431 5,355
6.1.2.8 Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
I. Implementation Framework
Governor / Deputy Governor
County Executive Committee/County Secretary
Chief Officers (11)
County Public service Board (CPSB)
Dept 10
Dept 11
Dept 9
Dept 8
Dept 7 Dept 6 Dept 5 Dept 4 Dept 3 Dept 2 Dept 1
II. Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Framework
Proposed policies
- Recruitment policy- Training policy- Discipline policy- Promotion policy- Welfare policy ( insurance, death) - Leave policy ( annual, maternity, compassionate etc)
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Legislation and regulations that need to be put in place for the sector
- Code of conduct
- Standard operating procedures
- Dress codes
III. Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation
- Monthly departmental report
- Staff appraisal
- Departmental minutes
- Work plans
- Departmental budget.
The implementation, monitoring and evaluation mechanism of public resources plays great role in ensuring that the objectives of the project/programme are realised. It ensures that the con-strained resources are used to realize maximum benefits. It therefore means that monitoring and evaluation require to be strengthened. Collaboration among various development agencies namely the donor agencies, CBOs, NGOs, the government and other stakeholders is necessary through strong networking system. The County Planning Coordination, Monitoring and Evalua-tion Unit will offer the required leadership in the process.
The matrix describing in detail the names of priority projects, costs, timeframes, monitoring indicators, monitoring tools, implementing agencies, source of funds and implementation status for the various sectors is as follows:
Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation
Project Name Objective Actual Sub-county/Ward
Project Cost (KShs. Million)
Source of Funds
Time Frame
Imple-menting Agency (ies)
Monitor-ing Indi-cators
Means of Veri-fication
Imple-men-tation Status
Developing an ideal Organiza-tional structure
To ensure appropriate county pub-lic service structures
Entire county
5 County Govern-ment
By De-cember 2014
CPSB/CEC
Proper systems and insti-tutions
Organo-gram
-
Job audit and analysis
To establish the activi-ties in each task
Entire county
5 County Govern-ment
By De-cem-ber, 2013
CPSB Proper identifica-tionof tasks
Report On-going
Recruitment To establish a county public ser-vice.
Entire county
20 County Govern-ment
By June 2018
CPSB Appro-priate personnel in post
Staff compli-ments
On-going
Developing HR policies, norms and standards
To establish appropriate HR policies
Entire county
10 By De-cember, 2014
1yrs CPSB Policies in prac-tice
Policy docu-ments
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6.1.2.9 Feedback and Response mechanisms
a) Departmental meetings
b) Performance Reports
c) Spot check (visits and observations)
d) Suggestion boxes
Public barazas
6.1.3 County Public Finance
6.1.3.1 Brief Description
County Public finance is mandated to the county treasury working under the County Executive Committee member responsible for finance. The Public finance management act, 2012, estab-lishes and mandates the county treasury to deal with public finances comprising; receipts from the exchequer and local revenues, budgeting, expenditure management, and financial reporting. The county treasury has specific mandates on budget preparation and implementation, expen-diture management, revenue collection and management, financial accounting and reporting, procurement, payroll management and audit.
Specifically the Responsibilities and Powers of a County Treasury are:-
(1) To monitor, evaluate and oversee the management of public finances and economic affairs of the county government including—
(a) Developing and implementing financial and economic policies in the county;
(b) Preparing the annual budget for the county and coordinating the preparation of esti-mates of revenue and expenditure of the county government;
(c) Co-ordinating the implementation of the budget of the county government;
(d) Mobilizing resources for funding the budgetary requirements of the county govern-ment and putting in place mechanisms to raise revenue and resources;.
(e) Managing the county government’s public debt and other obligations and develop-ing a framework of debt control for the county;
(f) Consolidating the annual appropriation accounts and other financial statements of the county government in a format determined by the Accounting Standards Board;
(g) Acting as custodian of the inventory of the county government’s assets except where provided otherwise by other legislation or the Constitution;
(h) Ensuring compliance with accounting standards prescribed and published by the Accounting Standards Board from time to time;
(i) Ensuring proper management and control of, and accounting for the finances of the county government and its entities in order to promote efficient and effective use of the county’s budgetary resources;
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(j) maintaining proper accounts and other records in respect of the County Revenue Fund, the County Emergencies Fund and other public funds administered by the county government;
(k) Monitoring the county government’s entities to ensure compliance with this Act and effective management of their funds, efficiency and transparency and, in particular, proper accountability for the expenditure of those funds;
(l) Assisting county government entities in developing their capacity for efficient, ef-fective and transparent financial management, upon request;
(m) Providing the National Treasury with information which it may require to carry out its responsibilities under the Constitution and .this Act;
(n) Issuing circulars with respect to financial matters relating to county government entities;
(o) Advising the county government entities, the County Executive Committee and the county assembly on financial matters;
(q) Strengthening financial and fiscal relations between the national government and county governments in performing their functions;
(r) Reporting regularly to the county assembly on the implementation of the annual county budget;
(s) Taking any other action to further the implementation of this Act in relation to the county.
6.1.3.2 Sector Vision, Mission and Objectives
Vision
A provider of adequate and timely financial resources to the county
Mission
Coordinate mobilization and prudent utilization of available resources• Objectives
• Improve annual revenue collection
• Improve financial management system
• Enhance accountability by disclosure of quarterly reports
Guarantee the accuracy of financial statements by obtaining unqualified audit report
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6.1.3.3 Situational Analysis
A. Stakeholder Analysis
Name Of Stakeholder
Public Finance Sector Expec-tation Of Stakeholders
Stakeholder’s Expectation Of County Public Finance Sector
Local Commu-nities, Farm-ers, Business Community
• Payment of local levies due to the county government
• Participatory planning
• Ownership of the budget and projects outcomes
• Involvement and participation in projects/programs’ activities
• accountability and transparent infor-mation dissemination
• Improvement of the well being of the residents.
National Gov-ernment Of Kenya
• Financial support for the bud-gets projects and programs
• Capacity building
• Financial support system aligned to the national trea-sury
• Advices on financial issues through the national audit office
• Compliance with financial laws and regulations
• Well prepared project proposals
• Prudent utilization of allocated funds
• Timely returns and reports
Development Partners
• Collaborative/ networking of projects/programmes imple-mentation cycle
• Long term support
• Alignment of activities to county mission and vision
• Transparent, responsible and ac-countable management of resources
• Good partnership in project imple-mentation, monitoring & evaluation
Private Sector • Community mobilization
• Facilitation of investments
• Lobbying relevant authorities
• Alignment of activities to county mission and vision
• Corporate social responsibili-ty activities
• Public private partnership initiatives.
• Information on investment opportu-nities
• Policies and guidelines
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B. SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses• Mandate to collect local revenue
• National government allocation
• Staffing level of 200persons in finance, mostly revenue collectors
• Wide revenue base
• Local revenue at KShs. 338M
Representation in all Sub-counties
• Lack of revenue potential baseline survey
• Weak financial management system
• Low skill levels
• Lack of harmonized fees, charges and county laws
Opportunities Threats• Government support
• Untapped revenue sources
• External funding e.g. NGOs
• Public goodwill
• Automation of revenue collection
• Proximity to the proposed resort city of Isiolo
• Changing markets and international laws e.g. Miraa sale ban by UK hence reduced Miraa Cess revenue. horticulture export regulations tracking produce to farmers
• Delay by national government in releasing its allocation
• Inter county rivalry competition e.g. Indus-trial Park at Isiolo to anchor on vision 2030. flagship project at Isiolo by both Meru & Isiolo county
6.1.3.4 Issues, Causes and Proposed Interventions by Sub-sectors
Sub-sec-tor
Issues Causes Immediate Objectives
Proposed Intervention
1.Exche-quer
Efficient utilization of National Govt Allocation
Lack of clear operational guidelines
Develop-ment of operational clear guide-lines
•Capacity building of key stake-holders
2.Reve-nue
Maximize local revenue collection
Revenue leak-age,Untapped sourc-es, inadequate county by laws, weak enforce-ment of bylaws, public aware-ness
Increase lo-cal revenue base
•Enactment of supportive county bylaws
•Supervision•Capacity building•Public sensitization•Baseline survey on revenue poten-
tial•Automation of revenue collection•Mpesa payments•Sms query•Direct payments to the county A/c
banks.
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Sub-sec-tor
Issues Causes Immediate Objectives
Proposed Intervention
3.Budget Budgeting process
Over/ under budgeting in various expen-diture centres,
Realistic /flexible bud-gets
•Capacity building
4. Fi-nancial Report-ing
Quarterly Reports and Annual Finan-cial statements
Requirement by the PFM act
Implement financial manage-ment system IFMIS and CIFMOS
•Capacity building•Technical support•Investment in computer hardware
5. Assets manage-ment
-Irregular al-location of county land to private.-Untagged as-sets
Manual system Identify, val-ue, label and a u t o m a t e systems for easier man-agement of all the assets.
•Develop adequate policies•Recover irregularly allocated
assets
6.1.3.5 Priority Programmes and Projects On-going Programmes and Projects
Project Name
Location Objectives Targets to be met Description of Activities
IFMIS (ex-penditure)
County HQ
Prudent finan-cial manage-ment
•Capacity building•Hardware acquisi-
tion
•Fully operation IFMIS program
CIFOMS /Revenue Management Information System (RI-FOMS )
County HQ
Efficient reve-nue collection management
•Capacity building• Interconnectivity of
revenue centres
•Linking of sub-counties with HQ
•Easy collection, man-agement and monitor-ing of revenue collec-tion
IPPD (pay-roll)
County HQ
Effective pay-roll manage-ment
•Hardware and soft-ware acquisition
•Capacity building
•Operationalization of IPPD system
Enactment of County laws
County execu-tive and assembly
Legal frame-work on local levies and enforcement
•Operational legal framework
•Revenue collection and enforcement
•Law and order
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iii) New Projects New Projects
Project Name Priority Ranking
Location/level
Objectives Targets to be met
Description of Activities
Estimat-ed Cost (KShs. Million)
Source of Funds
Automation i) Interac-tive website development (with financial component)
2 County HQ Interactive revenue man-agement with stakeholders
• Ease of queries and pay-ments
• Improved time man-agement
• Efficiency in revenue collection and management
• Prompt re-sponses
• Efficient online customer billing
•Customer feedback
20 County Budget
ii)SMS query and Mpesa payment system
5 County HQ Efficient reve-nue collection management
• Ease of queries and pay-ments
• Improved time man-agement
• Efficiency in revenue collection and management
• Prompt re-sponses
•Customer feedback
10 County Budget
iii)GPS sys-tem
6 County HQ Real time accurate data management
•Data cap-ture and linkage with bill-ing, and county debtors record
• Procure the GPS system
• link system with HQ
•Capture and use data for management of the County
15 County Budget
Direct banking and E banking
4 County HQ & Sub-counties
-Efficiency in revenue collec-tion
• Time manage-ment
• Interconnec-tivity between customers Bank and County Finan-cial system
6 County Budget
Capacity Building
3 County HQ & Sub-counties
Equip staff with the requi-site skill
• Improved efficiency
• Training of staff on various financial management aspects
5 County Budget
Intercon-nectivity of financial management
1 County HQ & Sub-counties
Linking CIFOMS at Sub-county with the HQ to reflect real time informa-tion of revenue collection.
•Coor-dinated manage-ment of revenue Collec-tion.
• Linking Sub-county revenue centres with the HQ using WAN and satellite technologies
3 County Budget
Automation of revenue collection Centres
7 Revenue collection points across the County
Maximization of revenue collection
•Automa-tion of revenue collection
• Procurement /acquisition of relevant tech-nology
10 County Budget
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6.1.3.6 Budget ProjectionsProgramme/project
Location/Level
Total Budget (KShs. Million)
Timeframe
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
Automation i) Interactive website de-velopment (with financial component)
County HQ 20 7 7 2 2 2
ii) SMS query and MPESA payment system
County HQ 10 3 3 2 1 1
iii) GPS system County HQ 15 6 6 1 1 1
Direct banking and E bank-ing
County HQ & Sub-counties
6 3 2 1 - -
Capacity Building County HQ and Sub-counties
5 1 1 1 1 1
Interconnectivity of financial management
County HQ and Sub-counties
3 1 1 0.5 0.5 -
Automation of revenue col-lection Centres
Revenue collec-tion points across the County
10 - 3 3 3 1
Total 69 21 23 10.5 8.5 6
6.1.3.7 Income Generation Mechanisms in the Sector
Income Generation MechanismsMechanism/Means/Source
Expected Income for Current F/Y
Sustainability Mechanisms
National gov-ernment revenue allocation to the county
4,800,000,000 Constitution 2010, county revenue allocation of > 15% of national revenue, compliance with PFM act 2012 and guidelines from the controller of budget
Property rates 57,300,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing county finance bill, preparation of county valuation roll, sensitization of stakeholders
Plot rents 41,770,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing county finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Single Business Permit
114,594,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, review of fees & charges, pass-ing county finance bill, inspections, sensitization of stakeholders
Conservancy fees 20,675,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing county finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Sewage fees 3,000,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing county finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Parking fees 171,014,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing county finance bill, re-view of fees & charges, staff rotation, automation of collection, sensitization of stakeholders
Cess 136,553,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, review of fees & charges, pass-ing county finance bill, staff rotation, sensitization of stakeholders
Market fees 51,700,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing county finance bill, review of fees & charges, Staff rotation, improvement of open air markets , automation of collection, sensitization of stakeholders
Pre primary fees 200,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing county finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
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Income Generation MechanismsMechanism/Means/Source
Expected Income for Current F/Y
Sustainability Mechanisms
House rents 18,000,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, review of fees & charges, passing county finance bill, preparation of monthly defaulters list, repair and maintenance of rental houses, sensitization of stakeholders
Advertisement 40,100,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, review of fees & charges, pass-ing county finance bill, inspections, sensitization of stakeholders
Application fees 12,024,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing county finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Interest on Rates 5,238,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing county finance bill, preparation of county valuation roll, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Building plan approvals
4,300,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing county finance bill, review of fees & charges, inspections, sensitization of stakeholders
Stall rents 10,254,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing county finance bill, Repair and maintenance of stalls , review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Plot clearance fees
2,472,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing county finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Freehold title fees
2,150,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing county finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Fire charges 3,930,000 passing county finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stake-holders
Survey fees 1,505,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing county finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Slaughter fees 6,093,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing county finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Occupation per-mits/ inspection fees
7,985,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing county finance bill, review of fees & charges, inspections, sensitization of stakeholders
Others miscella-neous income
100,000,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing county finance bill, sen-sitization of stakeholders
Note: local revenue is projected to grow by 15% annually. Other miscellaneous income includes sundry debtors, tender fees, court fines, penalties on late payments, and revenue from other de-volved functions.
6.1.3.8 Role of Stakeholders
Name of Stake-holder
Roles
National Government of Kenya
• Support and fund devolution as per Constitution 2010 requirement • Financial support for the Budgets projects and programs • Capacity building.• Financial support system aligned to the national treasury as per PFM act 2012 • Collaboration and cooperation with the county government• Advices on financial issues through the national audit office
Local commu-nities, farmers, business com-munity
• Exercise their civic duty of voting for local leadership for representation • Payment of local levies due to the county government • Participatory planning and budgeting• Ownership of the budget and projects outcomes
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Name of Stake-holder
Roles
Deve lopmen t Partners
• Community and financial mobilization • Facilitation of investments • Support in capacity building• Lobbying relevant authorities• Alignment of activities to county Mission and Vision.
Private sector • Public private partnership ventures• Payment of county levies• Long term support in activities of mutual benefit• Participation in consultative forums• Corporate social responsibility Activities• Positive criticism • Alignment of activities to county Mission and Vision • Collaboration and cooperation in project implementation.
6.1.3.9 Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
Implementation of the programmes and projects in the public finance Sub-sector will be done in accordance to the provisions of the law both of national and county governments. Specifi-cally there following will play a critical role in the implementation of the county public finance programmes:-
• The County Executive Committee Member for Finance is in charge of all matters relating to the county treasury and carries the political responsibility on behalf of the governor.
• The County Assembly Committees on matters relating to finance (Budget and Appropri-ations Committee, Public Accounts Committee and Public Investments Committee) will ensure that all the necessary legislation is passed.
• Chief Officer in charge of Finance who is the accounting officer of the executive. The CO is responsible for ensuring that there is adherence to the finance law and regulations.
Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Framework
Proposed policies, legislation and regulations that need to be put in place for the sector
• County Planning Law
• PFM Regulations
• Borrowing Policy
Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation
The County treasury shall ensure that all matters of public finance are implemented, monitored and evaluated accordingly. To do so a matrix describing in detail the names of priority projects, costs, timeframes, monitoring indicators, monitoring tools, implementing agencies, source of funds and implementation status for the various sectors is as follows:
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Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
Project Name
Objective Actual Sub-coun-ty/Ward
Programme/Project cost (KShs. Million)
Source of Funds
Time Frame(years)
Imple-menting Agency (ies)
Monitoring Indicators
Means of Verifica-tion
Imple-men-tation Status
Automationi) Interac-tive website develop-ment (with financial component)
Interactive revenue manage-ment with stakehold-ers
County HQ
20 County Budget
5 County Govern-ment
Rolling out of the web-site by the end of 30th June 2014
Proper usage and its inter-activeness
ii) SMS query and Mpesa payment system
Efficient revenue collection manage-ment
County HQ
10 County Budget
5 County Govern-ment
Roll out of the service by 30th June 2014
Effective response and system feedback
iii) GPS system
Real time accurate data man-agement
County HQ
15 County Budget
5 County Govern-ment
GPS infra-structure lay-out by 30th June 2015
Data captured by the system
Direct banking and E banking
-Efficiency in revenue collection
County HQ & Sub-counties
6 County Budget
3 County Govern-ment
Framework and connec-tivity by 30th June 2014
Accessing the infor-mation onlineAutomat-ic system updates
Capacity Building
Equip staff with the requisite skill
County HQ and Sub-counties
5 County Budget
5 County Govern-ment
Improved performance by 30th June 2014
Perfor-mance appraisal system
Intercon-nectivity of financial manage-ment
Linking CIFOMS at the Sub-county level with the HQ to reflect real time information of revenue collection.
County HQ and Sub- coun-ties
3 County Budget
4 County Govern-ment
Linkage be-tween Sub- counties and HQ by 30th December 2014
Connec-tivity be-tween HQ and Sub- counties
Automation of revenue collection Centres
Maximi-zation of revenue collection
Revenue collection points across the County
10 County Budget
4years County Govern-ment
Usage of the automated revenue Collection devices by 30th June 2016
Operati-nalization of auto-mated revenue collection
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6.1.3.10 Feedback and Response MechanismsProject Name Feedback and Response MechanismsAutomation
i) Interactive website develop-ment (with financial component)
Proper usage and its interactive customer satisfaction surveys
ii)SMS query and Mpesa pay-ment system
Effective response system feedback and updates and inter-action on a daily basis. customer satisfaction surveys
iii)GPS system Data captured by the system. customer satisfaction surveysDirect banking and E banking Accessing the information online. Automatic system up-
dates. customer satisfaction surveys
6.1.4 County Assembly
6.1.4.1Brief description
The County Assembly is established by the Constitution under Article 176 with a mandate to have the legislative power of the county. The role of the County Assembly is to vet and approve nominees for appointment to county public offices as may be provided for in County Govern-ment Act or any other law; perform the roles set out under Article 185 of the Constitution; ap-prove the budget and expenditure of the county government in accordance with Article 207 of the Constitution, and the legislation contemplated in Article 220 (2) of the Constitution, guided by Articles 201 and 203 of the Constitution; approve the borrowing by the county government in accordance with Article 212 of the Constitution; approve county development planning; and perform any other role as may be set out under the Constitution or legislation.
The key institutions in the County Assembly are the Speaker, the Majority Leader, the Minority Leader, the Clerk, whips, the County Assembly Service Board and Committees of the Assembly.
The following departments also constitute the Assembly: Hansard, ICT, finance and accounts, budget, human resource, security and procurement.
6.1.4.2 Sector Vision, Mission and Objectives
Vision
To be a dynamic county Assembly in provision of legislative, representative and oversight ser-vices to enhance the rule of law.
Mission
To empower County Assembly members, promote legislative, representative and oversight roles through public participation.
Sector Objectives
• To formulate and approve the county Government laws
• To foster transparency and accountability in the use of public funds through oversight role
• To ensure public participation in county affairs
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6.1.4.3 Situational Analysis
A. Facts
Meru County Assembly comprises of the speaker, clerk to the assembly, forty five (45) elected members and twenty four (24) nominated members..
B. Role of Stakeholders
Name of Stakeholders
Expectations from County Assembly
Expectations from Stakeholders
County Executive
• Legislation of bills • Perform the oversight role.
• To draft bills • To implement policies and laws
Citizen • To oversee the implementation of policies and laws
• Oversee project implementation• To offer efficient oversight role• To provide adequate
representation
• To pay taxes promptly• Assist in project identification
through public participation• Adhere to the County laws and
policies
National Government
• To make laws• To oversee proper utilization of
the devolved funds• Domesticating national laws
• Assist in capacity building• Facilitate inter county relations
SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses
1. Existing County assembly
2. Existing County assembly offices
3. Staff members
4. Availability of resources
1. Inadequate skilled staff
2. Inadequate chamber space
3. Inadequate office space
4. Lack of legislative capacity
Opportunities Threats1. Untapped resources
2. Donor funding
1. Delayed disbursement of devolved funds
2. Delay by executive to draft relevant bills
3. Lack of legislation to protect miraa as a cash crop
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6.1.4.4 Issues, Causes and proposed interventions by Sub-sectors
Sub-sector Issues Causes Immediate
Objectives
Proposed Intervention
Speaker •Insufficient staff
•Transi-tion chal-lenges
•To recruit skilled personnel
•Indentify H.R require-ment for recruitment
Clerk •Inadequate legal capac-ity
•Insufficient staff
•Transi-tion chal-lenges
•Need for recruit-ment
•Need for training
•Indentify H.R require-ment for recruitment
•Employ legal person-nel
County As-sembly Ser-vice Board
•Insufficient staff
•Inadequate capacity
•Transi-tion chal-lenges
•Need for recruit-ment
•Need for training
•Indentify H.R require-ment for recruitment
•Develop capacity building programmes
House com-mittees
•Insufficient staff
•Inadequate capacity
•Limited of-fice space
Transition challeng-es
•Need for recruit-ment
•Need for training
Renovation of current offices and construction of new offices
•Indentify H.R require-ment for recruitment
•Develop capacity building programmes
•Identify trainers
•Procure a contractor to renovate/ construct.
County As-sembly
•Insufficient staff
•Inadequate capacity
•Limited of-fice space
•Inadequate chamber space
Transition challenges
•Need for recruit-ment
•Need for training
•Renovation of current offices and construction of new offices
•Reconfiguration of the chamber
•Identify H.R require-ment for recruitment
•Develop capacity building programmes
•Identify trainers
•Procure a contractor to renovate/ reconfigure chamber
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6.1.4.5 Priority Programmes and Projects
Priority Programmes and ProjectsProject/ Pro-grammes
Priority Ranking
Loca-tion/ Level
Objectives Targets to be met
Description of Activities
Estimat-ed Cost (KShs. Million)
Source of Funds
County Assem-bly reconfigu-ration
3 County Assem-bly Head-quarters
Provide adequate space for the Assem-bly
Provide ade-quate space to accommodate 70Members in 9 months
• Chamber design
• Procurement• Construction• Commis-
sioning and handover
20 •National Govern-ment
•County Govern-ment
Capacity build-ing
1 County Assem-bly Head-quarters
Train and develop staff and members’ skills
Train 70 mem-bers and 20 staff members
• Identify trainers.
• Identify tar-get group
60 •National Govern-ment
•County Govern-ment
Staff recruit-ment
2 County Assem-bly Head-quarters
Provide adequate staffing levels
Recruit 43 em-ployees within 3 months
• Advertise-ment
• Recruitment• Appoint-
ment.
5 •National Govern-ment
•County Govern-ment
Office and restaurant construction
4 County Assem-bly head-quarters
Wards
Provide adequate space for the Assem-bly and wards
Construct offices to ac-commodate 20 employees
Construct offices in 45 wards each ac-commodating 5 employees
Construct a restaurant to accommodate 150 persons
• Office de-sign.
• Procurement• Construction• Commis-
sioning and handover
Office renovation and con-struction HQ-20
Restau-rant-15
45 ward offices 90
•National Govern-ment
•County Govern-ment
Perimeter wall fencing of County Assem-bly
5 County Assem-bly head-quarters
To enhance security within the Assembly premises
Construct a perimeter wall around County Assembly within 15 months
• Bill of Quan-tity
• Procurement• Construction• Commis-
sioning and handover
12 •National Govern-ment
•County Govern-ment
Tarmacking museum -As-sembly road
6 Museum -Assem-bly road
Improve accessibil-ity to the Assembly
Tarmack the road in 24 months
• Bills of Quantity
• Procurement• Construction• Commis-
sioning and handover
10 •National Govern-ment
•County Govern-ment
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6.1.4.6 Budget Projections
Programme/Project
Location/Level
Total Budget (KShs. Mil-lions)
Timeframe
2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/2018
County Assembly reconfiguration
County Assembly Headquarters
20 20 - - -
Capacity building County Assembly Headquarters
60 15 15 15 15
Staff recruitment County Assembly Headquarters
5 2.5 1 1 0.5
Offices, restau-rant and ward offices construc-tion
County Assembly Headquarters and county wards
125 35 90 - -
Perimeter wall fencing of Coun-ty Assembly
County Assembly Headquarters
12 - 12
Tarmacking Mu-seum -Assembly road
County Assembly Headquarters
10 - 10 - - -
Total 232 72.5 128 16 15.5
6.1.4.7 Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
I. Implementation Framework
Speaker
• Head of county legislation
• Chair of County Assembly
• Chair of County Assembly Service Board
County Assembly Service Board (CASB)
• Recruitment of staff
• Welfare of members and staff of the County Assembly
• In charge of budget of the County Assembly
• Overseeing County Assembly procurement
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Clerk • Head of County Assembly Administration• Accounting officer of the Assembly• Secretary to the County Assembly Service Board• Clerk to the County Assembly
County Assembly Committees
• In charge of legislative matters at committee stage
• Oversight roles in respective County Executive departments
• Vetting of appointees from the County executive
• Developing bills and motions, statements, papers and petitions
• Summoning various County departments
• Ensuring public participation in County Government affairs.
II. Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Framework
• County Assembly standing orders
• County Government Act
• Urban areas and Cities Act
• Intergovernmental relations Act
• Public finance management Act
• Constitution of Kenya
• Public service Act
• Transition to devolved Government Act
III. Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation
The matrix describing in detail the names of priority projects, costs, timeframes, monitoring indicators, monitoring tools, implementing agencies, source of funds and implementation status for the various sectors is as follows:
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6.1.4.8 Public Participation, Feedback and Response mechanisms
• Hold Public forums
• Receiving public petitions in the Assembly
• Involvement of public in debates in chamber public galleries
Media broadcast of County Assembly business
6.1.5 Public Participation, Civic Education, Communication and Access to Information
6.1.5.1 Brief Description
The sector comprises of three sub-sectors, namely, public participation, civic education, com-munication and access to information. Public participation entails participation of the people as a key national value and principle (GoK, 2010: Article 10, 2 (a)). The aim of this sector is to encourage public participation in the all the sectors. In exercising its powers or performing any of its functions a county government shall ensure efficiency, effectiveness, inclusivity and par-ticipation of the people guided by by the Principles of participation as contained in various laws.
Civic Education is intended to promote empowerment and enlightenment of citizens and govern-ment; continual and systemic engagement of citizens and government; and values and principles of devolution in the Constitution based on diverse objectives.
Communication and Access to Information will ensure that every resident of the county has a right to access information held by the county and information held by another person and required for the exercise or protection of any right or fundamental freedom. Citizens shall on request have access to information held by the county government or any unit or department thereof or any other State organ in accordance with Article 35 of the Constitution.
Mechanisms of to facilitate public communication and access to information in the form of media with the widest public outreach in the county, which may include television stations; in-formation communication technology centres; websites; community radio stations; public meet-ings; and traditional media.
6.1.5.2 Vision, Mission and Objectives
VisionAn informed and well engaged public.
Mission
To empower communities for informed and active engagement in county governance and ad-ministration
• Objectives
• To establish mechanisms of public participation at all levels of the county• To provide civic education on key policies and processes of the county
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To have an informed citizenry that actively participates in governance affairs of the society on the basis of enhanced knowledge, understanding and ownership of the Constitution.
6.1.5.3 Programmes and Projects
Programmes and ProjectsProject Name Priority
Ranking Location/level
Objectives Targets to be met
Description of Activities
Establishment of the County Economic and Budget Forum
1 County Headquar-ters
To facilitate a mech-anism for consulta-tion in budget and economic matters
Established by December 2013
Advertising and selecting for the non-government
Establishment of the Civic Education Unit and Civic Education Programme
2 County Headquar-ters
To facilitate civic education at every level of the county
Unit at County Level
Curriculum Development
Recruitment of training staff
Establishment of ICT Based Platforms (Websites)
3 County Headquar-ters
Provide ease to use ICT mechanisms
Up to date Interactive Websites for all county departments
Mapping of the participation needs and developing of the website
County quar-terly publica-tion
4 Countywide To create awareness on various projects of the county
To print at least 10,000 publications per ward
• Identify an Editorial Team
• Gather information relat-ing to various projects and other topical issues
• Printing
• Circulating
Quarterly barazas in every ward
1 Coutywide • To encourage public partici-pation
• To disseminate information
To obtain feedback from citizens on service delivery
Identify facilitators
Develop training curriculum
Identify training venues
Avail training materials
Conduct the training
Sector Leaders Training
2 Coutywide To spell out the mandate of the county
To train five different sectors per quarter
Identify facilitators
Identify different sectors
Develop training curriculum
Identify training venues
Avail training materials
Conduct the training
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Programmes and ProjectsProject Name Priority
Ranking Location/level
Objectives Targets to be met
Description of Activities
Documentaries 1 County Headquar-ters
To inform the public about various ser-vices of the County Govt.
To produce two documen-taries annually
Gather all the necessary informationProduce the documentaryAir the documentary
Sub-county meetings quar-terly
1 Sub-county headquar-ters
• To inform the citizens on the various develop-ment programs of the county
• To get feedback from the citizens
To organize at least one meeting in ev-ery Sub-coun-ty quarterly
Identify facilitators
Develop training curriculum
Identify training venues
Avail training materials
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Educate county staff and train them on legislations and constitu-tion
1 County headquar-ters
To equip the staff with knowledge on various legislation and constitution
To train at least 500 staff by June 2014
Identify the staff to be trained
Develop training program
Identify training venue
Conduct the training
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6.1.5.4 Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
a). Implementation
To implement the provisions of the programmes in this section of governance and public admin-istration a number of key actors will be vital. The governor shall promote and facilitate citizen participation in the development of policies and plans, and delivery of services in the county. The Sub-county, Ward and Village Administrator shall facilitate and coordinate participation and communication in their respective Sub-county, ward and villages. The village administrators have an extended role of assisting the village unit to develop the administrative capacity for the effective exercise of the functions and powers and participation in governance at the local level.
The private sector through provision of appropriate channels and mechanisms will play a key role in ensuring update engagement of the public.
The public have a role to participate in the various forums, demand for information and provide feedback to the government over the content and process of public participation, communication and access to information.
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6.2 Information and Communication Technology (ICT)6.2.1 Vision, Mission and Ob-jectives
Vision
An empowered and knowledgeable County
Mission
Provision of a robust IT and Communications platform for efficient service delivery and visibility
•Sector Objectives
•Use technology to create awareness, inform and educate the Citizens on the relevant development issues and activities of the County Government.
•To profile Meru County as a regional and global hub for investments, tourism and development.
•To provide data and information to other sectors for better planning.
•To enhance operations of the county government and reduce operational costs by automating county internal services and processes.
To provide a robust platform for quality technology driven service delivery and to create a virtual supermarket for products and services available and offered in the County.
6.2.2 Situational Analysis
A. Stakeholders Analysis
Stakeholder ICT Sector Expectations of the Stakeholders
Stakeholder Expectations from ICT Sector
Citizens • Active participation
• Cooperation
• Timely and accurate information
• Effective and efficient service deliveryOther De-partments
• Cooperation and support
• Clear definition of the need
• Automation of the processes
• Appropriate Training Media • Awareness
• Support
• Access to information
Central Govern-ment
• Financial Support
• Accessibility of the Central Sys-tems
• Licensing of the media channels
• Implementation of the systems
• Setting of standards and guidelines
Global partners
• Accessibility of information on products and services
• Markets , Visibility and Financing
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B. SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses
• Ability to adopt creativity and innovation in managing communication and technology
• Supportive management and focused lead-ership
• Well spread mobile penetration
• Well educated population
• Economically endowed population
• Lack of Information technology and Communication infrastructure
• Lack of Communication and Informa-tion technology strategy
• Insufficient qualified ICT personnel
• Lack of skills to match expanded ICT role
• Technology illiteracy among the staff
• Poor Communication & long Procure-ment processes
• Inadequate office accommodation and equipment
• Inaccessibility of services in some parts of the County
Opportunities Threats
• Fibre Connectivity
• E- Government projects
• Supportive legislative initiatives and enact-ments
• Growth and advancement in ICT in the country
• Conducive social and political good will in supporting the implementation of the Constitution
• Availability of relevant skills in the dynam-ic labour market
• Increased public awareness and demand for services
• Possibility of benchmarking with other regional/County Governments regionally and globally;
• Ongoing public sector reforms;
• Educated and knowledgeable citizenry
• Cyber security
• Expensive Internet services
• Competition from private media
• Influx of irrelevant information from national and foreign media
• Inadequate ICT coverage in the country
• Austerity measures and delays in releas-es of exchequer;
• Resistance to change by stakeholders
• Enlightened and litigious citizenry.
• Non- competitive terms and conditions of service
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6.2.3 Issues, Causes and Proposed Interventions by Su-sectorsIssues, Causes and Proposed Interventions
Sub-sector Issues/Challenges/ Problems
Causes Immediate Objectives
Proposed Interven-tion
Communi-cation
Insufficient quali-fied Communication personnel
Lack of clear structures
Acquire qualified personnel
Recruitment and Training of staff to run and manage county information, technology and com-munications
Poor infrastructure for driving county communications
Lack of equip-ment
Acquisition of nec-essary equipment
Procuring a robust county Media House
Setting up of produc-tion studio
Inadequate office accommodation (congestion)
Lack of enough space at the County offices
Acquisition of office space
Building/renting office space
Poor Communica-tion
Undefined channels of communica-tion
Defining clear channels of com-munication
Developing a Com-munication Strategy
High cost of com-mercial media
Competition for resources
Commence busi-ness case analysis and research on county radio and TV
Proposed set up of County Radio and TV and print media
Lack of clear under-standing on role of communication by some stakeholders
Ignorance Sensitization and awareness creation
Training/ Induction/ Civic Education
Roles conflict Undefined structures and roles
Clear definition of structures
Formulation and definition of struc-tures
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Issues, Causes and Proposed InterventionsSub-sector Issues/Challenges/
ProblemsCauses Immediate
ObjectivesProposed Interven-tion
Information Technology (IT)
Insufficient quali-fied ICT personnel
Lack of skills to match expanded ICT role
Lack of clear structures
Lack of train-ing
Acquire qualified personnel
Recruitment and Training
Non-existent Infor-mation technology infrastructure
Lack of in-vestments in information technology
Acquisition of nec-essary equipment
Procuring the neces-sary equipment and building of a robust Information Technol-ogy platform
Inadequate office accommodation (congestion)
Lack of enough space at the County HQ
Acquisition of office space
Building/renting office space
Poor Communica-tion
Undefined channels of communica-tion
Defining clear channels of com-munication
Developing an ICT Strategy
Inadequate applica-tion of ICT
Lack of awareness
Automation of the processes and sensitization
Identify Processes to be automated
Lack of adequate ICT budget
Competition for resources
Sensitization on the importance of ICT
Revision of the budget
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6.2.4 Priority Programmes and Projects
(i) On-going Projects/Programmes
(a) Flagship Projects
Flagship ProjectsProgramme/
Project Name
Location/Sub-county/Ward
Objectives Targets Description of Activities
E- Government
Fibre connectivity
Countywide To facilitate easy access to information and efficient Communication
Connectivity of all the County offices by December 2015
• Identify all the offices to be connected
• Identify the service provider
• Connecting of all the County offices
b) Other Projects
Other ProjectsP r o j e c t Name
Loca-tion
Objectives Targets to be met
Description of Activities
County Website De-velopment
Coun-ty Head-quar-ter
To provide a platform for communica-tion
An interac-tive Website by March 2014
• Preparation of the Terms of reference
• Procurement of the website Consul-tancy
• Web Content Development
• Launch of the Website
Develop-ment of County ICT Strategy& Policy
Coun-ty Head-quar-ter
To provide a road map for ICT imple-mentation in the County
County ICT Strategy and Policy document in place by March 2014
• Preparation of the Terms of reference
• Procurement of the Consultancy Service
• Development of the Strategy
• Implementation
Develop-ment of the Communi-cation and Branding Strategy
Coun-ty Head-quar-ter
To provide an efficient and effective communica-tion frame-work within the County
County Communi-cation and Branding Strategy by March 2014
• Preparation of the Terms of Reference
• Procurement of the Consultancy Service
• Development of the Strategy
• Implementation
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Other ProjectsP r o j e c t Name
Loca-tion
Objectives Targets to be met
Description of Activities
Branding of Meru County
Stra-tegic Areas within the coun-ty
To enhance the visibility of the county
To install at least five billboards by June 2015
• Invite bidders
• Undertake both Financial and Techni-cal Evaluation of Bidders
• Acquisition
• Installation and CommissioningEstablish-ment of County Ra-dio and TV Stations
Meru Coun-ty
To provide timely access to informa-tion
An estab-lished Coun-ty Radio and TV Stations by
June 2015
• Preparation of the Terms of reference
• Procurement of the Consultancy Service
• Implementation
Establish-ment of the Customer Care Desk
Coun-ty Head-quar-ters
To provide information and feedback to customers concerns
An es-tablished customer care desk by December, 2013
• Identification of the staff
• Acquisition of the necessary equip-ment
• Setting up of the Customer Care Desk
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cqui
re th
e ne
cess
ary
equi
pmen
t
100
Mer
u C
ount
y G
over
n-m
ent
and
Part-
ners
Esta
blis
hmen
t of
a
Cou
nty
Rad
io
and
TV S
tatio
ns.
1M
eru
Cou
nty
Enab
le e
asy
acce
ss to
in-
form
atio
n by
th
e C
itize
ns
Fully
func
tiona
l C
ount
y R
adio
and
TV
Stat
ions
by
June
20
15
•Pr
epar
atio
n of
the
ToR
•Pr
ocur
emen
t of t
he C
onsu
ltanc
y Se
rvic
e
350
Mer
u C
ount
y G
over
n-m
ent
Esta
blis
hmen
t of
a C
ount
y M
aga-
zine
and
New
s-le
tter
1M
eru
Cou
nty
Avai
l inf
or-
mat
ion
to th
e pu
blic
and
st
akeh
olde
rs
Up
to d
ate
coun
ty
publ
icat
ions
•Pr
epar
atio
n of
the
ToR
•Pr
ocur
emen
t of t
he C
onsu
ltanc
y Se
rvic
e
100
Mer
u C
ount
y G
over
n-m
ent
New
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ject
s
Proj
ect N
ame
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rity
R
anki
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leve
lO
bjec
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ets t
o be
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Des
crip
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of A
ctiv
ities
Est
imat
-ed
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t (K
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Mill
ion)
Sour
ce o
f Fu
nds
Cris
is m
anag
e-m
ent (
Res
pons
e/C
omm
unic
atio
n)
1H
eadq
uar-
ters
Dep
art-
men
ts a
nd
sub-
head
-qu
arte
rs
offic
es
Fast
er R
e-sp
onse
effi
-ci
ent fl
ow o
f in
form
atio
n du
ring
Cris
is
Fast
er R
espo
nse
effic
ient
flow
of
info
rmat
ion
durin
g C
risis
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entifi
catio
n of
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embl
y Po
int,
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re d
rills
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entifi
catio
n an
d tra
inin
g of
a sp
okes
pers
on
and
fire
mar
shal
s
12M
eru
Cou
nty
Gov
ern-
men
t
Aut
omat
ion
of
Bus
ines
s Pro
-ce
ss/s
ervi
ce o
f th
e C
ount
y (H
R,
Rev
enue
Col
lec-
tion,
Edu
catio
n,
Hea
lth, A
gric
ul-
ture
etc
.)
Elec
troni
c pa
y-m
ent s
yste
ms f
or
paym
ent o
f rat
es,
park
ing
fees
, fin
es, c
ess e
tc.
1H
eadq
uar-
ter,
Dep
art-
men
ts a
nd
sub-
head
-qu
arte
rs
offic
es
To e
nabl
e Ef
fect
ive
and
effic
ient
se
rvic
e by
all
depa
rtmen
ts
To a
utom
ate
all
the
proc
esse
s of
the
Cou
nty
De-
partm
ents
Esta
blis
hmen
t of
a cr
edib
le e
-pay
-m
ent s
yste
ms
plat
form
•Id
entif
y bu
sine
ss p
roce
sses
to b
e au
tom
ated
in
all t
he d
epar
tmen
ts
•G
athe
r the
use
r req
uire
men
ts
•Id
entifi
catio
n of
the
best
pla
tform
to u
se
•Pr
epar
atio
n of
the
deta
iled
Ter
ms o
f ref
eren
ce
•Pr
ocur
emen
t of t
he S
ervi
ces
•Im
plem
enta
tion
150
Mer
u C
ount
y G
over
n-m
ent
and
Part-
ners
Inst
alla
tion
of
Tele
conf
eren
cing
Fa
cilit
y
2H
eadq
uar-
ters
To e
nhan
ce
glob
al m
eet-
ings
By
July
201
5•
Ben
chm
ark
from
the
wor
ld c
lass
org
aniz
atio
ns•
Gat
her a
ll th
e Sy
stem
requ
irem
ents
•
Proc
ure
the
serv
ices
50M
eru
Cou
nty
Gov
ern-
men
tan
d Pa
rt-ne
rs
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New
Pro
ject
s
Proj
ect N
ame
Prio
rity
R
anki
ngL
ocat
ion/
leve
lO
bjec
tives
Targ
ets t
o be
Met
Des
crip
tion
of A
ctiv
ities
Est
imat
-ed
Cos
t (K
Shs.
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce o
f Fu
nds
Incr
ease
of t
he
ICT
Lite
racy
1H
eadq
uar-
ter,
Dep
art-
men
ts a
nd
sub-
head
-qu
arte
rs
offic
es
To in
crea
se
the
ICT
liter
a-cy
am
ong
the
Cou
nty
staf
f.
By
June
201
5•
Iden
tify
the
staf
f to
be tr
aine
d•
Iden
tify
a re
puta
ble
Inst
itutio
n to
offe
r the
tra
inin
g•
Proc
ure
the
serv
ice.
100
Mer
u C
ount
y G
over
n-m
ent
and
Par
t-ne
rs
Ben
chm
arki
ng
on b
est p
ract
ices
in
ICT.
1Lo
cally
and
In
tern
atio
n-al
ly
To e
mul
ate
the
best
ICT
prac
tices
To im
plem
ent t
he
best
ICT
Solu
-tio
ns
•Id
entif
y O
rgan
izat
ions
and
Cou
ntrie
s to
visi
t
•Lo
gist
ics
100
Mer
u C
ount
y G
over
n-m
ent
and
Par
t-ne
rsC
ondu
ctin
g a
base
line
surv
ey
1H
eadq
uar-
ter,
De-
partm
ents
, Su
b-co
unty
an
d W
ards
To e
stab
lish
the
Cou
nty
auto
mat
ion
leve
l, IC
T lit
erac
y an
d C
usto
mer
sa
tisfa
ctio
n le
vel
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stab
lish
the
Cou
nty
auto
ma-
tion
leve
l, IC
T lit
erac
y an
d C
us-
tom
er sa
tisfa
ctio
n le
vel
•To
est
ablis
h th
e C
ount
y au
tom
atio
n le
vel,
ICT
liter
acy
and
Cus
tom
er sa
tisfa
ctio
n le
vel
20M
eru
Cou
nty
Gov
ern-
men
t
and
Par
t-ne
rs
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Pro
ject
s
Proj
ect N
ame
Prio
rity
R
anki
ngL
ocat
ion/
leve
lO
bjec
tives
Targ
ets t
o be
Met
Des
crip
tion
of A
ctiv
ities
Est
imat
-ed
Cos
t (K
Shs.
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce o
f Fu
nds
Esta
blis
hmen
t of
the
Cus
tom
er
Car
e D
esk
1H
eadq
uar-
ter,
Dep
art-
men
ts a
nd
sub-
head
-qu
arte
rs
offic
es
Enha
nce
good
re
latio
nshi
ps
with
in th
e co
unty
Satis
fact
ory
ser-
vice
s
Info
rmat
ion
gath
-er
ing.
Prom
pt h
andl
ing
of c
itize
n co
m-
plai
nts.
•Tr
aini
ng o
f per
sonn
el
•A
cqui
sitio
n of
furn
iture
and
oth
er e
quip
men
t
14M
eru
Cou
nty
Gov
ern-
men
t
and
Par
t-ne
rs
Esta
blis
hmen
t of
Cou
nty
Res
ourc
e C
entre
1C
ount
y H
eadq
uar-
ters
To C
onse
rve
the
Cou
nty
Info
rmat
ion
from
a C
en-
traliz
ed p
lace
To h
ave
a re
-so
urce
cen
tre b
y D
ecem
ber,
2015
•Id
entif
y a
stra
tegi
c lo
catio
n
•R
ecru
it st
aff
•Id
entif
y th
e re
sour
ce m
ater
ials
•C
omm
issi
onin
g of
the
Cen
tre
150
Mer
u C
ount
y G
over
n-m
ent
and
Par
t-ne
rs
Esta
blis
hmen
t of
Citi
zenr
y S
er-
vice
Cha
rter
1C
ount
y H
eadq
uar-
ters
To m
ake
ser-
vice
del
iver
y to
citi
zens
ef
ficie
nt a
nd
effe
ctiv
e
To h
ave
a C
itize
n-ry
Ser
vice
Cha
r-te
r by
Dec
embe
r 20
14
•M
appi
ng o
f ser
vice
s
•Se
t the
crit
eria
•C
olle
ct in
form
atio
n fr
om v
ario
us d
epar
tmen
ts
•Pr
intin
g an
d Pu
blic
atio
n
•M
onito
ring
and
Eval
uatio
n of
the
effic
acy
40M
eru
Cou
nty
Gov
ern-
men
t
and
Par
t-ne
rs
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6.2.5 Budget ProjectionsBudget Projections
Programme/Project Total Budget (KShs. Mil-lion)
Timeframe
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
Recruitment and selection of IT and Commu-nication Staff
5 3 2 - - -
Establishment of the Governor’s press unit 70 3 15 15 20 17
Equipment Acquisition 700 10.3 239.7 200 150 100
County Connectivity 200 3.6 100 50 20 26.4
Establishment of ICT Centres and Wi-Fi hot spots in major towns
200 10 100 50 20 20
Establishment of the County Data Centre 150 100 30 10 10
Establishment of a County Radio and TV Stations.
300 50 100 50 50 50
Establishment of a County Magazine/ News-letter
100 1 25 20 30 24
Crisis management (Response/Communica-tion)
12 - 3 3 3 3
Automation of Business Process/service of the County (HR, Revenue Collection, Educa-tion, Health
250 10 150 50 30 10
Installation of Teleconferencing Facility 50 - - 20 20 10
Increase of the ICT Literacy 100 10 20 30 20 20
Benchmarking on best practices in ICT both Locally and Internationally
100 3 50 30 10 7
Conducting a Baseline Survey 20 - 5 5 5 5
Establishment of the Customer Care Desk 9 2 5 2 - -
Establishment of County Resource Centre 150 - 100 25 20 5
Establishment of Citizenry Service Charter 40 - 20 10 5 5
Total 2456 105.9 1034.7 590 413 312.4
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6.2.6 Income Generation Mechanisms
Mechanism/Means/Source Expected Income (KShs.)
County Magazine 2,500,000County Radio and TV 45,000,000Documentaries 12,000,0000Website 5,600,000Virtual Supermarket 23,000,0000Mobile platforms and e-government 18,000,000
6.2.7 Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
I. Implementation Framework
Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Framework
Proposed policies, legislation and regulations that need to be put in place for the sector:
• Meru County Freedom of Information Act
• Information and Communication Technology Policy
• ICT Standards and Guidelines
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ram
ewor
k fo
r M
onito
ring
and
Eva
luat
ionF
ram
ewor
k fo
r M
onito
ring
and
Eva
luat
ion
Proj
ect N
ame
Obj
ectiv
e A
ctua
l Su
b-co
un-
ty/
war
d
Proj
ect
cost
(K
Shs.
mill
ion)
Sour
ce o
f Fu
nds
Tim
e Fr
ame
Impl
emen
ting
Age
ncy
(ies)
Mon
itori
ng In
dica
-to
rsMeansofV
erification
Rec
ruitm
ent
and
sele
ctio
n of
IT a
nd
Com
mun
ica-
tion
staf
f
Esta
blis
hmen
t of a
ful-
ly o
pera
tiona
l Uni
tsH
eadq
uarte
r5
Mer
u
Cou
nty
Gov
ern-
men
t
By
July
20
14IC
TPu
blic
Ser
vice
B
oard
Num
bers
of s
taff
em
ploy
edSc
hedu
le o
f dut
ies
Equi
pmen
t A
cqui
sitio
n Eq
uip
all C
ount
y st
aff
with
the
nece
ssar
y IC
T eq
uipm
ent
HQ
and
ot
her D
e-pa
rtmen
ts
700
Mer
u
Cou
nty
Gov
ern-
men
t
By
July
20
15IC
TA
ll D
epar
t-m
ents
Num
ber o
f com
put-
ers,
prin
ters
, Pro
jec-
tors
(etc
.) pu
rcha
sed
Equi
pmen
t spe
cific
a-tio
n D
eliv
ery
repo
rts
Inve
ntor
y re
port
Cou
nty
Con
-ne
ctiv
ity
Easy
acc
ess o
f the
in
form
atio
n an
d da
ta
Effic
ient
inte
r/int
ra
Cou
nty
com
mun
ica-
tion
HQ
De-
partm
ents
, Su
b-C
oun-
ties a
nd a
ll W
ards
200
Mer
u
Cou
nty
Gov
ern-
men
t
By
De-
cem
ber
2014
ICT
Inte
rnet
Ser
-vi
ce P
rovi
ders
C
onsu
ltanc
y Fi
rms
Num
bers
of o
ffice
s co
nnec
ted
Rep
ort s
how
ing
the
Offi
ces C
onne
cted
Com
plet
ion
Cer
tifi-
cate
/Rep
ort
Net
wor
k D
ocum
enta
-tio
nEs
tabl
ishm
ent
of IC
T C
entre
sEn
able
eas
y ac
cess
to
info
rmat
ion
and
ser-
vice
s by
the
Citi
zens
All
War
ds20
0 M
eru
Cou
nty
Gov
ern-
men
t
By
July
20
15IC
TIn
fras
truct
ure
Dep
artm
ent
Inte
rnet
Ser
-vi
ce P
rovi
ders
Con
sulta
ncy
Firm
s
Num
ber o
f cen
tres
esta
blis
hed
Rep
ort s
how
ing
the
num
ber o
f Cen
tres
Esta
blis
hed
Com
plet
ion
Cer
tifi-
cate
/Rep
ort
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r M
onito
ring
and
Eva
luat
ionF
ram
ewor
k fo
r M
onito
ring
and
Eva
luat
ion
Esta
blis
hmen
t of
the
Cou
nty
Dat
acen
tre
-To
enha
nce
Info
rma-
tion
Secu
rity
of th
e C
ount
y sy
stem
s and
da
ta b
acku
ps.
Hea
dqua
rter
150
Mer
uC
ount
y G
over
n-m
ent
By
June
20
15
ICT
Infr
astru
ctur
e D
epar
tmen
t In
tern
et S
er-
vice
Pro
vide
rC
onsu
ltanc
y Fi
rms
Ope
ratio
nal D
ata
cent
re-R
epor
ts o
n th
e pr
og-
ress
of t
he w
ork
-Com
plet
ion
Cer
tifi-
cate
/Rep
ort
Esta
blis
hmen
t of
a
Cou
nty
Rad
io
and
TV S
ta-
tions
.
Enab
le e
asy
acce
ss
to in
form
atio
n by
the
Citi
zens
Mer
u C
oun-
ty30
0M
eru
Cou
nty
Gov
ern-
men
t
By
June
20
15
Com
mun
ica-
tion
Infr
astru
ctur
e D
epar
tmen
t
Con
sulta
ncy
Firm
s
Ope
ratio
nal R
adio
an
d TV
Sta
tions
-Rep
orts
on
the
prog
-re
ss o
f the
wor
k
-Com
plet
ion
Cer
tifi-
cate
/Rep
ort
Esta
blis
hmen
t of
a C
ount
y M
agaz
ine/
New
slet
ter
Avai
l inf
orm
atio
n to
th
e pu
blic
/sta
keho
ld-
ers
Mer
u co
un-
ty10
0M
eru
Cou
nty
Gov
ern-
men
t
Apr
il 20
14C
omm
unic
a-tio
n A
ll D
epar
t-m
ents
Num
ber o
f Mag
a-zi
nes p
ublis
hed
Num
ber o
f Mag
azin
es
publ
ishe
d
Esta
blis
hmen
t of
the
Gov
-er
nor’s
pre
ss
unit
To c
omm
unic
ate
gov-
erno
r’s a
ctiv
ities
to th
e pu
blic
.
Mer
u co
un-
ty70
Mer
uC
ount
y G
over
n-m
ent
By
No-
vem
ber
2013
Com
mun
ica-
tion
Ope
ratio
nal U
nit
Ope
ratio
nal U
nit
Cris
is m
anag
e-m
ent (
Re-
spon
se/C
om-
mun
icat
ion)
Fast
er R
espo
nse
effi-
cien
t flow
of i
nfor
ma-
tion
durin
g C
risis
Hea
dqua
r-te
rs D
epar
t-m
ents
and
su
b-he
ad-
quar
ters
of
fices
120
Mer
u
Cou
nty
Gov
ern-
men
t
By
De-
cem
ber,
2014
Adm
inis
tratio
n W
ater
In
fras
truct
ure
Cris
is M
anag
emen
t Po
licy
Man
ual
Prom
pt C
risis
re-
spon
se
Cris
is M
anag
emen
t Po
licy
Man
ual
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and
Eva
luat
ionF
ram
ewor
k fo
r M
onito
ring
and
Eva
luat
ion
Aut
omat
ion
of B
usin
ess
Proc
ess/
ser-
vice
of t
he
Cou
nty
(HR
, R
even
ue C
ol-
lect
ion,
Edu
-ca
tion,
Hea
lth,
Agr
icul
ture
, C
ount
y G
IS
Plan
ning
and
R
esou
rce
Ca-
pabi
lity
etc)
-To
enab
le E
ffect
ive
and
effic
ient
serv
ice
by a
ll de
partm
ents
-To
Impl
emen
t GIS
so
lutio
n to
driv
e co
unty
pla
nnin
g an
d m
anag
emen
t
Hea
dqua
r-te
r, D
epar
t-m
ents
and
su
b-he
ad-
quar
ters
of
fices
250
Mer
u
Cou
nty
Gov
ern-
men
t
By
June
20
15
ICT
All
Dep
art-
men
ts
Con
sulta
ncy
Firm
Effe
ctiv
e an
d ef
ficie
nt
serv
ices
del
iver
yN
umbe
r of d
epar
t-m
ents
aut
omat
ed
- Pro
cedu
re a
nd U
ser
Man
uals
-Com
plet
ion
Cer
tifi-
cate
/Rep
ort
Inst
alla
tion
of
Tele
conf
eren
c-in
g Fa
cilit
y
-To
enha
nce
glob
al
mee
tings
H
eadq
uar-
ters
50M
eru
Cou
nty
Gov
ern-
men
t
By
June
20
17
ICT
Con
sulta
ncy
Firm
s
Fully
ope
ratio
nal
Tele
conf
eren
cing
fa
cilit
y
Com
plet
ion
Cer
tifi-
cate
/Rep
ort
Incr
ease
of
ICT
Lite
racy
-To
incr
ease
the
ICT
liter
acy
amon
g th
e C
ount
y st
aff
Hea
dqua
r-te
r, D
epar
t-m
ents
and
su
b-he
ad-
quar
ters
of
fices
25M
eru
Cou
nty
Gov
ern-
men
t
By
June
20
14
ICT
HR
M
Trai
ning
Inst
i-tu
tion
ICT
savv
y em
ploy
ees
Num
ber o
f sta
ff tra
ined
Trai
ning
Man
uals
Ben
chm
arki
ng
on b
est p
rac-
tices
in IC
T bo
th lo
cally
an
d In
tern
a-tio
nally
-To
emul
ate
the
best
IC
T pr
actic
esLo
cally
and
In
tern
atio
n-al
ly
100
Mer
u
Cou
nty
Gov
ern-
men
t
By
June
20
14
ICT
Top
Man
age-
men
t
Ado
ptio
n o
f the
in-
dust
ry’s
bes
t pra
ctic
esR
epor
t on
the
best
ICT
prac
tices
lear
nt
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II. F
ram
ewor
k fo
r M
onito
ring
and
Eva
luat
ionF
ram
ewor
k fo
r M
onito
ring
and
Eva
luat
ion
Esta
blis
hmen
t of
the
Cus
tom
-er
Car
e D
esk
Enha
nce
good
cou
n-ty
-citi
zens
rela
tion-
ship
s
Hea
dqua
r-te
r, D
epar
t-m
ents
and
Su
b-co
unty
of
fices
, w
ards
,min
-is
try o
ffice
s,
20M
eru
Cou
nty
Gov
ern-
men
t
By
Jan
2014
Publ
ic S
ervi
ce,
Adm
inis
tratio
n &
Com
mun
i-ca
tion
Effic
ient
& E
ffect
ive
Serv
ice
deliv
ery
Min
imal
Citi
zens
’ C
ompl
aint
s
Mai
nten
ance
of a
C
itize
ns’ R
egis
ter
indi
catin
g en
quiry
and
re
spon
se g
iven
Mon
thly
repo
rts b
y th
e co
ncer
ned
Offi
cer
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6.3
Just
ice,
Coh
esio
n an
d Se
curi
ty fo
r D
evel
opm
ent
A ju
st, c
ohes
ive
and
secu
re c
ount
y is
a p
re-r
equi
site
for d
evel
opm
ent.
Mer
u C
ount
y is
kee
n to
ens
ure
that
the
secu
rity
of p
rope
rty a
nd p
eopl
e is
as
sure
d fo
r all
pers
ons.
Parti
cipa
tion
of th
e pu
blic
in e
nsur
ing
that
Mer
u C
ount
y is
just
, coh
esiv
e an
d se
cure
will
be
ensu
red.
6.3.
1 V
isio
n, M
issi
on a
nd O
bjec
tives
Vis
ion
A ju
st a
nd se
cure
Cou
nty
Mis
sion
To fa
cilit
ate
effe
ctiv
e m
echa
nism
s of e
nsur
ing
just
ice,
coh
esio
n an
d se
curit
y is
ens
ured
6.3.
2 Pr
ogra
mm
es a
nd P
roje
cts
Prog
ram
mes
and
Pro
ject
sPr
ojec
t Nam
e Pr
iori
ty
Ran
king
L
ocat
ion/
Lev
elO
bjec
tives
Targ
ets t
o be
Met
Des
crip
tion
of A
ctiv
ities
Est
imat
-ed
Cos
t (K
Shs.
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce o
f
Fun
ds
Com
mun
ity
Polic
ing
1Ea
ch V
illag
e To
pro
vide
for
publ
ic p
artic
ipa-
tion
in se
curit
y
Com
mun
ity p
olic
ing
units
in e
ach
villa
ge
Gaz
ettin
g of
Vill
ages
Iden
tifica
tion
of p
erso
ns
100
MC
G
Nat
iona
l G
over
n-m
ent
Rec
ruitm
ent o
f Le
gal d
epar
t-m
ent s
taff
1H
ead
quar
ters
To p
rovi
de le
-ga
l adv
ice
on a
ll co
untie
s und
er-
taki
ngs t
o en
sure
co
mpl
ianc
e w
ith
cons
titut
ion
and
all l
egis
latio
ns
Rob
ust L
egal
func
-tio
n R
ecru
itmen
t and
dep
loy-
men
t of l
egal
staf
f12
0M
CG
and
Pa
rtner
s
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Esta
blis
hmen
t of
Cou
nty
polic
ing
Ove
r-si
ght B
oard
1H
eadq
uar-
ter
and
Su
b-co
untie
s
To e
nsur
e ro
bust
se
curit
y an
d ef
fec-
tive
polic
e se
rvic
e in
the
coun
ty
Hav
e a
func
tiona
l bo
ard
by Ju
ne 2
014
Rec
ruitm
ent a
nd S
ourc
ing
of th
e B
oard
.18
0M
CG
and
Pa
rtner
s
Civ
ic E
duca
-tio
n fo
r Mer
u C
ount
y C
iti-
zenr
y
1A
ll vi
llage
s in
the
Cou
nty
Get
to c
itize
ns
appr
ecia
te v
ario
us
role
s in
deve
lop-
men
t , C
onst
itu-
tion,
Leg
isla
tions
an
d D
evol
utio
n
Hol
d B
araz
as in
all
the
Vill
ages
in th
e C
ount
y an
d en
sure
w
e re
ach
95%
of t
he
coun
ty p
opul
atio
n
Dev
elop
men
t the
Cur
ric-
ulum
, Dev
elop
men
t tra
in-
ing
mat
eria
ls, T
rain
ing
of
train
ers,
Map
ping
out
the
bara
zas a
nd th
e Act
ual
train
ing
and
Mon
itorin
g an
d as
sess
men
t.
260
MC
G a
nd
Partn
ers
Enfo
rcem
ent
Team
/Uni
t 1
War
dTo
enh
ance
com
-pl
ianc
e to
exi
stin
g le
gisl
atio
n
500
wel
l tra
ined
and
di
scip
lined
enf
orce
-m
ent o
ffice
rs w
ith a
cl
ear c
omm
and
by
Dec
201
5
Rec
ruit/
Iden
tify
Offi
cers
to
be tr
aine
d
Iden
tify
a tra
inin
g fa
cilit
y
Dep
loym
ent o
f the
staf
f
300
MC
G a
nd
partn
ers
Enha
ncem
ent
of tr
aditi
onal
ju
stic
e sy
stem
us
ing
Nju
ri nc
heke
and
ot
her t
radi
tion-
al m
echa
nism
s
1W
ard
To fa
sten
just
ice
adm
inis
tratio
n
To d
eter
unn
ec-
essa
ry li
tigat
ion
with
in th
e ‘f
or-
mal
’ cou
rt sy
s-te
ms
By
June
201
4O
rgan
ize
a C
onsu
ltativ
e m
eetin
g w
ith N
juri-
nche
ke
Elde
rs
Esta
blis
h fu
nctio
nal s
truc-
ture
s with
in th
e co
unty
200
MC
G a
nd
partn
ers
Mar
k ou
t all
the
coun
ty
boun
darie
s w
ith e
labo
rate
m
arks
to re
-du
ce d
ispu
tes
1A
ll C
ount
y bo
unda
ries
Red
uce
boun
der
confl
icts
To
mar
k al
l the
bo
unda
ries b
y D
ec
2014
Iden
tify
a Te
am to
und
er-
take
the
exer
cise
Org
aniz
e fo
r Con
sulta
tive
mee
tings
with
nei
ghbo
urin
g co
untie
s.
Mar
k th
e bo
unda
ries
100
MC
G a
nd
Partn
ers
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Ass
ist i
n bu
ildin
g Po
lice
post
s and
sta-
tions
1In
secu
rity
pron
e ar
eas
To e
nhan
ce se
cu-
rity
To h
ave
at le
ast fi
ve
polic
e po
sts b
y D
ec
2014
Iden
tify
the
area
s
Put i
n pl
ace
infr
astru
ctur
e
Proc
ure
the
nece
ssar
y eq
uipm
ent
230
MC
G a
nd
Nat
iona
l G
over
n-m
ent
Buy
ing
vehi
-cl
es to
supp
le-
men
t pa
trol
vehi
cles
for t
he
polic
e
1C
ount
ywid
eTo
cur
b hi
ghw
ay
inse
curit
y
To in
crea
se e
mer
-ge
ncy
resp
onse
Purc
hase
at l
east
tw
enty
pat
rol c
ars b
y D
ec 2
014
Iden
tify
the
area
s
Prep
are
the
vehi
cle
spec
ifi-
catio
ns
Invi
te b
idde
rs
Eval
uatio
n an
d Aw
ard
200
MC
G a
nd
Nat
iona
l G
over
n-m
ent
CC
TV C
am-
eras
1
All
Cou
nty
offic
esTo
enh
ance
secu
-rit
yIn
stal
l CC
TV C
am-
eras
in a
ll co
unty
of
fices
by
Dec
201
5
Iden
tify
the
poin
ts
Prep
are
the
spec
ifica
tions
Invi
te b
idde
rs
Eval
uatio
n an
d Aw
ard
Inst
alla
tion
280
MC
G
Fore
nsic
Lab
2
Cou
nty
HQ
To p
reve
nt c
rime
by e
asy
iden
tifica
-tio
n of
crim
inal
s
Esta
blis
h th
e La
b by
D
ec 2
016
Rec
ruit
a Fo
rens
ic E
xper
t
Esta
blis
hmen
t of t
he L
ab
170
MC
G a
nd
Nat
iona
l G
over
n-m
ent
Esta
blis
hmen
t of
a C
ount
y Pa
ram
ilita
ry
Fiel
d Sc
hool
3St
rate
gic
loca
-tio
n w
ithin
the
Cou
nty
To e
quip
cou
nty
staf
f with
def
ence
sk
ills
Con
stru
ct th
e Sc
hool
by
June
201
7Id
entif
y th
e lo
catio
n
Con
stru
ct th
e fa
cilit
y
Rec
ruit
Trai
ners
Dev
elop
cur
ricul
um
Laun
ch/c
omm
issi
onin
g
200
MC
G a
nd
Nat
iona
l G
over
n-m
ent
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6.3.3 Budget Projections
Budget ProjectionsProgramme/Project Total
Budget (KShs. Million)
Timeframe
2013/
14
2014/
15
2015/
16
2016/
17
2017/
18Community Policing 100 5 20 25 25 25
Recruitment of Legal de-partment staff
120 5 25 30 30 30
Establishment of County policing Oversight Board
180 5 50 45 40 40
Civic Education for Meru County Citizenry
260 10 100 60 50 40
Enforcement Team/Unit 300 - 150 50 50 50
Enhancement of traditional justice system using Njuri Ncheke and other traditional mechanisms
200 10 50 50 50 40
Mark out all the county boundaries with elaborate marks to reduce disputes
100 - 40 40 20 -
Assist in building Police posts and stations
230 - 100 50 50 30
Buying vehicles to supple-ment patrol vehicles for the police
200 - 100 50 30 20
CCTV Cameras 280 - 180 100 - -
Forensic Laboratory 170 - 50 50 50 20
Establishment of a County Paramilitary Field School
200 - 50 80 30 40
Totals 2,340 35 915 630 425 335
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6.4 Disaster Preparedness and Management
6.4.1 Brief Description
A disaster is a catastrophy that is beyond the capacity and resources of the affected community to respond adequately in order to save life and property (s). The first step to addressing disaster is by understanding the nature of the hazard, vulnerability both economical, physical and envi-ronmental and the risk thereof.
Sub-sectors
• Environmental disasters include forest fires
• Technological disasters include chemical spills, toxic substance
• Natural disasters include floods, droughts, earthquakes, landslides, tornadoes
• Biological disasters include invasive plant species
Possible measures to prevent and mitigate disasters include:
• Risk assessment;
• Early warning systems;
• Capacity building;
• Institution and policy frameworks;
• Regulary framework.
6.4.2 Sector Vision, Mission and Objectives
Vision
Living with the risk
Mission
To embark on disaster risk reduction measures and timely and effective response
1. Sector Objective
To map out hazards and vulnerabilities in the county;
To carry out risk assessment
To prepare disaster risk reduction measures
To create awareness on disaster reduction measures
• To implement disaster risk reduction measures that are of public interest
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6.4.3 SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses• Healthy and hardworking people
• People have good knowledge base over many issues
• Resources are available
• Technologies are available
• Lack of self-responsibility in matters disaster avoidance
• Weak legal provisions
• Ignorance
Opportunities Threats
• Solutions to most disasters are known and available
• Devolution of resources and governance to the county
• Improved urban planning
• Causes of disasters are increasing with the increase in urbanization
• Declining resources to allocate to disaster management
• High levels of poverty
• Poor infrastructure
• Illiteracy levels
6.4.4 Issues, Causes and Proposed Interventions by Sub-sector
Sub-sector Issues Causes Immediate
Objectives
Proposed Intervention
Man Made disasters
Loss of lives and damage to prop-erty
Toxic gases and chemicals
Reduce and chemical leak-ages
Public awareness and making installations to mitigate effects if they occur
Explosions and Electrical faults
Reduce occur-rences of explo-sions electric faults
Public awareness on pre-ventive and Government-mitigation measures
Mob actions and roberies
Reduce effects Civic education and law enforcement
work-related inju-ries
Reduce effects Training on First Aid and public awareness
Disaster from Fire
Loss of life and property
Fire – either man made or natural
put in place ade-quate firefighting gears
Put in place adequate fire- fighting gears and develop rapid response strategies
Purchase fire extinguish-ers
put signs for fire exit
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Sub-sector Issues Causes Immediate
Objectives
Proposed Intervention
Natural Disaster
Floods Excess rains Develop an evac-uation plan
Identify flood prone areas.
Develop plans for evacua-tion if need arises
Develop flood prediction mechanisms
Land-slides
Excess rains Develop an evac-uation plan
Identify landslide prone areas.
Develop plans for evacua-tion if need arises
Develop landslide predic-tion mechanisms
Droughts Lack of rains Develop plans for shelter and food supplies
Identify drought prone areas
Develop plans for relief supplies
Develop drought monitor-ing systems
Lighten-ing
Thunderstorms Develop a rapid response strategy
Install lightening arrestors in the prone areas
Develop a rapid response strategy
Equip health facilities in the prone areas with treat-ment facilities
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6.4.5 Budget Projections
Programme/ Project
Location/ Level
TotalBudget (KShs. Million)
Timeframe
2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
Hazard and Vulnerability mapping and Risk assessment
All 25 5 5 5 5 5
Public awareness 23 5 5 4 5 4
Design of risk reduction measures
On all county Employees
25 7 5 4 5 4
Implement disaster risk reduction measures.
Specific Areas Identified
100 20 20 20 20 20
Maintenance of fire-fighting engines (fire- fighting engines already in place)
Specific areas identified
50 10 10 10 10 10
Total 223 47 45 43 45 43
6.4.6 Role of Stakeholders
Stakeholders Roles/Responsibilities - National Disaster Management
Authority
- Armed forces
- Kenya Police
- National Ministry responsible for special programmes
- National Youth Service
- Formulation of regulatory policies necessary to prevent disaster (e.g., building requirements)
- Provision of technical support; Enforcement of laws on disaster prevention
- Provision of specialized equipment when need arises
Meru
County Government
- Implement of the proposed activities; Supervise the implementation; Formulation oflaws for sustainable and safe use of facilities
- Train personnel on disaster management
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Donors / Development partners - Financing rescue operations
- Undertake evaluation and monitoring of disaster management preparedness (drills, etc)
- Provide technical advice and assistance
NGOs / CBOs - Community mobilization at times of disaster
Private Sector - Provision of equipment e.g., fire extinguishers
- Insurance cover for damage on disasters
Kenya Wildlife Services - Ensure sustainable use of resources within parks and game reserves;
6.4.7 Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
I. Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Framework
Proposed policies, legislation and regulations that need to be put in place for the sector:
Policy on building requirements to prevent disasters
Policies on transportation and handling of inflammable substances like fuels and chem-icals
Policies on installation of fire management equipment on buildings
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6.4.
8 Fr
amew
ork
for
Mon
itori
ng a
nd E
valu
atio
n Fram
ewor
k fo
r M
onito
ring
and
Eva
luat
ion
Prog
ram
me/
Proj
ect
nam
e
Obj
ectiv
e A
ctua
l Su
b-co
unty
/w
ard
Proj
ect
cost
(K
Shs.
mill
ion)
Sour
ce
of
Fund
s
Tim
e Fr
ame
Impl
emen
ting
Age
ncy
(ies)
Mon
itori
ng
Indi
cato
rsMeansofV
erifi
-ca
tion
Impl
e-m
en-
tatio
n St
atus
Ris
k as
sess
-m
ent
To u
n-de
rsta
nd
haza
rds
and
vuln
er-
abili
ty
All
coun
ty
Bui
ldin
gs
5M
CG
By
2014
MC
GO
ffice
of t
he G
over
nor
- A
dvis
or to
the
gove
rnor
En
viro
nmen
t and
Sus
tain
able
de
velo
pmen
t
Ris
k as
sess
men
t re
port
Rep
ort
New
Publ
ic
awar
enes
s on
prev
entiv
e an
d m
itiga
-tio
n m
ea-
sure
s
Hav
e Pe
ople
pr
epar
ed to
pr
even
t
disa
ster
s
All
war
ds
5M
CG
By
2014
MC
GO
ffice
of t
he G
over
nor
- A
dvis
or to
the
gove
rnor
En
viro
nmen
t and
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tain
able
de
velo
pmen
t
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le a
re a
war
e
Mat
eria
l for
pu
blic
info
rma-
tion
avai
labl
e
Publ
ic a
war
e-ne
ss in
all
war
ds
Mad
e, M
ater
ials
pr
epar
ed a
nd
dist
ribut
ed
New
Des
ign
of
risk
redu
c-tio
n m
ea-
sure
s
Hav
e Pe
ople
pr
epar
ed to
pr
even
t
disa
ster
s
All
coun
ty
empl
oyee
s M
CG
By
2014
MC
GO
ffice
of t
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over
nor
- A
dvis
or to
the
gove
rnor
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viro
nmen
t and
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tain
able
de
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pmen
t
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ign
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rtla
unch
of
the
repo
rt N
ew
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Fram
ewor
k fo
r M
onito
ring
and
Eva
luat
ion
Prog
ram
me/
Proj
ect
nam
e
Obj
ectiv
e A
ctua
l Su
b-co
unty
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ard
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ect
cost
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mill
ion)
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ce
of
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s
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ame
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emen
ting
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ncy
(ies)
Mon
itori
ng
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6.4.9 Feedback and Response Mechanisms
All departments or county government ministries will appoint some of their employees to be trained on disaster management to be responsible for monitoring and responding to some specific forma of disaster in their place of work and form the rapid disaster response teams. The teams will be trained by specialized personnel. We will be holding random drills to test the prepared-ness of the people and responses to disasters.
6.5 Planning
6.5.1 Sector Vision, Mission and Objectives
Vision
A leader in planning, research and performance management
Sector Mission
A centre of excellence in development planning, data collection and research, monitoring and evaluation, performance management and poverty alleviation.
a. Sector Objectives
b. Improve the linkage between data and the planning process
c. Improve the data collection and management system within the county
d. Ensure there is linkage between the national and county economic planning
e. Ensure programs and projects in the CIDP are closely monitored
f. Ensure that performance is measured and evaluated on annual basis
To support poverty alleviation initiatives in all sub-counties
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6.5.2 Situational Analysis
A. Stakeholder Analysis
Name of Stake-holder
County Government
Expectation of the Stakeholder
Stakeholders Expect of County Government
Local commu-nities
Active participation in develop-ment projects prioritisation
Support by tax payment
Peaceful and law abiding
Accountability and transparency
Information dissemination
Improvement of infrastructure
Quality services, equitable dis-tribution of resources
National gov-ernment
Financial support for projects and programmes
Capacity building
Fully devolve the functions that can be better managed at county level
Equitably share the national resources
Enhance cooperation between the two levels of governments
Security and conflict resolution
Equitable distribution of re-sources
Quality service delivery
Prudent management of de-volved resources
Respect national policies in program implementation
Development partners
Financial, technical, human resource support
Collaborative and networking in project implementation cycle
Conducive working environ-ment
Collaborative initiative
Political good willPrivate Sector Community mobilization
Facilitation of investments
Credit facilities
Value addition and processing.
Political good will
Enabling environment
Transparency and accountability
Infrastructure development
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B. SWOT Analysis
Strengths WeaknessesExistence of a Ministry and department in
charge of planning both at the county and national level
An already established infrastructural setup at most of the Sub-counties
Skilled personnel to spearhead planning
Laws and policies to guide planning
Inadequate personnel
Poorly equipped to handle the assigned tasks
Inadequate funding to facilitate depart-ment’s operational needs
Inadequate skills on data processing
Inadequate skills in M&E
Opportunities Threats
Devolution of functions and resources in the department and other important sectors
Strong collaboration with partners in data collection, processing and management
Institutional support from donors for training and equipping of facilities
The importance attached to data need for planning creates an environment for funding
Unclear guidelines on the functions of the department between the county and national governments
Sustained loss of personnel to private and civil society organisation
Political interferance on professional exercises e.g. poverty assessment
Security threats on data management
Prevalence and rising poverty
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6.5.
3 Is
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to
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then
the
link
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pl
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colle
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of g
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6.5.5 Budget Projections
Project Name Location/ Level Total Bud-get (KShs. Million)
Timeframe
2013/ 2014
2014/ 2015
2015/ 2016
2016/ 2017
2017/ 2018
Monitoring and evaluation of CIDP
Countywide 200 50 100 50
County Data Centre/ Bureau County HQs 152 80 72 -
Sub-county Planning units (construction)
Sub-county 3 40 15 15 10
County baseline survey Countywide 20 15 3 2
Improvement of facilities within the County (renova-tion)
County and Sub-county HQs
20 10 10 -
Staff recruitment County HQs 55 40 10 5
Performance contracting services
County HQs 8 6 1 1
Poverty eradication projects Countywide 100 50 50 -
Total 595 266 261 68
6.5.6 Role of Stakeholders
Name of Stakehold-ers
Roles
National Government Provide leadership in terms of national policies on which County reg-ulatory framework
County Government Articulate the county issues on the national policies and formulate guidelines for the county
Development Partners Provide resources and technical advice for program implementation
Private sector Invest in the county to enhance job creation and wealth accumulation for better prosperity
Civil society organisa-tions
Partner with the county government to improve the lives of county residents and provide oversight role to the CGM
Community Identify priority project within their areas and play oversight role to the CGM in projects implementation
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6.5.7 Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
The implementation, monitoring and evaluation mechanism of public resources plays great role in ensuring that the objectives of the project/programme are realised. It ensures that the con-strained resources are used to realize maximum benefits. It therefore means that monitoring and evaluation require to be strengthened. Collaboration among various development agencies namely the donor agencies, CBOs, NGOs, the government and other stakeholders is necessary through strong networking system. The County Planning Coordination, Monitoring and Evalua-tion Unit will offer the required leadership in the process.
6.5.8 Feedback and Response Mechanismsi. Regular reports and bulletinsii. Web postingsiii. Local media broadcast and interviewsiv. Surveys
6.6 Health
6.6.1 Brief Description
The County has a fairly functional health care system with 183 health facilities of which 116 are public, 44 faith-based, 3 non-governmental organization and 20 private sector owned. The sector interventions have been skewed towards curative services with 150 per cent hospital bed occupancy in the public sector. Leadership and governance in the sector is established in form of available service charters and therapeutic committees in some facilities. The human resources for health in the county is well skilled but limited in terms of numbers for certain cadres. Financ-ing is mainly from the National Government of Kenya, Development Partners, Private Sector, Individuals and now the County Government.
6.6.2 Sectoral Vision, Mission, Goal and Objectives
VisionA healthy population in Meru County for sustainable social and economic development
MissionTo ensure residents of Meru County are healthy through implementation of promotive and pre-ventive health interventions, and improved access to and utilization of quality curative services
GoalTo ensure Meru County residents have access to and utilize affordable quality health services to improve health outcomes
Sector ObjectivesThe set objectives for Meru County Health for the Plan period are as captured below:
• To ensure a well Led and Coordinated Meru County Health System that is responsive to the needs of residents by the end of the plan period
• To ensure quality health services are accessible to all residents of Meru County by the end of the plan period
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• Ensure there is an adequate number of skilled human resources for health in Meru County to provide quality services by the end of plan period
• Ensure Meru County has adequate health commodities and devices to provide effective/quality services throughout the plan period
• Ensure Meru County has the necessary evidence to inform planning and effective imple-mentation of activities throughout the plan period
• To have all planned Meru County Health activities fully financed throughout the plan period
6.6.3 Situational Analysis
Meru County has a well-organized County Health Department led by the Cabinet Secretary and a well skilled and motivated team of professionals. The County Health Department caters for the needs of mainly the local population and whose key characteristics are highlighted in the table below. About 40% of the total County population is below 15 years; and 15% of its women are in the child bearing age (15-49 years).
Table 9: Key Demographic Characteristics of the Meru County Residents:
1 Population total 1,437,3002 Population Female 52% 745,0483 Population Male 48% 692,2524 Households 335,1515 Population under 1 year 3% 41,8146 Population under 5 years 15% 210,6947 Population under 15 years 40% 570,7668 Population 15-24 years 24% 338,1519 Women of childbearing age (15–49yrs) 23% 330,981
10 Estimated Number of Pregnant Women 7% 96,57711 Estimated Deliveries 4% 61,98612 Estimated live births 8% 108,14613 Neonates 0- 28 days 1% 18,55014 Population 25-59 years 34% 486,25715 Population over 60 years 6% 86,35216 Estimated Emergency obstetric complications 1% 9,63817 Estimated of post abortion cases 1% 11,85818 Population 6-11 Months (50% of <1yrs) 20,90719 Population 12-59 Months (80% of < 5yrs) 152,26020 Population 6-59 Months (90% of < 5yrs) 189,625
The Goal of Meru County Health sector aim is to have universal access to affordable quality health services for all residents by focusing on: i) Promotive Health; ii) Preventive Health; and iii) Curative Services.
Health Services provision at the County Level is centered around the tenets described by both the Kenya Essential Package of Health Services (KEPH) and Schedule IV of the Kenya Constitu-
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tion 2010. These two key documents define mandates/roles/responsibilities for interventions and service delivery at Level - 1 (Community), Level – 2 (Dispensary), Level – 3 (Health Centre), Level – 4 (Sub-county/ district) and Level - 5 (County Referral) of the health system.
Data shows that today, the biggest cause of morbidity in the County is Malaria at 33% followed by Respiratory Tract Infections (27%), Worm Infestations (17%), Diarrheal Diseases (14%) and Injuries due to Accidents.HIV prevalence (at about 3%) remains below the threshold for an epi-demic status (5%) and below the national prevalence at 5.6%.The number of clients who visited and were attended to at the health facilities in 2012 is as high-lighted in the tables hereunder.
Table 10: Number of Outpatients Seen at Various Levels of the Health System in Meru County
Num-ber
Pt Type Number of Out Patients TotalFacility L- 2&3 L-4 L-5
1 New 759,249 142,776 80424 982,4492 Revisits 409,557 93,208 16,296 519,061Total 1,168,806 235984 96,720 1,501,510
Table 10 above shows that most outpatients are seen at the Level 5, -2 and 3 of the health fa-cilities within Meru County; this constitutes more than half of all visits made by individuals to access medical services. It is also seen that more than half of those attended at the Level -2 & -3 facilities make repeat visits indicating limited knowledge and skills that is an indication of the lack of capacity in the sectors human resources and inability for health (HRH) at this level to correctly diagnose and treat conditions/diseases that brought clients to the clinic. This further points to the use of pharmaceutical products that have efficacy deficits and/or the presence of poor adherence by patients to the prescribed treatment(s).
In general, lack of and/or the limited present of capacity to correctly diagnose diseases and/ or monitor treatment at most service sites in the County has added to the strain on the health fa-cilities; both lowered the quality of services and contributed to poor treatment outcomes. Both imaging and laboratory equipment and the requisite skilled human resources to operate them too are a significant gap in most of our health facilities and system.
Table 11: Number of Inpatients seen at various Levels of the Health System in Meru County
In PatientsFacility L- 2&3 L-2&3 L-4 L-5 Total# of patients 2,690 8,622 10,078 21,390
The County Referral Hospital (Level-5) currently admits as many patients as the other facility levels put together. The hospital is very congested ad often patients share beds due to the limited bed-capacity and the inability currently of both Health Centres and Sub-county Hospitals to take in some of these patients who would otherwise have been served in their home turf. The lack of, and/or limited ward space and beds in these health facilities has been the key reason for the overstretched inpatient facilities at the Meru County Referral Hospital.
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Figure 1: Graph showing number of hospitals in the County by level and ownership:
Figure 2: Number of health centres and nursing homes in the County by
level and ownership:
Figure 3: Number of Dispensaries in the County by Level and Ownership
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It is instructive to know that; overall, the Faith-based Organization (FBO) run facilities have more bed capacity than the other sectors put together in Meru County. The concentration of this is however in three Sub-counties (Igembe South, Imenti South and Imenti Central). Below is the
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analysis of bed capacity in Meru County by type of facility ownership and location.
Figure 14: Number of Beds in the County by Facility Ownership and Location
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Uptake of health services in Meru County has improved steadily over the last few years. How-ever, health service seeking behaviour for most non-curative services remains low; and many of those who seek curative services do so rather late. For example, overall, 52% (against 58% na-tional average) of women in the County deliver at home. Meru County has an under-5 mortality of 72 per 1000 and infant deaths being 54 per 1000.
There is an inadequate number of well-equipped and functional public sector facilities to cater for the rising need for services. Currently, for example, only 36 (19%) facilities in the entire County have functional maternity units as shown in Figure 15
Figure 15: Number of Functional Maternity Units in the County by Facility Location:
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Many factors stand in the way of improved access to health services in Meru County including the long distances those seeking services have to travel, an average of 13 Kilometres.
Currently, the County has 24 functional ambulances and only six dedicated ambulance drivers. Therefore, the County depends largely on drivers from the Provincial Administration.
Meru County Health has about 1,122 human resources for health (HRH) serving in the public sector. The number of HRH by cadre and Sub-county is shown in Table 12.
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Tabl
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429
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ical
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cers
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91
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20
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mun
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cers
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tal T
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249
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479
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47
173
345
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22
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372
115
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b). Key Stakeholders in Health Service provision
The following key stakeholders play an important role in helping Meru County Health to achieve its set Vision and Mission.
Stakeholder Key Role/ ResponsibilityNational Government Providing guidelines; policies; standards, referral ser-
vices, financing, TrainingCounty Government Providing county specific guidelines; policies; standards,
health services delivery, financing, training, infrastructure development, community mobilization for health main-tenance and service utilization; and reporting on perfor-mance as required.
Community Need identification for planning, health maintenance; service demand and utilization; feedback on quality of services.
Faith Based Organizations Health services delivery, financing, training, infrastruc-ture development, community mobilization for health maintenance and service utilization and reporting on performance as appropriate.
Private Sector Health services delivery, financing, training, infrastruc-ture development, community mobilization for health maintenance and service utilization; and reporting on performance as appropriate.
Development Partners/ Donor Agencies
Capacity building for service delivery; financing; infra-structure development; advocacy and community mobili-zation for health maintenance and service utilization; and reporting on performance as appropriate.
Health and Funds Management Committees e.g. County Heath Management Board; Health Facility Management Committee; Constituency Development Fund Committee, etc
Prioritizing available funds for infrastructure develop-ment; supervision of the health facilities; ensure com-munity participation in planning and implementation of programmes/projects
Tertiary and Mid-Level Medical Training Institutions
Pre- and in-service training of healthcare profession-als; research ; advisory roles for better service delivery; bringing diversity beyond the Meru Community in hu-man resources for health in both faculty and students
A clear mapping of all the stakeholders and their level of effort and contribution to health indi-cators in Meru County has not been undertaken and documented.
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c). SWOT Analysis
The SWOT analysis of Meru County Health is shown below:
Strengths Weaknesses- County government committed to in-
vesting in the sector to improve health outcomes
- Skilled Human Resources for Health
- Existence of functional Sub-county health management teams
- Presence of a fairly functional Health Infrastructure in all 9 sub-counties.
- Having a Regional Referral Hospital in Meru County
- A well educated population (73% can read and write) that facilitates health seeking behaviour.
- Political interference in the implementation of health policies including running of health fa-cilities and public health interventions.
- Lack of specialized services e.g. Oncology, Intensive Care, Dialysis, Advanced Imaging Etc.
- Weak diagnostic services (Laboratory and Imaging) leading misdiagnosis of conditions
- Lack of adequate staff in some cadres i.e. Nutritionists, Surgeons, Gynaecologists’ and Dentists
- Lack of adequate equipment
- Poor health information management system
- Lack of diversity in Human Resources for Health (it is very Meru-Centric)
- Limited enforcement of policies and regula-tions (related to Public Health, Health Com-modity Quality)
Opportunities Threats
- Out of County investors and donors with resources to finance health in-terventions
- Web-based health information tools and systems to support service de-livery
- Weak health systems in neighbour-ing Counties that get their residents to seek services in Meru County
- Leveraging on the complementary strengths of other sectors such as Education, Agriculture
- Unexplored income generating ac-tivities including skills development for other sector
- Competition for resources including fi-nancial and human.
- Lack of support from sectors providing complimenting services (Agriculture, Roads, IT)
- Alternative medical services and unethi-cal practices
- Emerging diseases and resistance to cur-rent known diseases/conditions
- Increased cost of healthcare delivery
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6.6.4 Health Sector Gap Analysis
An overview of the Meru County Health sector gap analysis is as below:
Leadership and Governance
In line with the national common standards on Leadership and Governance of the health sector and the various levels within it, the existing mechanisms intended to provide leadership and governance in Meru County are defined by Public Health Act. This law has provided the basis for the creation and operation of County, Sub-county and Facility Health Management Boards; therapeutic committees, and development and implementation of service charters.
The Meru County Health Department has developed new terms of reference (ToRs) to guide the constitution and operations of the Health Management Boards and/or Committees. This will in particular, ensure better coordination, support and oversight in general, for effective service delivery. The resultant strengthened leadership and, in part, the teams running facilities will facilitate the effective addressing of identified gaps at various levels of the health system in the County.
o Needed: Support for and objective recruitment of members to the various Health Man-agement Boards/ Committees in line with the TORs
Internal policies at the facility level in Meru County are weak; and therefore need to be reviewed and aligned to provide an enabling environment for better work performance. This review should be done however, without loss of the organization’s core positive values and accountability. Needed: Support for review and implementation of policies to strengthen Meru County Health to deliver quality services to residents.
Service Delivery
Strengthening service delivery is crucial to the achievement of the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which include the delivery of interventions to reduce child mortal-ity, maternal mortality, and to reduce the burden relayed to the HIV epidemic, tuberculosis and malaria..
Health service delivery in Meru has improved over time with the strengthening of health systems in the Country under the guidance of the National Health Sector Strategic Plans. However there are still gaps that require to be addressed through concerted effort. Health services in the County have been comprehensive and we have provided preventative, curative, palliative and rehabili-tative, and health promotion services. The greater investment over the years has however been skewed towards curative/treatment services.
o Needed: Greater investment in promotive and preventive health to reduce (new) inci-dence of diseases and improve wellness among residents of Meru County.
The Meru County Referral Hospital (Level-5) is the largest health facility and caters for most public sector inpatient services and management of difficult outpatient referrals. The hospital has inadequate infrastructure and other resources needed to provide quality services to clients from within the County and without. There is needed to prepare and implement a comprehensive site development and utilization master plan. The new site plan will guide the development and maximization of both space utilization and rational placement of various/specific facilities for
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efficient flow of goods and services to minimize time spent and movement in service of clients.
o Needed: i) Regular audits of available structural space, number of staff and workload; and ii) facility upgrades/renovations to meet the increasing demand for quality services.
It is evident that currently the quality of health services in Meru County is way below the expect-ed standard with the number of revisits and readmissions being unacceptably high at the Level 2 & 3 facilities. 70.7% (409,559/579249) of the clients attended to in 2012 at the Level-2 &-3 facilities made repeat visits.
There is lack of coordination in service delivery across provider types, types of care, levels of service delivery, and for both routine and emergency preparedness. Referral services too are not up to standard due to lack of adequate ambulances in the County. Referrals across sectors is also poorly coordinated. Accountability and efficiency in the sector is also poor with lack of emphasis or measures to minimize wastage of resources.
There is a need to ensure services are of high quality in Meru County, i.e. that they are effective, safe, centred on the patient’s needs and given in a timely fashion. The public sector lacks service delivery standards; and where service charters are available, they are not adhered to; and the therapeutic committees in facilities do not carry out service delivery audits regularly.
o Needed: The development and implementation of: i) a comprehensive evidence informed skills development programme which ensures our frontline staffs have skills that match demands in the community for better health outcomes; ii) health services standards to improve service delivery
While the necessary safety standards and protocols exist and are at various degrees of implemen-tation at the health facilities there is need, as part of the safety improvement strategy, to under-take regular reviews of these; and provide to staff and clients the necessary tools including radi-ation protection clothing, induction/training to reduce risk, and disinfectant as appropriate, etc.
o Needed: The development and implementation of a plan to strengthen sustainably the Meru County health capacity to provide quality diagnostic (imaging and lab) services to support evidence informed clinical practice.
Clinical practice that results in quality service is, in addition to health provider skills and access to and use of diagnostic equipment/tools and medicines, a function of the access and mandatory use of guidelines and service protocols/standards. Further, service charters are becoming the norm in the service industry but compliance with the set milestones of performance is often poor. Meru County Health will review, and/or develop and implement appropriate service guidelines, policies, protocols and service charters; and guide their effective implementation and monitoring to improve the quality of services to clients as appropriate. Further, Meru County will embrace and/or encourage other stakeholders too to embrace use of ICT tools (e-health platforms in-cluding mobile phones, computers, e.t.c) to improve communication; data acquisition/electronic record keeping, data analysis and use for quality service provision.
o Needed: The development and implementation of a plan to strengthen the use of modern ICT technology in Meru County to support evidence informed clinical practice.
Both through outreach and as part of the community strategy, the health providers have over the years undertaken albeit to a limited degree, community mobilization through use of various
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communication strategies to improve the health seeking behaviour of target communities to en-sure early diagnosis and treatment of conditions. The outreach services seek to take some of the simple interventions to the people, and refer cases as appropriate to its facility for specialized treatment. There is also poor participation of the target population in service delivery design and assessment.
o Needed: Implementation of the community strategy and participation of the community to improve access and use of health services in Meru County.
Human Resource for Health (HRH)
Human Resources for Health (HRH) in the county is fairly skilled in general, but the number in most cadres is below that needed to provide quality services. Nurses make up the bulk of the health care staff in Meru County Health, with 738 in total servicing currently.
The number of health workers consultants/specialists (in various fields of medicine) serving is very low to enable Meru County handle difficult cases effectively. There are only 16 consultants serving in the public sector in Meru County. The target will be to attract and retain adequate numbers of skilled staff in the key cadres; and achieve high staff satisfaction that ensures an annual retention rate of at least 90% in all major staff cadres. There is therefore need to develop strategies that ensure the attraction, recruitment and/or maintenance of staff to attain the desired staff to client/population ratio for quality service provision.
Adequate housing and attendant amenities provided to staff at their place of work or in any easily accessible and secure location can improve their motivation and performance. The Meru County Health Department has used the stimulus funds to improve the living quarters for staff at the health facilities and provided limited recreational facilities. This however remains work in progress, and more will be done during this current strategic plan period to both cater for the current unmet need and for the expanding staff ranks in line with anticipated growth to guarantee quality services for all. The Meru County Health Department will, during the current Strategic Plan period, undertake a limited task-time-motion study; and a mapping of the number, skills and location of various cadres of HRH to inform health staff needs quantification.
o Needed: Development and Implementation of an evidence-informed HRM Plan that en-sures Meru County has skilled HRH to deliver quality health services to residents.
Strategic Information
A health information system provides the needed evidence for decision-making; and serves four key functions: data i) generation, ii) compilation, iii) analysis and synthesis, and iv) communi-cation and use.
The health information system should collect data from health and other relevant sectors, anal-yse that data and ensure the overall quality, relevance and timeliness; and convert the data into information for health-related decision-making.
Appropriate dissemination and communication of data/evidence are therefore essential attributes of the health information system.
In Meru County, individual level data about the patient’s profile, health-care needs and treatment that serve as the basis for clinical decision-making is not up to standard; and there is also poor
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storage of the data collected. This therefore complicates patient follow up. Health facility level data, both from aggregated facility level records and from administrative sources (such as drug procurement records) is captured minimally and not used widely by the health management teams to determine resource needs, guide purchasing decisions (for drugs, equipment and sup-plies) or support community outreach. Data quality is also poor, and on the most part, does not represent the services available to the population.
Meru County Health will strengthen the currently very weak gathering and use of strategic in-formation for planning and effective programmes implementation. Both regular monitoring and evaluation of projects/programmes; and research (including implementation research), are cur-rently very limited in Meru County. There is therefore need for the establishment of a responsive health information system in Meru County
The Meru County Health Department will also collaborate with teaching institutions and pro-vide grants to those seeking to provide evidence to support scale up of the current and initiation of new interventions as appropriate. Further, the results of such research will be published and shared widely to improve service standards and contribute to the available body of knowledge.
o Needed: development and implementation of: i) an elaborate plan to strengthen the Meru County Health Management Information System; and ii) Health Research Agenda to build the necessary evidence base.
Commodity Security
According to the WHO framework, a well-functioning health system ensures equitable access to essential medical products, vaccines and technologies of assured quality, safety, efficacy and cost- effectiveness, and their scientifically sound and cost-effective use. The health commodities used to facilitate the provision of health services in Meru County are supplied by Kenya Essen-tial Medicines and Supplies Agency (KEMSA). Prior to the transfer of health services to the County Government, the health facilities had virtual accounts and drawing rights that allowed them to receive and pay for commodities from KEMSA.
The number of skilled staff at the pharmacy department in most health facilities in Meru Coun-ty is very limited and in some instances a great drawback to quality service delivery. Lack of capacity to undertake demand forecasting, and timely acquisition and analysis of consumption data to facilitate demand forecasting and commodity procurement are partly to blame. This HRH gap needs to be addressed in earnest to ensure appropriate patient counselling and dispensing of medicines and other pharmaceutical commodities in line with acceptable standards. Meru County Health will recruit and retain skilled staffs, and have skills of others improved through training and mentorship.
.Adherence to standard operating procures (SOPs) for commodity receipt, storage, issuance and dispensing and reporting too have been weak at health facilities in Meru County. In addition, lack of adequate space at the work areas in the dispensing pharmacy (s) and warehouses/stores has been identified as a key gap; and which needs to be addressed to improve motivation and productivity of staff, service provision and the comfort of the clients waiting for services. Many of the pharmacies and warehouses lacks secure doors and windows, have poor raking and limited shelf-space; in addition to having sub-optimal ambient conditions (temperature and humidity control) for commodity storage.
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To improve efficiency in service provision, Meru County Health will strengthen the number and skills of staff in the pharmacy department, provide adequate work-space in the dispensing phar-macy (s) and warehouses/stores, ensure timely acquisition and analysis of quality consumption data to facilitate demand forecasting and commodity procurement, and procure and maintain tools (including computers and attendant software) used in dispensing at the pharmacies and commodity management in the drug-stores. To ensure the derived demand is quantified to in-form procurement and provision of adequate commodities, regular demand forecasting meetings will be held with the user-departments especially the representatives from the Clinical Services (pharmacy, outpatient clinics, the wards and outreach).
o Needed: development and implementation of: i) an effective commodity security plan; and ii) pharmaceutical dispensing standards that improve the quality of health care ser-vices for residents of Meru County.
Health Financing
The financing arrangements for health services in Meru County do largely mirror those prevailing at the national level. The Government of Kenya contributes greatly to the development of infrastructure (facilities and attendant equipment), procurement and pro-vision of health commodities; and the training, recruitment and maintenance of the ma-jority of HRH in service today. The development partners and the County Government are the other key financiers of health services in Meru County. The private sector, em-ployer groups and individuals finance health services in Meru County through medical insurance and/or direct payment for services received especially at the non-public sector facilities. In general, the resources committed to finance the health care sector in Meru County and nationally today remains lower than those required to provide world-class health services for all.
Over the last thirty years donors (public and private-sector institutions, and individuals) have provided both tied and non-tied funding for public service oriented activities. While both funding models remain in operation, the former is getting dominant and therefore those seeking financing are expected to develop specific proposals that state clearly the targets (programme performance indicators and attendant budgets) for consideration by donors, national governments and/or cor-porations or individuals in the private sector.
To ensure sustainable financing of its activities, the Meru County Health Department will de-velop and effectively implement well thoughtout and/or innovative resource mobilization, allo-cation and management strategies. To obtain sustainable funding over the long term, the Senior Leaders of the Meru County Health ought to embrace fundraising as a team sport to ensure de-velopment of responsive proposals that meet the donor needs and interests or build the requisite capacity to generate our own revenue from Income Generating Activities (IGA). Further, the Meru County Health Department will develop strategic partnerships with individuals and insti-tutions in Europe, North America and on the African continent to mobilize resources to finance the implementation of its activities to improve health outcomes. A clear and effective mechanism to coordinate these teams will be developed.
o Needed: The development and Implementation of an Innovative Resource Mo-bilization and Management Strategy to ensure all planned Meru County Health projects/programmes are sustainably funded.
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6.6.5 Issues, Causes and Proposed Interventions by Sub-sector
Below is a tabular representation of issues identified by key stakeholders in health within the Meru County and the proposed interventions to address them:
Issues Causes Immedi-ate Objec-tives
Proposed Interventions
High prev-alence of commun i -cable dis-eases
Poor immuni-zation cov-erage, HIV infection, Ma-laria, Pneumo-nia, Diarrheal diseases and other neglected diseases
Eliminate Commu-nicable Conditions
Raise Immunization coverageChild Health through IMCI strategyScreening for communicable conditionsAntenatal Care, LLITNs provisionPrevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission and scaling eMTCT in MCH and MaternityIntegrated Vector ManagementGood hygiene practicesRoll out Community StrategyHIV and STI preventionScale up CCCs services for PLHIVControl and prevention neglected tropical diseases
High mor-bidity and m o r t a l i t y from Non communi -cable dis-eases
Cancers, hypertension, Diabetes
Halt, and reverse the rising burden of non com-municable conditions
Health Promotion &Education for NCD’sInstitutional Screening for NCD’sRehabilitationWorkplace Health & Safety Specialized cancer management by setting Cancer centreFood quality & SafetyRoll out Community StrategyPalliative careSpecialized clinicsComprehensive youth friendly servicesOperative surgical servicesSpecialized Therapies
Rising bur-den of inju-ries and vio-lence
RTAs, Gen-der based and domestic violence
Reduce the burden of violence and inju-ries
Health Promotion and education on violence / inju-ries preventionWorkplace Health & Safety and mainstreaming GBVPre hospital Care with efficient referral systems(am-bulances)OPD/Accident and EmergencyManagement for injuries in Critical care units( ICU, HDU, TheatresRehabilitation centres
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Issues Causes Immedi-ate Objec-tives
Proposed Interventions
High risk of STI/HIV, t e e n a g e p r e g n a n -cies, abor-tion, drug and sub-stance abuse
FGM, Igno-rance, Idle-ness, early sexual debut, peer pressure
Minimize exposure to health risk factors
Health Promotion including health Education in-cluding through school health progammes and youth programmes for youth out of schoolsSexual education including through school health progammes and youth programmes for youth out of schoolSubstance abuse addict rehabilitationMicronutrient deficiency controlEstablish youth friendly centresScale up MARPS ProgramPhysical activity through recreation programmes
High ma-ternal, neo-natal and ch i ldhood mortalities and morbid-ities
Haemorrhages, abortions sep-sis, obstructed labour, pre-eclampsia, pre-maturity, birth asphyxia, hypothermia, malnutrition, anaemia
Provide essential health services to address maternal, neonatal and child health
Ensure services are provided by skilled Human Re-source
Provide Integrated MCH / Family Planning servicesStrengthen BEMONC & CEMONCRoll out Community StrategyProvide Focused Antenatal Care Strengthen Newborn services Avail Reproductive health services especially PAC and integrate FP and HIV services
Weak in-ter-sectoral col labora-tion
Unhelpful Competition between sector players
Strengthen collab-oration with other sectors
Joint planning and implementationDevelopment and measurement of indicators spe-cific to the activities related to better collaboration between sector playersHave an Reward and acknowledging system for those that show improvement in this regard
6.6.6StrategiestoAddressOverallGaps,NeedsandOpportunitiesIdentifiedinthe
Health Sector in Meru County
To address the identified challenges/needs and exploit opportunities presented by the external environment, Meru County Health will use the following main strategies:
Leverage on Existing Structures and Systems
The Meru County Government has inherited a fairly functional health system. Meru County Health will review the existing structures and systems at various levels with a view of retaining what works and exploring more effective alternatives for those that do not.
Mobilise Resources to Support Strategies
The County Health Department will develop a forward looking, innovative Resource Mobili-zation and Management Strategy that seeks to ensure sustainable financing of the planned ac-tivities. This will seek to guarantee the flow current resources into the health sector from the national government and other key partners/stakeholders; and to develop new sources of financ-ing including via tapping into emerging markets and/or developing our own income generating
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activities. Better financial planning, allocation, use and accounting of the obligated resources too will improve the available resources for investment in the priority projects.
Create and/or Strengthen Strategic Partnerships
The sector will develop new and/or strengthen existing partnerships with the National Gov-ernment, the Development Partners, Implementers, the Community and other stakeholders as appropriate to further our set objectives.
Creating Synergy with Other Sectors to Deliver Optimal Health Services
Meru County Health recognizes health and wellness can only be fully realized if other sectors contribute their efforts and resources too. The production and consumption of safe and quality foodstuffs (of all kinds) has impact on health outcomes. Improving literacy levels among County residence has a huge correlation with their ability to understand key health messages, wellness and disease states; and therefore their own contribution to promotive and preventive health in-terventions, and utilization of available curative services. Further, improving the road network facilitates faster movement of people and enables more residents to access health care services.
Support Research to Inform Sector Decisions
Effective and sustainable interventions are those supported by compelling evidence. The exis-tence of compelling evidence does motivate/inspire many to action including in resource com-mitment and support for planned activities. Meru County Health will develop a Research Agenda and facilitate those who seek to undertake research to support programme implementation and/or contribute to the existing body of knowledge. Meru County Health will therefore deliberate-ly promote Operational and/or Implementation Research to ensure its projects/programmes are evidence informed.
Priority Programmes and Projects
There are on-going Health Sector projects in Meru County. Some flagship and other projects have also been identified for implementation. These are highlighted in the tables below:
i). On-going Projects
Project Name Location Description of Activities
Reasons for Stalling
Way Forward
KK Mwethe, Kaathi, Kande-bene and Matabithi dispen-saries
Tigania East
Construction and equipping
Inadequate funding
Allocate more funds to complete construction and equipping
Kimachia dispensary
Machegene dispensary
Tigania West
Construction and equipping
Inadequate funding
Allocate more funds to complete construction and equipping
Runogone, Kianjuri and Ngiine dispensary
Imenti North
Construction and equipping
Inadequate funding
Allocate more funds to complete construction and equipping
Meru County Health Depart-ment block
Imenti North
Construction and equipping
Inadequate funding
Allocate more funds to complete construction and equipping
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ii)
New
Pro
ject
s
a.
Flag
ship
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ject
s
Flag
ship
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ject
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me/
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rior
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b. Other Projects
The other Main Health Projects proposed for implementation over the next 5 years in Meru County and Projected Costs are captured below:
Other ProjectsProject Name Location/
LevelObjectives Target De-
scrip-tion of Activi-ties
Total
KShs. (Million)
Source of Funding
Renovate, equip and maintain the existing facilities in all 9 Sub-coun-ties
In all the 9 Sub-counties
To ensure quali-ty health services are accessible to all residents of Meru County by the end of 2018
9 300 Meru County Government and partners
Build, equip and maintain Lev-el -2-3 and 4 facilities in all 9 Sub-counties
In all the 9 Sub-counties
130 400 Meru County Government and partners
Build, equip and maintain Operat-ing theatres at the Sub-county (Lev-el – 4) Hospitals
In the 7 Sub-counties
9 75 County Gov-ernment and partners
Procure, install and maintain X-RAY machines at the Sub-county (Level-4) Hos-pitals in Meru County
In the 7 Sub- counties
9 54 Meru County Government and partners
Build, equip and maintain an ICU
Meru Level 5 Hospital
1 350 MCG and partners
Build, equip and maintain a Renal Unit
Meru Level 5 Hospital
1 70 MCG and partners
Build, equip and maintain a HDU
Meru Level 5 Hospital
1 65 MCG and partners
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Other ProjectsProject Name Location/
LevelObjectives Target De-
scrip-tion of Activi-ties
Total
KShs. (Million)
Source of Funding
Build, equip and maintain a Cancer Centre
Meru Level 5 Hospital
1 480 MCG and partners
Build, equip and maintain a Phys-iotherapy Unit
Meru Level 5 Hospital
9 35 MCG and partners
Build and equip a Model Health Centre and sup-port its operations
Igembe Cen-tral
1 50 MCG and partners
Procure and maintain Ambu-lances
5 per each Sub-county
48 135 MCG and partners
Procure and maintain Utility Vehicles
2 Vehicles per Sub-county
18 27 MCG and partners
Procure, install and maintain Standby Gener-ators
In all the 9 Sub-counties
38 19 MCG and partners
Develop and maintain the needed infrastruc-ture to improve water supply in all health facili-ties
In all the 9 Sub-counties
100% 5 MCG and partners
Build and main-tain incinerators at health facilities for medical waste management
In all County Health facil-ities
116 23 MCG and partners
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LevelObjectives Target De-
scrip-tion of Activi-ties
Total
KShs. (Million)
Source of Funding
Build and main-tain staff houses for the Core Facility manage-ment team (and HRH covering nights)
In all the 9 Sub-counties
Ensure there is an adequate number of skilled HRH in Meru County to provide quality ser-vices by the end of 2016
14 hospi-tals; 23 health centres
120 MCG and partners
Build, equip and support oper-ations of the Advanced Health Sector Training Institute
Meru Central Sub-county
1 MCG and partners
Recruit and/or maintain ade-quate numbers of skilled HRH for service deliv-ery in the Public Sector
All Health facilities
2574 3,000 MCG and partners
Procure, ware-house and dis-pense adequate quality health commodities line with national and international standards
All Health fa-cilities in line with County Health Policy
Ensure Meru County has adequate health com-modities and devices to provide ef-fective/qual-ity services throughout the plan period
1% 793 MCG and partners
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Other ProjectsProject Name Location/
LevelObjectives Target De-
scrip-tion of Activi-ties
Total
KShs. (Million)
Source of Funding
Facilitate Meru County health ( health facilities and system) to undertake M&E and research to gather evidence to inform plan-ning and pro-gramme imple-mentation; and contribute to the existing knowl-edge
Next to Meru County HQ
Ensure Meru Coun-ty has the necessary evidence to inform planning and effective im-plementation of activities throughout the plan period
100% 36.7 MCG and partners
Completion, fur-nishing, equip-ping and mainte-nance of County Health Depart-ment Building
All 9 Sub-counties and County level
To ensure a well Led and Coordinated Meru Coun-ty Health System that is responsive to the needs of residents by the end of 2014
100% 27 MCG and partners
Support to Meru County Health Dept and its Health Manage-ment Boards/Committees at various lev-els to provide leadership and governance for effective service delivery
All 9 Sub-counties and County level
100% 45.125, MCG and partners
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LevelObjectives Target De-
scrip-tion of Activi-ties
Total
KShs. (Million)
Source of Funding
Facilitate Oper-ations ( payment of utility bills and running of vehi-cles, wages for contract staff, etc) and Maintenance (buildings and utilities, etc)
Next to Meru County HQ
100% 1,300 MCG and partners
6.6.7 Budget Projections
Budget Projections
Program/
Project
Location/Level
Total Budget(KShs. Million)
Timeframe
2013/ 14 2014/ 15
2015/ 16 2016/ 17
2017/ 18
Model Health Centre Igembe Central
50 20 20 5 5
Advanced Health Sector Training Institute
Meru Central 200 80 80 20 20
Renovate, equip and maintain the existing facilities
In all the 9 Sub-counties
300 33 60 70 70 67
Build, equip and maintain Level -2 and -3 facilities
In all the 9 Sub-counties
400 70 80 90 80 80
Build, equip and maintain Operating theatres at the Sub-county (Level – 4) Hospitals
In the 7 Sub-Counties
75 15 15 15 15 15
Procure, install and maintain X-RAY machines at the Sub-county (Level-4) Hospitals in Meru County
In the 7 Sub- counties
54 13 13 13 7.5 7.5
Build, equip and maintain an ICU
Meru Level 5 Hospital
350 150 100 30 10 10
Build, equip and maintain a Renal Unit
Meru Level 5 Hospital
70 30 10 10 10 10
Build, equip and maintain a HDU
Meru Level 5 Hospital
65 25 10 10 10 10
Build, equip and maintain a Cancer Centre
Meru Level 5 Hospital
480 70 150 150 80 30
Build, equip and maintain a Physiotherapy Unit
Meru Level 5 Hospital
35 10 10 5 5 5
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Budget Projections
Procure and maintain Ambulances
5 per each Sub-county
135 30 30 30 30 15
Procure and maintain Utility Vehicles
2 Vehicles per Sub-county
27 15 4 4 2 2
Procure, install and maintain Standby Generators
In all the 9 Sub-counties
19 5 5 5 2 2
Develop and maintain the needed infrastructure to improve water and electricity supply at health facilities
In all the 9 Sub-counties
5 1 1 1 1 1
Build and maintain incinerators at health facilities for medical waste management
In all the 9 Sub-counties
120 30 30 30 30 30
Build and maintain staff houses for the Core Facility Mxt team (and HRH covering nights)
In all County Health facilities
23 4 6 5 5 3
Recruit and/or maintain adequate numbers of skilled HRH for service delivery in the Public Sector
All Health facilities
3,000 600 600 600 600 600
Procure, warehouse and dispense adequate quality health commodities line with national and international standards
All Health facilities in line with County Health Policy
793 142 150 158 167 176
Facilitate Meru County health ( health facilities and system) to undertake M&E and research to gather evidence to inform planning and programme implementation; and contribute to the existing knowledge
All Sib-counties in Meru county
36.7 6.7 8 8 7 7
Completion, furnishing, equipping and maintenance of County Health Department Building
Next to the County Headquarters
27 10 15 0. 6 0.7 0. 7
Facilitate Operations ( payment of utility bills and running of vehicles, wages for contract staff, etc) and Maintenance (buildings and utilities, etc)
All Health Facilities in the 9 Sub-counties
1, 300 250 250 270 270 260
Support to Meru County Health Dept to provide leadership and governance for effective service delivery (develop and disseminate the Strategic & Operational Plans, policies; and facilitate meetings and visits of Health Management teams to carry out their mandate)
All levels of Meru County Health
45.125 7.125 8 9 10 11
Total 7,609.825 1,516.825 1,665 1,623.6 1,437.2 1,367.2
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6.6.8 Income Generation Mechanisms
Mechanism /Source Expected Income (KShs. Million)
Sustainability Mechanisms
Hospital user fees 80 Improving and diversification of services, encour-aging enrolment with health insurance providers
Premises inspection and licensing fees
5 Development of clear guidelines
6.6.9 Sustainability of Interventions
Meru County Health will involve the target community and other key stakeholders in the design (identification of needs, planning) and implementation of projects/programmes to ensure buy-in and enduring support for sustainability. The early seeking of concurrence on the identified needs, the appropriate solutions, the approach and cost of implementation, and indicators of perfor-mance and feedback to the various stakeholders on progress will go a long way to ensuring the chosen projects/programmes are supported for timely completion and enduring service to the residents of Meru County.
Every one, whether individual, interest groups (CSOs, Academia, Friends of Meru County in Diaspora, etc.), communities, the National Government, and/or the Development Partners will be encouraged to partner with Meru County Health and Government to facilitate the realization of our stated intent to have: Meru county residents have access to and utilize affordable quality health services to improve health outcomes.
6.6.9 Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
a). Implementation Framework
The Sector-specific Strategic Plan will be operationalized via the development and implementa-tion of a fully costed Annual Operational Plan (AOP)/Framework.
b). Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Framework
The County Government will enact specific policies, laws and regulations to guide the health sector.
c). Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
The effective implementation, monitoring and evaluation of public sector interventions go along to ensuring the achievement of the set objectives in service of the target population. Data acqui-sition, analysis and use of the evidence generated for planning and programmes implementation is rather weak and needs to be strengthened through investment to create an integrated and ef-fective M&E system. A revamped County Planning Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit will offer the required leadership in the process. The matrix describing in detail the priority projects/activities, costs, sources of funds, implementation timeframes, monitoring indicators, implementing agencies and sources of data, will be developed as a part of the Annual Operation-al Plan for each year.
The Overall Meru County Health Sector M&E Framework covering the first 5 years of the CIDP is as highlighted below:
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Mon
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the
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all 9
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the
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part-
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qual
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POs;
M
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coun
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Num
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f clie
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the
agre
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plan
Rep
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POs;
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f he
alth
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and
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Num
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Rep
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; In-
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M
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prov
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ater
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pply
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alth
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ll th
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b-co
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ties
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4yrs
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GN
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) of h
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faci
litie
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regu
lar a
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de-
quat
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of w
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Rep
orts
; In-
voic
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POs;
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inut
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line
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tern
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Rep
orts
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POs;
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alth
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re th
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nty
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120
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) of h
ealth
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dequ
ate
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reed
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; In-
voic
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inut
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alth
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Mon
itori
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dica
tors
Mea
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f Verification
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atus
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aint
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uate
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ate
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ate
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atio
n Fr
amew
ork
Proj
ect N
ame
Obj
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b-co
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Supp
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6.6.10 Feedback and Response Mechanisms
- Chalk boards
- Suggestion boxes
- Customer satisfaction surveys
- Operational research
- Facility open days
- Community dialogue days
- Staff score cards
- Stakeholder forums
- Performance Reports
- On line platforms including web sites, chat rooms and social media
6.7 Social Protection, Culture and Recreation
6.7.1 Brief Description
The Social Protection, Culture and Recreation Sector is made up of the following inter-related sub-sectors: Sports, National Heritage and Culture, Social Development, Special Programmes, Children and, Youth Affairs and Gender.
Sports within Meru County has been in existence though lowly and poorly harnessed and so many talents are untapped. With regard to National Heritage and Culture, Meru County is rich with diverse cultural practices exhibited through songs and dances, traditional beliefs, artworks, culinary arts, artefacts, cultural sites and the Njuri Ncheke council of elders which is a unique and recognized form of government both nationally and internationally. There exist a museum at the county which if fully equipped which can act as tourist attraction besides being an education-al centre on traditional values to our children at both primary and secondary schools. There is one public library and several community libraries at the Sub-county level that require promotion, equipping and digitalization.
Some of the recreational facilities as outlined in schedule four of the county government Act include theatres, parks, casinos, video shows, cinema and racecourses which are non-existent in Meru County. The County has one officially known park Mwenda-Antu park, which is under construction. In terms of Social development, registration of groups is underway as well as sup-port to the aged. Assistance to the People with disabilities (PWDs) and older persons has been minimal and need to be scaled up to reach a wider range. There are children’s department in the county and sub-counties but not adequately facilitated to handle children matters.
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6.7.2 Sector Vision, Mission and Objectives
VisionA leading provider of social services for quality life for the residents
MissionTo optimally exploit resources for empowerment and nurturing of talents Objectives
• Empower the marginalized and enforce affirmative action
• Explore, exploit and nurture talents in the populace
• Promotion and preservation of positive cultural practices and heritage
Eradicate retrogressive cultural practice
6.7.3 Situational Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses• Availability of public land for development of
social services and facilities.
• Diverse talents across the board
• Rich cultural background
• Skilled manpower
• Favourable location for cultural tourism
• Good will from stakeholders and county govern-ment
• Existence of cultural sites for tourists’ attraction.
• Cultural rigidity
• Understaffing
• Inadequate funding?
• Dependency syndrome among the youth
• Negative perception of technical skills
• Ignorance/inadequate information about affirmative programmes
Opportunities Threats• Existence of untapped talent among the youth
• Good market for sports
• Favourable legislations under the constitution and county government Act
• Favourable climatic conditions
• Other counties with more devel-oped cultural tourism
• Well established sports centres and training grounds outside the county
• Illegal smuggling of traditional artefacts
• Competition from well developed and famous cultural communities e.g. Maasai
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6.7.4 Issues, Causes and Proposed Interventions by Sub-sector
Sub-sector Issues Causes Immediate
Objectives
Proposed Intervention
Sports Untapped tal-ents
Inadequate facilities and professional knowledge and aware-ness
To identify and tap di-verse talents
Provide resources to en-able tapping and nurturing talents
Initiate awareness programs on the benefits of sports activities
Culture
Recreational facilities
Unexploited cultural poten-tial
Inadequate resources
To exploit culture for social-eco-nomic em-powerment
To expand/ develop recreational facilities
Map, conserve and exploit recreational facilities
Provide resources for ade-quate recreational facilities
Social ser-vices
Limited recre-ational facilities
Little upscale of affirmative programmes
Uncoordinated support for the needy by NGOs
Minimal patronage of these fa-cilities and inadequate fundsInadequate funding and lack of awareness
Lack of over-sight office in the County
Reach a wider range of ben-eficiaries
To narrow the gap between the advan-taged and disadvantaged groups
To oversee the activities of all NGOs operating in the County
Scaling up of programmes and initiatives and sensiti-zation.
Youth and Women grants and awareness creation
Start oversight office that will coordinate and take stock of NGOs activities in the CountyTo collaborate with them
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6.7.5 Priority Programmes and projects
On-going Projects/Programmes
(a) Flagship Projects
Programme/Project Name
Location/Sub- county/ Ward
Objectives Targets Description of activities
Imenti South Communi-ty Cultural Centre
Mitunguu - Imenti South
To establish a model cultural centre for other cultural centres in all Sub-coun-ties
Develop one (1) model cultural centre.
• Develop Design,
• Collection of Artefacts, bidding and awarding
• Display of Ameru tradition-al values and artefacts
b) Other Projects
Project Name Location Objectives Targets to be met
Description of Activities
Capacity build-ing for persons with disability
Meru – Maua towns
To impart technical skills to enable self employment thereby dis-engaging the group from the streets
Equip all Physically im-paired persons with relevant training and skills and mop them out of the streets
• Development of a concept paper, im-plementation strategy and exit strategy.
• Training and place-ment support
Scouting, developing and nurturing of sport talents by sports group formation
All Sub-counties
To promote sports and nurture di-verse talents among the youth and children
Hold Sub-coun-ty tournament in preparation for the annual County tourna-ment
• Register youth in vari-ous sports activities
• Arrange the in-ter-ward tournament all through to the county level
Base ball com-plex
Kirirwa – Central Imenti
Promote base ball game for sports tourism
Establish a model sports complex
• Upgrading of the play ground and construc-tion of a sports com-plex.
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iori
ty
Ran
king
L
ocat
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Lev
elO
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Targ
ets t
o be
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Des
crip
tion
of A
c-tiv
ities
Est
imat
-ed
Cos
t (K
Shs.
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce
of F
unds
Esta
blis
hmen
t of s
ports
cl
ub w
ith a
Gol
f cou
rse
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clu
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1M
eru
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stPr
omot
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lf as
a
spor
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the
coun
ty
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us50
0M
CG
&
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opm
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partn
ers
Cou
nty
Mar
atho
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C
ount
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adqu
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rsPr
omot
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of in
te-
grat
ion
and
cohe
-si
on
One
Mar
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hon
held
an
nual
ly
-Eve
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rom
otio
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ntifi
catio
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d m
arki
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f rou
te
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itatio
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gue
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runn
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50M
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partn
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Mou
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n bi
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limbi
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enya
)Pr
omot
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eve
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ally
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otio
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arki
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f rou
te
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itatio
n of
gue
st
runn
ers
30M
CG
&
Priv
ate
sect
or
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Oth
er P
roje
cts
Oth
er P
roje
cts
Proj
ect N
ame
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iori
ty
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king
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ocat
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elO
bjec
tives
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ets t
o be
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crip
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ctiv
-iti
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stim
at-
ed C
ost
(KSh
s. M
illio
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ce o
fFu
nds
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blis
hmen
t of
cultu
ral c
entre
s 7
Sub-
coun
ty h
ead-
quar
ters
Cre
ate
a ce
ntre
for
cultu
ral p
res-
erva
tion
and
deve
lopm
ent
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t com
mun
ity
cultu
ral c
entre
s•
Des
igni
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iddi
ng,
awar
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and
im-
plem
enta
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atio
nal G
over
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ent
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u C
ount
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over
nmen
t
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tion
of H
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onum
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d na
min
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st
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s
8 C
ount
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ad-
quar
ter a
nd o
ther
m
ajor
mun
icip
al-
ities
To h
onou
r th
e he
roes
an
d pr
eser
ve
hist
ory
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onum
ent
with
th
e na
mes
of a
ll M
eru
Her
oes a
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stre
ets n
amed
afte
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em
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ning
, bid
ding
, aw
ardi
ng a
nd im
-pl
emen
tatio
n
•G
azet
tem
ent o
f the
na
med
stre
ets
200
Mer
u C
ount
y G
over
nmen
t
Esta
blis
hmen
t of
Nju
ri N
chek
e sh
rines
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ll Su
b-co
untie
sTo
enh
ance
co
mm
unity
go
vern
ance
pr
omot
ion
of
Mer
u cu
lture
Eigh
t Nju
ri N
chek
e Sh
rines
•D
esig
ning
, bid
ding
, aw
ardi
ng a
nd im
-pl
emen
tatio
n
100
Mer
u C
ount
y G
over
nmen
t
Esta
blis
hmen
t &
of c
ultu
ral v
illag
e ho
mes
11A
ll Su
b-co
untie
sTo
pro
mot
e lo
cal a
nd
inte
rnat
iona
l to
uris
m
Eigh
t cul
tura
l vill
age
hom
es•
Des
igni
ng, b
iddi
ng,
awar
ding
and
im-
plem
enta
tion
450
Nat
iona
l gov
-er
nmen
t & M
eru
Cou
nty
gove
rn-
men
t
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Oth
er P
roje
cts
Proj
ect N
ame
Pr
iori
ty
Ran
king
L
ocat
ion/
Lev
elO
bjec
tives
Targ
ets t
o be
Met
Des
crip
tion
of A
ctiv
-iti
esE
stim
at-
ed C
ost
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Sour
ce o
fFu
nds
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aniz
e an
nual
co
mm
unity
cul
tur-
al fe
stiv
al
5C
ount
y he
ad-
quar
ters
To e
nhan
ce
cultu
ral
cele
brat
ion
and
reco
g-ni
ze c
ultu
ral
dive
rsiti
es/
cohe
sion
One
cul
tura
l fes
tival
he
ld p
er a
nnum
•M
obili
zatio
n of
co
mm
uniti
es
•Pu
rcha
se o
f mat
eri-
als a
nd p
relim
inar
y fe
stiv
als
150
Mer
u C
ount
y G
over
nmen
t&
partn
ers
Reh
abili
tatio
n an
d eq
uipp
ing
of th
e m
useu
m
6 C
ount
y he
ad-
quar
ters
Impr
ove
cul-
tura
l pre
ser-
vatio
n
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ease
the
num
ber o
f vi
sito
rs
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mus
eum
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epai
rs m
aint
e-na
nce
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rcha
se o
f mat
eri-
als a
nd tr
aini
ng o
f pe
rson
nel
100
Mer
u C
ount
y G
over
nmen
t
Reh
abili
tatio
n an
d Eq
uipm
ent
of
Libr
arie
s
4M
ain
publ
ic
libra
ry a
nd c
om-
mun
ity li
brar
ies
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rovi
de
wid
e ra
nge
of re
adin
g m
ater
ials
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tinuo
us a
nd a
c-co
rdin
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nee
d•
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s/N
eeds
ana
l-ys
is
•A
cqui
sitio
n of
ma-
teria
ls
50M
eru
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nty
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ernm
ent &
de
velo
pmen
t pa
rtner
s
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ping
of
cultu
ral s
ites a
nd
prac
titio
ners
10C
ount
ywid
eId
entif
y lo
ca-
tion
for f
utur
e pl
anni
ng a
nd
deve
lopm
ent
By
end
of fi
nanc
ial
year
201
3/20
14•
Dat
a co
llect
ion
•Id
entifi
catio
n an
d en
gage
men
t of
rese
arch
ers a
nd
docu
men
tatio
n
10M
eru
Cou
nty
Gov
ernm
ent
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Oth
er P
roje
cts
Proj
ect N
ame
Pr
iori
ty
Ran
king
L
ocat
ion/
Lev
elO
bjec
tives
Targ
ets t
o be
Met
Des
crip
tion
of A
ctiv
-iti
esE
stim
at-
ed C
ost
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Sour
ce o
fFu
nds
Empo
wer
men
t gr
ants
for Y
outh
, W
omen
& P
er-
sons
livi
ng w
ith
disa
bilit
y
2C
ount
ywid
eEm
pow
er-
men
t for
affi
r-m
ativ
e ac
tion
and
impa
rt en
trepr
eneu
r-ia
l ski
lls
Con
tinuo
us•
Cap
acity
bui
ldin
g on
ent
repr
eneu
rial
skill
s
•D
ispa
tch
of th
e gr
ants
•M
onito
ring
and
eval
uatio
n
450
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u C
ount
y G
over
nmen
t
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abili
tatio
n of
st
reet
chi
ldre
n an
d Su
ppor
t for
OV
Cs
1In
all
tow
ns a
nd
mar
ket p
lace
sTo
impr
ove
the
secu
rity
and
supp
ort
them
to h
ave
a pr
oduc
tive
life.
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tinuo
us•
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profi
ling
•R
ehab
ilita
tion
•Pl
acem
ent t
o ho
mes
•G
ive
educ
atio
n or
vo
catio
nal t
rain
ing
250
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iona
l Gov
ern-
men
t and
Mer
u
Cou
nty
Gov
ern-
men
t
Up-
scal
ing
of
affir
mat
ive
pro-
gram
mes
12
All
Sub-
coun
ties
Expa
nsio
n of
supp
ort t
o ol
der a
nd d
is-
able
d pe
rson
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ontin
uous
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entifi
catio
n an
d ve
tting
, cas
h tra
ns-
fer
250
Nat
iona
l Gov
ern-
men
t and
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u
Cou
nty
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ern-
men
t
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Oth
er P
roje
cts
Proj
ect N
ame
Pr
iori
ty
Ran
king
L
ocat
ion/
Lev
elO
bjec
tives
Targ
ets t
o be
Met
Des
crip
tion
of A
ctiv
-iti
esE
stim
at-
ed C
ost
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Sour
ce o
fFu
nds
Esta
blis
hmen
t of
reha
bilit
atio
n ce
ntre
3C
ount
y he
ad-
quar
ters
To re
habi
li-ta
te th
e st
reet
ch
ildre
n an
d dr
ug a
ddic
ted
yout
hs
With
in 2
yea
rs•
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tifica
tion
of la
nd, d
esig
n-in
g, st
akeh
olde
rs
invo
lvem
ent,
cons
truct
ion
and
sour
cing
for q
ual-
ified
reha
bilit
atio
n tra
iner
s
500
Mer
u C
ount
y G
over
nmen
t and
Don
ors
Dev
elop
men
t of
publ
ic p
arks
131
in e
ach
Sub-
coun
tyPr
ovid
e re
cre-
atio
n ce
ntre
s fo
r the
pub
lic
Five
(5) y
ears
•Id
entifi
catio
n of
si
tes,
deve
lopm
ent
9M
eru
Cou
nty
Gov
ernm
ent a
nd
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ors
Dev
elop
men
t of
high
atti
tude
trai
n-in
g gr
ound
s
14N
yam
bene
/ Mt
Ken
ya re
gion
Prov
ide
recr
eatio
n an
d tra
in-
ing
grou
nds
cent
res f
or th
e sp
orts
frat
er-
nity
1•
Iden
tifica
tion
of la
nd, d
esig
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akeh
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invo
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ent,
cons
truct
ion
and
sour
cing
for q
ual-
ified
reha
bilit
atio
n tra
iner
s
10M
eru
Cou
nty
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ernm
ent
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ors
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6.7.
6 B
udge
t Pro
ject
ions
Bud
get P
roje
ctio
ns
Prog
ram
me/
Pr
ojec
t L
ocat
ion/
Lev
elTo
tal
Bud
get
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Tim
efra
me
20
13/1
420
14/1
520
15/1
620
16/1
720
17/1
8
Imen
ti-so
uth
com
mun
ity c
ultu
ral c
entre
Mitu
nguu
– Im
enti
Sout
h10
0 6
0 1
0 1
0 1
010
Cap
acity
bui
ldin
g fo
r the
per
sons
with
dis
abili
tyM
eru
, Mau
a, T
imau
, Nku
bu50
025
155
120
100
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ts g
roup
form
atio
n A
ll Su
b-co
untie
s45
020
280
50
50
50
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nty
mar
atho
nC
ount
y he
adqu
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rs50
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10
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e ba
ll co
mpl
exK
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– Im
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tral
1000
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abili
tatio
n of
stad
ia a
nd p
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pla
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kubu
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ra70
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84
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blis
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t of s
ports
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bs,
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alls
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250
150
5050
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blis
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t of
tale
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cade
my
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gant
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blis
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ports
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dem
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men
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800
400
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blis
hmen
t of a
mem
bers
clu
b w
ith a
gol
f co
urse
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u fo
rest
500
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0-
Mou
ntai
n B
ike
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bing
Mt.
Ken
ya (
Buu
ri)40
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tion
of H
eroe
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umen
t and
rena
min
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adqu
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rs20
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5050
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blis
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t of c
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coun
ty50
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190
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blis
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t of N
juri
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coun
ties
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168 A United Prosperous Green Model County
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Bud
get P
roje
ctio
ns
Prog
ram
me/
Pr
ojec
t L
ocat
ion/
Lev
elTo
tal
Bud
get
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Tim
efra
me
20
13/1
420
14/1
520
15/1
620
16/1
720
17/1
8
Esta
blis
hmen
t of c
ultu
ral v
illag
e ho
mes
The
9 Su
b-co
untie
s45
02
148
100
100
100
Org
aniz
e an
nual
com
mun
ity c
ultu
ral f
estiv
alC
ount
y H
eadq
uarte
rs12
0-
3030
3030
Reh
abili
tatio
n an
d eq
uipp
ing
of th
e m
useu
mC
ount
y H
eadq
uarte
rs10
02
3030
2018
Reh
abili
tatio
n an
d Eq
uipm
ent
of L
ibra
ries
Cou
nty
Hea
dqua
rters
50-
3010
55
Map
ping
of c
ultu
ral s
ites a
nd p
ract
ition
ers
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ntyw
ide
5-
31
1-
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wer
men
t gra
nts f
or Y
outh
and
wom
enA
ll ni
ne S
ub-c
ount
ies
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6910
010
010
081
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scal
ing
of a
ffirm
ativ
e pr
ogra
mm
esA
ll ni
ne S
ub-c
ount
ies
250
570
7055
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Reh
abili
tatio
n of
stre
et c
hild
ren
supp
ort o
f OV
Cs
All
nine
Sub
-cou
ntie
s25
050
5050
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blis
hmen
t of r
ehab
ilita
tion
cent
reK
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i – Ig
embe
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th50
0-
400
5025
25
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elop
men
t of p
ublic
par
ksN
ine
(9) S
ub-c
ount
y he
adqu
arte
rs9
0.3
4.7
21
1
Dev
elop
men
t of h
igh
attit
ude
grou
nds
Mt K
enya
regi
on/N
yam
bene
10-
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5-
Tota
l10
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263.
34,
180.
71,
754
1,48
41,
430
169A United Prosperous Green Model County
FIRST MERU COUNTY INTERGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2013-2017
6.7.7 Income Generation Mechanisms
Mechanism/Means/Source Expected In-come (KShs. Million)
Sustainability Mechanisms
MCG funding 6000 • Adherence to the budget, government leg-islations and policies.
• Prudent management Development partners and donor funding and revenue collection from parks, recre-ational facilities and sports stadia
3424 • Adherence to funding guidelines and poli-cies, proper reporting and accountability
• Clear exit mechanisms
Revenue collection from parks, recreational facilities and sports stadia
110 • Adherence to revenue collection policy
• Prudent management of revenue collected.
• Vetting of personnel
Liquor Licensing 40 • Sale of licenses
Sports endowment fund through lottery program/scheme
50 • Lottery sale
6.7.8 Role of Stakeholders
Name of Stakeholder Roles
National Government Policy formulation, standardisation, funding
County Government Civic education, funding, M&E
Faith Based Organizations Sponsorship, funding, civic education, M&E
Community Based Organizations Civic education, funding
Private sector Partnership purposes
Beneficiaries Participatory M&E, needs identification
170 A United Prosperous Green Model County
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6.7.9 Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
i Implementation Framework
Sub-Sector Manpower Requirement
Culture • Culture – Chief Officer (1)
• Director For Culture (1)
• Personal Assistants (3)
• Cultural Officers (6)
• Administrative Staff (10)
Sports • Sports – Chief Officer (1)
• Director For Sports (1)
• Personal Assistants (3)
• Sports Officers (10)
• Administrative Officer (10)
Youth • Youth Officers (3)
Gender and Social Services • Gender/Social Services Officers (3)
ii Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Framework
• County cultural, sports, gender, elderly and disability policies
• Liquor licensing and control legislation
• Betting control legislation
iii Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation
The implementation, monitoring and evaluation mechanism of public resources plays a great role in ensuring that the objectives of the project/programme are realised. It ensures that the constrained resources are used to realize maximum benefits. It therefore means that monitoring and evaluation require to be strengthened. Collaboration among various development agencies namely the donor agencies, CBOs, NGOs, the government and other stakeholders is neces-sary through strong networking system. The County Planning Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit will offer the required leadership in the process. The matrix describing in de-tail the names of priority projects, costs, timeframes, monitoring indicators, monitoring tools, implementing agencies, source of funds and implementation status for the various sectors is as follows:
171A United Prosperous Green Model County
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Mon
itori
ng a
nd E
valu
atio
n Fr
amew
ork
Proj
ect N
ame
Obj
ectiv
eA
ctua
l Su
b-co
unty
/
War
d
Proj
ect
Cos
t (K
Shs
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce o
f Fu
nds
Tim
e Fr
ame
Impl
e-m
entin
g A
gen-
cy(ie
s)
Mon
itori
ng
Indi
cato
rsMeansofV
erifi
-ca
tion
Impl
e-m
en-
tatio
n St
atus
Imen
ti S
outh
C
omm
uni-
ty
C
ultu
ral
Cen
tre
To e
stab
lish
a m
odel
cul
tur-
al c
entre
to
act a
s ref
er-
ence
poi
nt
to e
nabl
e de
velo
pmen
t of
oth
ers i
n al
l sub
-cou
n-tie
s
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nguu
- Im
enti
Sout
h10
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CG
5yrs
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Dep
art-
men
t of
cultu
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150
MC
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100
MC
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rsM
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of K
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Reh
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Equi
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10
MC
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6.7.10 Feedback and Response Mechanisms
• Through public forums in various Sub-counties, customer satisfaction surveys
• Through the media and journals
• Personal visits to assess the programmes and engagement of the community
• Through reports from youth officers and administrators at the Sub-county level
• Administering questionnaires through village administrators
6.8 Education
6.8.1 Brief Description
There has been rapid expansion of education in terms of enrolment and infrastructure as a result of Free Primary Education (FPE) and Free Secondary Education (FSE). The county has 15 edu-cation divisions and zones. There are 813 Early Childhood Development Centres (ECDs) with a total enrolment of 61,870 of which 28,925 is male and 32,945 female. The total number of ECD teachers is 1,202 making the teacher child ration to be 1:51. The sector comprises of 647 primary schools with a total enrolment of 335,879 pupils and 5,520 teacher and 192 secondary schools with a total enrolment of 54,682 students against 1,825 teachers. The county level of literacy stood at 53 per cent in 2012, with the sex ratio being 40 per cent male and 60 per cent female. The sector has four Sub-sectors, namely:
i. Pre-Primary – ECDEii. Home Craft Centers
iii. Village Polytechnicsiv. Child Care Centers
6.8.2 Sector Vision and Mission
Vision
A well educated and skilled society for sustainable development.
Mission
Facilitate provision of quality education, training, mentorship, research and innovation for ca-pacity building and prosperity.
Sector Objectives
• To ensure access, retention, transition and quality in all the Sub-sectors
• To alleviate levels of illiteracy and promote acquisition of professionalism from early stages
• To promote county and national cohesion and integration
• To promote research and innovation for social economic development
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6.8.3 Situational Analysis
A. Stakeholders Analysis
Name of Stake-holders
Stakeholder Ex-pectations from the County
County Expectations on the Stakeholder
1. Ministry of Ed-ucation (MoE), County Edu-cation Board (CEB)
Curriculum supervi-sion and evaluation
• Policy formulation
• Policy Guidelines
• Assessment Criteria, policy implementation
2. Schools Support through provision of re-quired resources
• Curriculum implementation, supervision and evaluation
3. Parents / Com-munity
Involvement / Con-sultations on key decisions
• Curriculum support
• Provision of resources
4. Politicians Involvement / Con-sultations on key decisions
• To support and provide goodwill
5. NGOs, CBOs, FBOs
Enabling environ-ment and clear poli-cies. Accountability
• Support to curriculum implementation
• Capacity building and resource provision
• Spiritual guidance
6. Government agencies e.g. KICD, TSC, KNEC
Monitor and Eval-uate
• Curriculum review, evaluations & staffing
7. School commit-tees e.g. PTA and BOMs.
Involvement in ma-jor decisions
• Ensure quality teaching/ learning
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B. SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses
• Existence of infrastructure for ECDE and village polytechnics
• Availability of trained teachers and instructors within the county
• Good will from the county government and FBOs
• Supportive stakeholders especially the house committee on education
• Agriculturally productive areas hence low drop out
• Existing infrastructures
• Understaffing
• Low enrolment at ECDE level
• Poor infrastructure in some areas
• Non-existence of child care facilities
• Negative attitude towards village polytechnics
• Non-existence of home craft centre’s
Opportunities Threats
• Government and county funding
• connectivity to schools
• Support from county assembly
• Availability of young, caring and informed parents
• Emergence of street children
• Unpredictable transition which may cause conflict between the ECDE and the primary school
• Negative perception on free primary school Education.
• Drugs and substance abuse
• Retrogressive cultural practices
• High Poverty levels in some areas
• Irresponsible parenthood especially in urban areas
• Delegation of parental obligations e.g. the working class
• Lack of political goodwill/political interferences
• Inadequate funds
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6.8.4 Issues, Causes and Proposed Interventions by Sub-sector
Sub-sec-tor
Issues Causes Immediate
Objectives
Proposed Intervention
1. Pre-pri-mary
• Low enrol-ment
• Negative atti-tude leading to low enrol-ment
• Limited and privatised
• Inade-quate infra-structure
• lack of teachers
• expen-sive
• Increase net enrolment rate to 90%
• Provide resources both physical and human.
• Enact favourable legislation to make ECDE compulsory
2. Village Poly-technics
• Limited Fa-cilities
• Lack of awareness
• Rigid mind set and un-friendly curricu-lum
• Increase awareness and diversify the curriculum
• Improve en-rolment
• Re-brand the youth polytechnics
• Provision of resourc-es
3. Child-care Facilities
• Limited facil-ities
• Non existence in some areas
• Inade-quate resources
• Unclear policies
• To offer a conducive environment for healthy and physical development of the child
• Establishment of day care centres and rehabilitation centres Provide resources
• Special units for children with special needs
4. Home Craft Centres
• Limited Fa-cilities
• Non existence in other areas
• Negative Attitude
• Inade-quate Funding
• Unclear policies
• To create awareness
• To develop handicraft skills
• Introduce home craft centres throughout the County
• build Capacity
• Provide resources
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6.8.5 Priority Programmes and Projects
(i) On-going Projects/Programmes
(a) Flagship Projects
Project name Loca-tion
Objectives Targets Description of activities
Model Sec-ondary schools
Each constitu-ency
Improve education standards
Two in each constituency
Construction of classrooms, dor-mitories, laboratories and multi-purpose halls
Renovation and expansion of youth poly-technics
Kiirua, Kanyak-ine
Improve transition to tertiary education
One technical institute and two youth poly-technics
Construction of tuition blocks and workshops
ii) Stalled Projects
Project Name Location Description of Activities Reasons for StallingMulathankari Girls
Imenti North
Construction of a dormitory and ablu-tion block
Inadequate funds
iii) New projects
(a) Flagship
Pro-gramme/Project Name
Pri-ority Rank-ing
Location / Level
Objec-tives
Targets to be met
Description of Activities
Estimat-ed Cost (KShs. Million)
Source of Funds
To construct technical teachers training institute
1 County level
To produce technical teachers / instruc-tors
To train 500 in-structors for poly-technics by 2017.
Putting up infrastructure
Registration
Recruitment of trainees
50 MCG
MoE
Stake-holders
To construct technical training institute
2 County level
To produce technical instruc-tors
To train 500 in-structors for poly-technics by 2017.
Putting up infrastructure
Registration
Recruitment of trainees
50 MCG
MoE
Stake-holders
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Pro-gramme/Project Name
Pri-ority Rank-ing
Location / Level
Objec-tives
Targets to be met
Description of Activities
Estimat-ed Cost (KShs. Million)
Source of Funds
To provide ICT integra-tion at all levels
3 All edu-cational institutions
To promote e-learn-ing in the coun-ty
All primary, sec-ondary schools, polytech-nics and tertiary institu-tions by 2017
Capacity building for teachers
Provision of ICT facilities
500 MCG and MoE
To con-struct/ ren-ovate youth polytechnics
4 Sub-coun-ty/ ward
To produce technical instruc-tors
To train 1000 in-structors for poly-technics by 2017.
Putting up infrastructure
Registration
Recruitment of trainees
100 MCG MoE
Stake-holders
(b) Other Projects
Other ProjectsProject Name
Priority Ranking
Location/ Level
Objectives Targets to be Met
Description of Activities
Estimat-ed Cost (KShs. Million)
Source of Funds
Employ-ment of ECDE teachers on con-tract basis
1 All public primary schools in the county
To facili-tate effec-tive learn-ing
/ curricu-lum imple-mentation
900 pre-school teachers
•Advertise-ment
•Short listing
•Recruitment
•Posting
540 MCG
Con-struction of class rooms for pre-schools.
2 All wards (45)
To provide adequate and con-ducive en-vironment for teach-ing and learning
813 ECDE class-rooms by 2017
•Tendering
•Procurement
•Hiring of labour and payments
270 MCG
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Other ProjectsProject Name
Priority Ranking
Location/ Level
Objectives Targets to be Met
Description of Activities
Estimat-ed Cost (KShs. Million)
Source of Funds
Construc-tion of a workshop for every polytech-nic
3 All wards (45)
To provide adequate and con-ducive en-vironment for teach-ing and learning
45 work-shops by 2017
•Tendering
•Procurement
•Hiring of labour and payments
7.5 MCG
Funding of Special schools and spe-cial units co-cur-ricular activities
4 County level
To support co-curric-ular activi-ties.
County to national activities
•Programmes
•Budgeting
•Activities
•Sourcing for transport
•Feeding and accommoda-tion
10 MCG
Special schools and spe-cial units resource allocation
5 County level
To support the special schools and units with equip-ment
At least one special school in every Sub-coun-ty
•Tendering
•Procurement
•Inspections
•Recording
•Storing
40 MCG
Primary co-cur-ricular activities subsidy
6 County to national level
To subsi-dise the primary schools activities
County to national level
•Budgeting
•Meetings
•Programmes
•Sourcing for transport
5 MCG
Employ-ment of poly-technic instruc-tors on contract basis
7 8 instruc-tors per polytech-nic in the county.
To fa-cilitate effective learning/curriculum implemen-tation
2 instruc-tors per polytech-nic per year
•Advertise-ment
•Short listing
•Recruitment
•Posting
81 MCG
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Other ProjectsProject Name
Priority Ranking
Location/ Level
Objectives Targets to be Met
Description of Activities
Estimat-ed Cost (KShs. Million)
Source of Funds
Capacity building for ECDE teachers
8 County level
To equip teach-ers with necessary pedagogi-cal skills
813 pre-school teachers
•Budgeting
•Programming
•Invitation letters
•Hiring of halls
•Sourcing for facilitators
•Hiring of venues
2.439 MCG
Capacity building for min-istry of education and coun-ty staff
9 All coun-ty and Sub-county officers and secondary teachers
To re-plenish skills for effective curriculum implemen-tation
Ministry officials, prima-ry and secondary school teachers
•Budgeting
•Programming
•Invitation letters
•Report writ-ing
•Sourcing for facilitators
•Venue book-ing,
3.5 MCG
Endow-ment fund
10 County level
To enhance retention and transi-tion from secondary to tertiary sub-sectors
Starting Septem-ber 2014
•Opening the bank account
•constituting the county bursary com-mittee
•Invitations
•Meetings
•Allocation of funds
•Recordkeep-ing
250 MCG
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Other ProjectsProject Name
Priority Ranking
Location/ Level
Objectives Targets to be Met
Description of Activities
Estimat-ed Cost (KShs. Million)
Source of Funds
Standards assess-ment in primary schools and bench-marking
12 All wards To deter-mine the level of curriculum implemen-tation
All wards (813 primary schools)
•Budgeting
• Program-ming
•Invitation letters
•Assessment
•Report writ-ing
•Review meetings
•Feedback
8.13 MCG
County pre-KCPE evalua-tion
13 County level
To deter-mine the level of prepared-ness for class 8 candidates for KCPE
County level
•Invitations for meetings
•Item setting and modera-tions
•Distributions
•Storage
•Identification of item
•Evaluation report
1.335 MCG
Standard assess-ment in secondary schools
14 All wards (45 wards)
To deter-mine the level of curriculum implemen-tation
All wards (330 schools)
•Budgeting
•Programming
•Invitation letters
•Assessment
•Report writ-ing
•Review meetings
•Feedback
4.95 MCG
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Other ProjectsProject Name
Priority Ranking
Location/ Level
Objectives Targets to be Met
Description of Activities
Estimat-ed Cost (KShs. Million)
Source of Funds
Equip-ping of pre-schools
15 All wards (45 wards)
To provide appropriate child care facilities
All wards (813 pre-schools)
•Budgeting
•Procurement
•Installation
•Inspections
•Recording
•Storage
81.3 MCG
Equip-ping of polytech-nics
16 All poly-technics
To provide adequate equipment to equip the learn-ers with competi-tive skills.
All poly-technics in the 45 wards
•Budgeting
•Procurement
•Installation
•Recording
•Storage
90 MCG
Construc-tion of child care facilities(-day care centres)
17 At Sub-county level
To provide security and health for work-ing parents in urban areas.
All s\Sub-coun-ties
•Buying land
•Constructing
•Equipping and mainte-nance
18 MCG
Employ-ment of caretakers for the day care centres
18 At Sub-county level
To offer care and security for children before they join formal education
All Sub-coun-ties
•Advertise-ment
•Short listing
•Recruitment
•Posting
5.4 MCG
Estab-lishment of home craft cen-tres
19 One per Ward level
To exploit and nurture handcraft skills for self reli-ance.
All wards (45)
•Buying land,
•Constructing
•Equipping, and mainte-nance
135 MCG
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Other ProjectsProject Name
Priority Ranking
Location/ Level
Objectives Targets to be Met
Description of Activities
Estimat-ed Cost (KShs. Million)
Source of Funds
Introduc-tion of feeding pro-gram for ECDE (as from 2014)
20 813 pre-schools -
One school per ward
To enhance enrolment and good health for the learn-ers
All pre-schools (813)
•Piloting
•Procurement and supply
•Storage
•Sourcing for labour to prepare
•Record keep-ing
•Preparing stores
24 MCG
6.8.6 Budget Projections
Budget ProjectionsProgramme / Project
Location/ Level
TotalBudget (KShs. Million)
Timeframe
2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
To construct teacher tech-nical training institute
County level
50 - 25 25
To provide ICT integra-tion at all levels
All edu-cational institu-tions
500 - 200 100 200
Employment of ECDE teachers on contract basis
All public primary schools in the county
540 108 108 108 108 108
Construction of 2 class rooms for pre-schools.
All wards(45)
270 54 54 54 54 54
Construction of a workshop for every polytechnic
All wards(45)
67.5 67.5
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Budget ProjectionsProgramme / Project
Location/ Level
TotalBudget (KShs. Million)
Timeframe
2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
Special schools and special units
County level
10 2 2 2 2 2
Special schools and special units
County level
40 8 8 8 8 8
Primary co-curricu-lar activities subsidy
County to national level
5 1 1 1 1 1
Employment of polytech-nic instructors on contract basis
8 instruc-tors per polytech-nics in the county.
1.2 0.240 0.240 0.240 0.240 0.240
Capacity building for ECDE teach-ers
County level
2.439 0.813 0.813 0.813
Capacity building for ministry of education and secondary school teach-ers
All County and Sub- county of-ficers and secondary teachers
3.500 0.700 0.700 0.700 0.700 0.700
Endowment fund
County level
250 50 50 50 50 50
Standards assessment in primary schools
All wards 8.13 1.626 1.626 1.626 1.626 1.626
County pre-KCPE evalu-ation
County level
1.35 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.27
Standards assessment in secondary schools
All wards(45 wards)
4.95 0.990 0.990 0.990 0.990 0.990
Equipping of pre-schools
All wards(45 wards)
81.3 16.26 16.260 16.260 16.260 16.260
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Budget ProjectionsProgramme / Project
Location/ Level
TotalBudget (KShs. Million)
Timeframe
2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
Equipping of polytechnics
All poly-technics
90 10 - 28 32 30
Construction of child care facilities(day care centres)
At Sub-coun-ty level
18 - 4 10 4 -
Employment of caretakers for the day care centres
At Sub-coun-ty level
5.4 - 2.16 1.08 1.08 1.08
Establishment of home craft centres
One per Ward level
135 27 27 27 27 27
Introduction of feeding program for ECDE (as from 2014)
813 pre-schools
120 - 20 30 50 20
Total 2,213.769 280,899 589,559 464,979 557,166 321,166
6.8.7 Income Generation Mechanisms
Mechanism/Means/Source Expected Income Sustainability Mechanisms
1. Donor funding, (American friends of Kenya, USAID)
50 million per year worthy of equip-ments and technical assistance
• Meeting donor require-ments e.g. keeping the in-ventories of equipments.
• Prudent management of donor funds
2. Income generating activities in polytechnics e.g. establishment of tree nurseries, making of beehives and affordable greenhouses
100 million per year
• Seedling Sales
• Sale of honey
6.8.8 Role of Stakeholders
Name of Stakeholder RolesMinistry of education Curriculum ,supervision and evaluation
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Schools Curriculum implementation, supervision and evaluation
Parents Curriculum support, provision of resources
Politicians To support and provide goodwill
NGOs To support curriculum implementation, capacity building and provide resources
Government agencies e.g. KICD, TSC, KNEC
Curriculum review, evaluations, staffing
Faith based organizations Spiritual nourishment, sponsorship of schools
Other county departments Positively contribute towards cross cutting issues
Community leaders and members Donate resources e.g. land and consume education
Security agencies Protect children
6.8.9 Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
(i) Implementation Framework
Sub-county
County Dept: of Education andTechnology
ECDE Child care facilities
Home craft centers
Polytechnics
Sub-county
Ward level Ward levelWard level Ward level
Village level Village levelVillage level Village level
(ii) Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Framework
The sector is guided by various policy documents and laws. These include the:
• Millennium Development Goals
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• The Constitution of Kenya -2010
• Sessional Paper Number 1 of 2005, Kenya Education Sector Support Program (KESSP)
• Gender policy on education of 2007
• Basic education Act of 2013
• TSC Act of 2012
• Children’s Act of 2001
• The TIVET Policy on Technical and Vocational Training.
• National Early Childhood Development Policy Framework- 2006
• Early Childhood Development and Education Policy Draft- 2013
(iii) Framework for Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
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• (iv) Feedback and Response MechanismsThrough the media e.g. engage the public in a programme where they can raise issues
• Organised public forums at the various levels e.g. the village, ward, Sub-county and the county
• Use of write ups like journals and magazines
• Development of tools for M & E like interview schedules and questionnaires
• Meetings with MoE officials, TSC staff and the Teachers to get feedback
• During school district and county education days
Visit to schools and polytechnics
6.9 Infrastructure
6.9.1 Brief Description
This is one of the major sectors that influence competitiveness of the County. Infrastructure development is basically through direct investment by the government e.g. roads construction, electrification, transport, housing etc. The County must enhance its competitiveness by investing in infrastructural development. The County has poor road network, especially the feeder roads within the wards.
• Poor road network is responsible for the underdevelopment in the County. For instance, the tourism potential of the County is not fully exploited owing to poor road network. The sector involves the following sub-sectors:-
• Roads
• Transport
• Energy
• Public Works
Housing
6.9.2 Sector Vision, Mission, and Objectives
Vision
A model county in transport and infrastructural development.
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Mission
Provide safe, quality and adequate transport and infrastructure facilities for social-economic development.
• Sector Objectives
• To develop and maintain a high quality road network linking all corners of the County to enhance economic development.
• To promote and develop the use of alternative sources of energy such as wind and solar energy.
• To increase access to safe and decent housing facilities for the County residents through provision of housing, development of policy and regulation.
• To develop and maintain world class Public Works facilities such as Airports within our County.
• To collaborate with local Universities and research institutions to develop alternative low cost construction methods for infrastructural projects
• To develop and manage the county infrastructure in a sustainable manner
• To create an effective leading infrastructure network
To formulate policies and by laws to guide and regulate the infrastructural sector.
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6.9.2 Situational Analysis
A. SWOT Analysis
Strengths WeaknessIncreased funding from government;
Coordinated planning among the sub-sectors;
Technical staff available;
Adequate labour force;
Availability of cheap road construction tech-nology elsewhere that can be borrowed
Availability of local universities with whom we can partner to spearhead research;
Inadequate technical staff;
Lack of adequate construction materials e.g. murram;
Insufficient funding;
Scarcity of construction machinery;
Limited capacity for local contractors;
Lack of cooperation between the Infrastruc-ture Sub-sectors;
High cost of project costs;
Poor facilities maintenance regimes;
Poor road design
Opportunities Threats
Availability of fuel levy fund;
Road mapping and classification;
Low rural electrification coverage;
Well educated population where manpower can be drawn;
Ability to acquire new roads construction equipment;
High cost of construction materials;
Encroachment of road reserves;
High regulatory compliance cost e.g. NEMA fees;
Lack of way leaves;
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tisin
g th
e ro
ad u
sers
-H
ire m
ore
tech
nica
l sta
ff an
d tra
in th
e ex
istin
g on
es-C
olla
bora
te w
ith lo
cal U
nive
r-si
ties s
uch
as M
eru
Uni
vers
ity
to e
stab
lish
a M
ater
ials
Tes
ting
Lab
- Spe
ed c
ontro
l mea
sure
s
-Im
prov
e al
l roa
ds to
bitu
-m
en st
anda
rds
-Acq
uire
mac
hine
ry a
nd
equi
pmen
t e.g
. pur
chas
e a
grad
er fo
r eve
ry S
ub-c
oun-
ty.
-To
dem
arca
te a
ll ro
ad
corr
idor
s-I
ntro
duce
mat
eria
l tes
ting
cent
re- B
umps
, roa
d si
gns,
fly-
over
s
2.Tr
ansp
ort
- Tra
ffic
jam
in M
eru
tow
n.- U
se o
f ani
mal
tran
spor
t in
the
tow
n- O
bstru
ctio
n of
traf
fic a
long
Kai
ran-
ya-K
athi
ta ro
ad- N
on a
dher
ence
to se
t pic
king
and
dro
p-pi
ng b
ays.
- Roa
ds a
ccid
ents
alo
ng m
ajor
tarm
ac ro
ads
- Lac
k of
road
furn
iture
e.g
. inf
orm
atio
n ro
ad si
gns,
road
mar
king
etc
-Man
y un
pave
d ro
ads w
ithin
our
urb
an
cent
res
-Ins
uffic
ient
ly d
evel
oped
bus
par
ks in
our
ur
ban
cent
res
- No
wal
k w
ays a
nd
cycl
e la
nes
- Doi
ng b
usin
ess o
n th
e ro
ad si
des e
.g. c
ar
mec
hani
cs- L
ack
of a
ltern
ativ
e ro
ute
from
tow
n- T
oo m
any
vehi
cles
in
Tow
n-V
anda
lism
of r
oad
sign
s
Con
stru
ct w
alk
way
s and
cyc
le
lane
sFu
ll en
forc
emen
t of t
raffi
c ru
les
Inst
alla
tion
of in
form
ator
y ro
ad
sign
s
Con
stru
ct b
y-pa
sses
/ring
ro
ads t
o ea
se tr
affic
flow
.Se
t des
igna
ted
area
s for
bu
sine
sses
Enfo
rcem
ent o
f tra
ffic
rule
s
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edia
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opos
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terv
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3.En
ergy
-Lim
ited
cove
rage
-Ove
r-rel
ianc
e on
bio
mas
sour
ces o
f ene
rgy
-Unt
appe
d lo
cal e
nerg
y re
sour
ces
-Way
- lea
ve c
halle
nges
-Lim
ited
co-o
rdin
atio
n w
ith o
ther
stak
e ho
lder
s whe
n ex
tend
ing
grid
net
wor
k
-Van
dalis
m
-Poo
r wor
kman
ship
on
dist
ribut
ion
-Ins
uffic
ient
fund
ing
-Ina
dequ
ate
supe
rvi-
sion
-Pov
erty
- Lim
ited
awar
enes
s
-Exp
and
acce
ss to
pub
lic u
tili-
ties a
nd h
ouse
hold
s
-Exp
lore
, exp
loit
and
deve
lop
all e
nerg
y ge
nera
ting
Res
ourc
es
-Pro
mot
e an
d en
cour
age
the
use
of c
lean
ene
rgy
reso
urce
s
-Dev
elop
men
t of p
olic
ies,
law
s an
d re
gula
tions
for p
rope
r man
-ag
emen
t
-Dev
elop
men
t of s
olar
par
k an
d ex
plor
e w
ind
pros
pect
s no
rther
n pa
rt of
the
coun
t and
N
yam
bene
-Dat
a co
llect
ion
on w
ind
ener
gy p
oten
tial
in th
e co
unty
-Dev
elop
com
mun
ity
base
d sm
all h
ydro
-pro
ject
-Dev
elop
sola
r par
ks in
the
north
ern
part
of th
e co
unty
-Civ
ic e
duca
tion
to th
e pu
blic
on
the
prot
ectio
n of
en
ergy
supp
ly e
quip
men
t
-Pro
mot
e th
e de
velo
pmen
t an
d us
e of
bio
gas
-Pro
mot
e ad
optio
n an
d us
e of
LPG
in th
e ru
ral a
reas
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edia
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opos
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terv
entio
n
4.P
ub
lic
wor
ks-M
any
unco
mpl
eted
bui
ldin
gs
-Ina
dequ
ate
fund
allo
catio
n
-Poo
r pla
nnin
g
-Lat
e do
cum
enta
tion
-Lac
k of
mat
eria
l tes
ting
in th
e co
unty
-Low
Bud
geta
ry a
llo-
catio
n
-Fun
ds d
isba
nded
in
phas
es.
-Ina
dequ
ate
train
ed
tech
nica
l sta
ff.
Clie
nt ru
shin
g fo
r do
cum
ent a
t the
last
m
inut
e
-Fac
ilita
te a
dequ
ate
prov
isio
n of
cos
t effe
ctiv
e go
vern
men
t bu
ildin
gs a
nd o
ther
pub
lic
wor
ks
-Dev
elop
men
t and
mai
ntai
n bu
ildin
g fa
cilit
atio
n fo
r gov
ern-
men
t ope
rato
rs
- Dev
elop
men
t and
mai
ntai
n te
chni
cal a
nd q
ualit
y au
dit f
or
build
ing
and
othe
r pub
lic w
orks
in
the
publ
ic se
ctor
-Sen
sitis
e th
e cl
ient
on
the
need
to o
bser
ve ti
mel
ess w
hen
requ
estin
g fo
r doc
umen
tatio
n
-Lia
ise
with
clie
nts t
o im
-pr
ove
on b
udge
tary
allo
ca-
tion
to c
ompl
ete
stru
ctur
es
on ti
me
-Im
prov
e on
staf
fing
leve
ls
-Int
rodu
ce m
ater
ial t
estin
g ce
ntre
in th
e co
unty
5. H
ousi
ng-H
igh
cost
of h
ousi
ng
-Una
vaila
bilit
y of
land
-Lac
k of
a m
ortg
age
sche
me
for h
ousi
ng
gove
rnm
ent o
ffice
rs
-Gra
bbin
g of
gov
ernm
ent h
ouse
s
-Poo
rly re
gula
ted
build
ing
indu
stry
-Exp
ensi
ve b
uild
ing
mat
eria
ls
-Poo
r pla
nnin
g an
d gr
abbi
ng
-No
lega
l fra
mew
ork
to se
t up
a m
ortg
age
sche
me
-Cor
rupt
ion
amon
g th
e fo
rmer
loca
l and
m
unic
ipal
aut
horit
ies
-Int
rodu
ce lo
w c
ost b
uild
ing
tech
nolo
gy
-Re-
poss
essi
on o
f gra
bbed
land
-Dev
elop
a le
gal f
ram
ewor
k fo
r m
ortg
age
sche
me
-Rep
oses
all
grab
bed
hous
es
-Pre
pare
and
impl
emen
t a st
rict
build
ing
regu
latio
ns
-Aw
aren
ess o
n ad
vant
ages
of
low
cos
t stru
ctur
es
-Ful
l enf
orci
ng la
nd la
ws
-Dra
fting
a m
ortg
age
fram
ewor
k
-Do
stoc
k-ta
king
of a
ll co
unty
gov
ernm
ent h
ouse
s.
-Enf
orce
the
build
ing
code
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6.9.4 Priority Programmes and Projects
On-going Projects/Programmes
(a) Flagship Projects
Programme/Project Name
Location/Sub-county/ Ward
Objectives Targets Description of Ac-tivities
LAPSSET Meru North Open up the Northern corridor
Linking Lamu to Southern Sudan
Construction of new road from Lamu to South Sudan part of which traverses Meru County
Rural Electri-fication Pro-gram
Countywide Power to institu-tions and promote small scale indus-tries
To light up mar-ket centres and institutions
Installation of pow-er lines transformers and sub stations
b) Other ProjectsOther Projects
Project Name Location Objectives Targets to be met
Description of Ac-tivities
D482(Meru-Mi-k i n d u r i - M a u a road)
Imenti North-Tigan-ia East
and West and Igem-be South
To link Imenti North-Tigania East and West and Igembe South
52km Construction to bitu-men standards
KK - Njoune links Igembe Central Linking KK to Njoune
12km Construction to bitu-men standards
Meru County Roads
Entire County To link Ward HQs
300km To turn all weath-er roads in probase standard
Routine mainte-nance and spot im-provement of all classes D & E and unclassified roads
Entire County T r a n s f o r m them to all weather stan-dards.
300km Improving roads to Low volume seal standards, Carriage way grading and gravelling
Drainage works;
Protection works Muriri-Micii –Mi-kuru
Tigania East Linking C92 –D482
15km Construction to bitu-men standards.
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Other ProjectsProject Name Location Objectives Targets to
be metDescription of Ac-tivities
Connecting all pri-mary schools and market centres to electricity.
Countywide Improve elec-tricity connec-tivity
All un-connected p r i m a r y s c h o o l s and market centres.
Electricity connec-tion
Construction of county headquar-ters and Gover-nor’s office.
Meru town Ensure that all county staff are well ac-commodated
1 Construction of county headquarters
Construction of Sub-county head-quarters
All 9 Sub-counties Ensure that all county staff are well ac-commodated
9 Sub-coun-ties
Construction of offices
Refurbishment of government hous-es
Entire County Have a con-ducive living environment
All gov-ernment houses within the county
Renovation of the houses
Street lighting Meru Town, Maua, Nkubu, Timau, Githongo Kianjai, Laare, Mitunguu , Muthara,Mikindu-ri, Mutuati, Igoji, Gatimbi, Athiru Gaiti, Kiirua, Ki-birichia and at least one market in every ward
Have well lit urban areas and markets improve secu-rity
All ma-jor urban centres and market in the County
Street lightning in-stallation
Small scale en-ergy production plants e.g. Biogas and small HEP stations.
Completion of Gaitu Airstrip
All Sub-counties
Imenti Central
Avail cheap sources of energy and conserve envi-ronment
Revival and increase num-ber of activi-ties
9 wards Construction of bio-gas plants.
Installation of tur-bines
Completion of proj-ect
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ii) New projects
b. Flagship
P r o -gramme/ P r o j e c t Name
Priority Ranking
Loca-tion/
Level
Objectives Targets to be met
Description of Activities
Estimat-ed Cost (Mi l l ion KShs)
Source of Funds
Meru By-pass
1 M e r u town
To ease traf-fic congestion
30 Km Construction to bitumen standard
2,700 Wo r l d Bank
6.9.5 Budget Projections
Programme/Project Location/Level
TotalBudget ( K S h s . Million)
Timeframe
2013/ 14
2014/ 15
2015/ 16
2016/ 17
2017/ 2018
Roads improvements Classes D&E and all unclas-sified County Roads to be improved
4,400 600 1200 1,200 1,400
Rural electrification & street lighting-Small scale energy pro-duction
Entire County 690 80 100 250 260
Construction of County Headquarters and Gover-nor’s office.
Meru Town 360 360
Construction of Sub-coun-ty HeadquartersGaitu Airstrip
Sub-counties 50
200
50
100 100Total 5,700 680 1,660 1,600 1,760
6.9.6 Income Generation Mechanisms
Mechanism/Means/Source
Expected Income (KShs. Million)
Sustainability Mechanisms
Parking fees 50 Marking out and creating new parking bays.Cess 100 Enforce revenue collection by formulating by laws.Rental income 25 Reposes all county government houses. Hire out construction plants
50 Acquire, manage and maintain construction plants e.g. Graders, Rollers, Water boozers
Long–term borrow-ing from Lenders
100 Have proper repayment plans.
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6.9.7 Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
(i) Implementation Framework
a). Human Resources Requirements Roads and Transport: 1 Director Roads and Structures, 1 Engineer Roads, 9 County Roads Officers, 10 Secretaries/Office Assistants, 10 drivers
Energy: 1 Director (Energy), 1 Engineer (Electrical Works), 3 Technical Staff, 2 Secretaries/Office Assistants, 1 driver.
Public Works and Housing: 1 County Works Officer, 2 Architect, 2 Structural Engineers, 2 Quantity Surveyors, 2 Building Surveyors, 2 Mechanical Engineers, 9 Clerk of Works, 10 Sec-retaries, 10 Drivers.
b). Organizational Chart
(ii) Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Framework
The proposed policies, legislation and regulations that need to be put in place for the sector:
By-laws governing parking areas and collection of fees.
Laws governing the axle loads limit.
Laws governing encroachment of road reserves.
Sensitization of community on importance of infrastructure maintenance e.g. erection of sub-standard road bumps.
Imposing heavy fines on culprits of transformers vandalism.
Use of technology to curb vandalism e.g. having alarm and other security measures.
Restriction of sub-standard houses in the urban areas.
(iii) Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation
The implementation, monitoring and evaluation mechanism of public resources plays great role in ensuring that the objectives of the project/programme are realised. It ensures that the con-strained resources are used to realize maximum benefits. It therefore means that monitoring and evaluation require to be strengthened. Collaboration among various development agencies namely the donor agencies, CBOs, NGOs, the government and other stakeholders is necessary through strong networking system. The County Planning Coordination, Monitoring and Eval-uation Unit will offer the required leadership in the process. The priority projects, costs, time-frames, monitoring indicators, monitoring tools, implementing agencies, source of funds and implementation status for the various sub-sectors is described in the matrix below:
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onito
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and
Eva
luat
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Proj
ect N
ame
Obj
ectiv
esO
utco
mes
Ac
tu
al
Sub-
coun
-ty
/w
ard
Proj
ect
co
st
(KSh
s.
Mi
l-
lion)
Sour
ce
of
Fund
s
Ti
me
Fram
eIm
ple
-m
enti
ng
Age
ncy
(ie
s)
Mon
itor-
ing
Indi
-ca
tors
MeansofVerifica-
tion
Imp
le-
me
n-
tati
on
Stat
us
D48
2 (M
eru-
Mi-
kin
du
ri-M
aua
road
)
To
link
Im
en
ti
Nor
th-T
i-ga
nia
East
an
d W
est
and
Igem
-be
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th
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prov
ed e
cono
mic
act
iviti
es
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prov
ed se
curit
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sibi
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of v
ario
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coun
ty p
lace
s
Im
en
ti
Nor
th-T
iga-
nia
East
and
W
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nd Ig
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outh
1,78
2 G
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KeR
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No.
of
km ta
r-m
acke
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Rou
tine
mon
itor-
ing
and
repo
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co
unty
ass
embl
y
On-
go-
ing
KK
- Njo
une
links
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kin
g K
K
to
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prov
ed e
cono
mic
act
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es.
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prov
ed se
curit
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prov
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of v
ario
us
coun
ty p
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s
Ig
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be
Cen
tral
400
GoK
6 M
onth
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of
km
tar-
mac
ked
Rou
tine
mon
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and
repo
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co
unty
ass
embl
y
On-
go-
ing
Rou
tine
mai
nte-
nanc
e an
d sp
ot
impr
ovem
ent
of
all c
lass
es D
& E
an
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road
s.
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m
them
to a
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the
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•Im
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act
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s
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ti
re
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nty
3,60
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/
KeR
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No.
of
km
ta
r-m
acke
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Rou
tine
mon
itor-
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and
repo
rts to
co
unty
ass
embl
y
New
Am
os L
oop,
Rui
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Isio
lo,
Mur
i-ri-
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Than
-ga
tha
Brid
ge,
Mur
iri-M
icii
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ikur
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Lin
kin
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92
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482
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prov
ed e
cono
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act
iviti
es
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prov
ed se
curit
y
•Im
prov
ed a
cces
sibi
lity
of v
ario
us
coun
ty p
lace
s
Tiga
nia
East
2,09
7G
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yrK
eRR
AN
o.
of
km
tar-
mac
ked
Rou
tine
mon
itor-
ing
and
repo
rts to
co
unty
ass
embl
y
On-
go-
ing
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ame
Obj
ectiv
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utco
mes
Ac
tu
al
Sub-
coun
-ty
/w
ard
Proj
ect
co
st
(KSh
s.
Mi
l-
lion)
Sour
ce
of
Fund
s
Ti
me
Fram
eIm
ple
-m
enti
ng
Age
ncy
(ie
s)
Mon
itor-
ing
Indi
-ca
tors
MeansofVerifica-
tion
Imp
le-
me
n-
tati
on
Stat
us
Con
nect
ing
all
prim
ary
scho
ols
and
mar
ket
cen-
tres t
o el
ectri
city
.
Imp
rov
e el
ectr
icit
y co
nnec
tiv-
ity
•Im
prov
ed e
cono
mic
act
iviti
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•Im
prov
ed se
curit
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Cou
ntyw
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410
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ur
al
Ele
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-fi
cati
on
Aut
hor-
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No
pri-
ma
ry
sch
oo
ls
and
mar
-ke
ts c
on-
ne
cte
d w
ith e
lec-
trici
ty.
Rou
tine
mon
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g an
d re
ports
to c
oun-
ty a
ssem
bly
On-
go-
ing
Con
stru
ctio
n of
C
ount
y H
ead-
quar
ters
and
Gov
-er
nor’s
resi
denc
e.
Ensu
re th
at
all c
ount
y st
aff
are
wel
l ac
com
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ports
to c
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ssem
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b-co
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at
all c
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wel
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ports
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bly
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• (iv) Feedback and Response Mechanisms
• Through the media e.g. engage the public in a programme where they can raise issues
• Organised public fora at the various levels such as the village, ward, Sub-county and the county
• Use of write ups like journals and magazines
• Development of tools for M & E like interview schedules and questionnaires
• Through monthly progress reports presentation to stakeholders
Through site meetings with stakeholders
6.10 Water and Sanitation
6.10.1 Brief Description
Water and sanitation sector involves the provision of domestic water to households and commu-nity water points in towns and rural areas. It also works on provision of the sewerage services. The sector supplies safe and enough quantities of water to areas where there is a service provider. In rural areas there are various community based water supply projects that compliment the ser-vices provided by main stream water service providers.
The County has eleven permanent rivers with the major one being the Kathita River, a tributary of River Tana. The County also has 12 shallow wells, 30 protected springs, two water pans, 16 dams and 105 boreholes. These form the major sources of water for domestic use and irrigation.
The County has three major water service providers:
Mewass operating in Meru town and its environs.
Imethawasco operating in the rural areas and other towns.
Domwass operating various schemes in the county rural areas.
The average distance to the nearest water point in 2009 was between 1.5 and 8 Km. This has however been reduced following the use of CDF funds to finance community water projects with the aim of bringing water closer to the people. The number of households with access to piped water stands at 21,920 while households with access to portable water are 6,744. This contrasts sharply with the abundance of water as only 2 percent of the population has access to piped water.
Sub-sectors
• a). Domestic water supply
• Urban supply
Rural supply
• b). Sanitation services
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• Urban services (sewerage, eco-san toilets)
Rural services (VIP latrines, septic tanks )
6.10.2 Sector Vision, Mission and Objectives
VisionImproved living standards through provision of water and sanitation services
MissionTo supply safe, portable and adequate quantities of water to the residents of Meru County
• Sector Objectives
• Sustainable management of water and sanitation infrastructure in the county
• Improve sanitation services in the county
• Increase number of residents with access to safe water
Improve sanitation services in the county
6.10.3 Situational Analysis
A. SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses• Strong customer base
• Adequate water resources
• Well trained human resource capacity
• Catchment areas degradation by farmers
• Dilapidated infrastructure
• Marginalisation
• Uneven wealth distributionOpportunities Threats
• Proximity to Mt. Kenya water tower & the Nyambene ranges
• Availability of permanent rivers
• Private public partnership arrangements
• Conflicts with neighbouring com-munities
• Climate change
• Water rationing
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B. Stakeholder Analysis
Stakeholder Expectations from the County County expectations on the Stakeholder
1 Consumers •Provision of clean and safe water for consumption
•Provision of quantifiable water for irrigation and other domestic uses
•Sustainable consumption of water and management of catchment areas
•License the water services provid-ers and regulate them
• Assist in maintenance of the facilities by providing un-skilled labour
•Formation of WRUAs for sus-tainable water resources use
•Maintain and conserve water catchment areas
2 Development Partners
•Provision of technical advice and Enforcement of water laws
•Mobilize the required funds for project completion and sustainabil-ity
•Financing community water projects
•Undertake evaluation and monitoring of projects
•Provide technical advice
3 National Gov-ernments Depart-ments and county governments
•License the water services provid-ers and regulate them
•Relevant information
•Enabling laws
•Statistical data
•formulation of regulatory pol-icies necessary to guide devel-opment of the water sector
•Support investors (e.g. re-search, technology develop-ment, incubation etc)
4 Interested Groups, CBOs
•Corporate social responsibility
•Proper supervision of the projects
•Support for the water sector
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6.10.4 Issues, Causes and Proposed Interventions by Sub-sector
Sub-sec-tor
Issues Causes Objectives Proposed Intervention
Domestic Water
Old and Dilap-idated Systems
Lack of Infra-structure
Lack of Finance
Rehabilitate Existing In-frastructure
Rehabilitation and ex-pansion of the existing infrastructure
Low Coverage
Lack of Finance Increase coverage from the current 2% to 50%-Construct huge dams to provide enough supply throughout the year
Construction of New Infrastructure
Engage PPPs
Sanitation Poor/low sewerage systems (0.01%)
Lack of finances
Poor planning and poor systems
To increase access to sew-erage services
Construction of sewer systems, eco-san and VIP latrines
Poor storm water drainage
To have properly drained towns
To have a central collec-tion and purify the same for irrigation
Put up separate storm drainage systems and sewer system
Engage PPPs
6.10.5 Priority Programmes and Projects
(i) On-going Projects/Programmes
(a) Flagship Projects
Programme/Proj-ect Name
Location/Sub-coun-ty/ Ward
Objectives Targets Description of activities
Construction of Maua water and sewerage system
Rehabilitation of Dams in Timau area
Maua town To increase access to water supply system and provide sewer system
20,000 households access water and sewerage systems
Augmentation of water supply system
Construction of sewerage system
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iii) New Projects
a. Flagship Projects
New Flagship ProjectsPro-gramme/Project Name
Pri-ority Rank-ing
Loca-tion/ Level
Objectives Targets to be met
Description of Activities
Estimat-ed Cost (KShs. Million)
Source of Funds
Meru County bulk water supply system
2 Meru County
Provide clean water in the coun-ty
Provide water to existing water supply systems
Construction of bulk system from Kathita and Mutonga rivers
Construction of storage dam in mount Kenya forest along Kathita river
6,000 Interna-tional donors and govern-ment
Two major dams on both Mt. Kenya and Nyambene Hills
1 Meru County
Enough wa-ter for both domestic and irriga-tion
Com-pletion of two mega Dams
Harness the rivers and lakes
100,000 PPPs
One major sewerage system
3 Lower part of Meru town
To collect & Purify the same for ir-rigation and fertilizer plant instal-lation
One mega sew-erage system
Purify and processing of fertilizer
50,000 PPPs
b. Others Project Name
Priority R a n k -ing
Loca-tion/
Level
Objectives Targets to be Met
Description of Activities
E s t i -mated C o s t (KShs. M i l -lion)
S o u r c e of Funds
Mikin-duri water project
1 Tiga-nia East
Provide clean water to Mikinduri town and its environs
To provide access to water for 40000 peo-ple
Construc-tion of water supply system from Thanan-tu river
250 MCG and national govern-ment
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6.10.6 Budget Projections
Budget ProjectionsProgramme/
Project
Location/Level TotalBudget (KShs. Million)
Timeframe
2013/ 14
2014/ 15
2015/ 16
2016/ 17
2017/ 2018
Community based water projects
Countywide 500 100 100 100 100 100
Maua water supply
Maua town 1,200 200 250 250 250 250
Tigania water supply
Tigania East and Tigan-ia West Sub-county
400 150 100 50 50 50
Timau Buuri 35 35 Nkubu Imenti South 800 160 160 160 160 160 Kanyakine Imenti South 180 36 36 36 36 36 Mwimbi water project
Igoji area in Imenti South
30 30
Igembe North 800 160 160 160 160 160 Igembe South 600 120 120 120 120 120Igembe Central 600 120 120 120 120 120Imenti Central 600 120 120 120 120 120Mitunguu Imenti South 50 10 10 10 10 10 Meru water project
Imenti North 80 16 16 16 16 16
Meru sewerage system
Imenti North 1,500 300 300 300 300 300
Ruiri Buuri and Tigania West
300 60 60 60 60 60
Consumer me-ters
Countywide 400 80 80 80 80 80
Aerial mapping Countywide 500 100 100 100 100 100 Mikinduri water project
Tigania East 250 50 50 50 50 50
Meru water bulk supply system
Countywide 10,000 5,000 2,500 2,500
Two mega Dams Mt. Kenya and Nyam-bene
100,000 30,000 50,000 20,000
One major Sew-erage system
Lower part of Meru town
50,000 10,000 20,000 20,000
Total 168,825 1,847 41,782 76,732 44,232 4,232
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6.10.7 Income Generation Mechanisms
Mechanism/Means/Source Expected Income
Sustainability Mechanisms
Charges for Water and sewerage services
Syndicated loansPublic private partnership
15 billion Metering of all water connection to re-duce NRW, to maximize revenue so as to reduce cost of oper.4ations freeing up more funds for development
6.10.8 Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
i. Implementation Framework
Projects are to be implemented by both national and county governments based on sustainabili-ty and ease of maintenance.
National Level Government County Level Gov-ernment
Water Service Provider
• Cabinet secretary
• Principle secretary
• Water service board
• County executive
• County Chief officer
• Managing director
• Technical manager
• Commercial manager
• Human resource manager
• Internal auditor
• Procurement manager
• ICT manager
• Water quality officer
• Scheme manager
• Mechanical officers
• Administration staff
• Billing and revenue clerks
• Laboratory technician
• Chemical attendant
• Plumbers
• Line patrollers and meter readers
ii. Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Framework
• Water sector regulation mode on water quality, human resource and revenues usage
• Framework on how the water service and sanitation programmes will be run for the beneficial of all parties
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iii. Feedback and Response Mechanisms
Community questionnaires; Records from consumers; Suggestions from the stakeholders; Pub-lic barazas.
6.11 Financial Services, Trade, Co-operatives and Enterprise Development
6.11.1 Brief Description
The trade sub-sector is responsible for the promotion of orderly growth of trade in the county through provision of business development services and trade regulation. It is also responsible for promotion of investment and for implementing the national trade policy at county level.
The co-operative sub-sector is responsible for procurement (especially the farm inputs and allied services), marketing services, member education, mobilization of savings, loan disbursement and sale of consumer goods. The county has high agricultural potential which has attracted various commercial banks and other financial institutions. There are sixteen commercial banks, eight microfinance institutions, four village banks and a num-ber of SACCOs. The strong presence of the various financial institutions indicates that the county has high potential for commercial services.
The Central Bank of Kenya has a currency centre in Meru town which acts as a banker to the commercial banks operating in the county. Major insurance firms operating in the county include APA Insurance, UAP Insurance, CIC Insurance among others. There are several SACCOs whose membership ranges from farmers to salaried employees such as YETU Sacco, Capital Sacco, Solutions Sacco, Ntiminyakiru Sacco among others; which offer credit to its members.
The sub-sectors under this sector are:
Trade.Co-operatives.
Enterprise development
6.11.2 Sector Vision, Mission and Objectives
Vision
A self-reliant county
Mission
To facilitate orderly growth and development of financial services, co-operatives, trade, and enterprises in the county
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Sector Objectives
• Co-operatives Sub-sector Objectives
• To promote economically viable cooperative societies
• To increase market access and value addition
• To improve access to affordable credit to boost production
• To promote capacity building in cooperative management
To promote the culture of saving (savings mobilization)
• Trade Sub-sector Objectives
• To promote investment
• To promote growth of micro, small and medium enterprises (credit, marketing, business development services, sectoral associations, etc.)
• To promote appropriate technology-based commerce (e-commerce, m-commerce, etc.)
• To promotion of fair trade practices
• To promote cross-county trade, export business and domesticating bilateral & regional trade
• To build the capacity of traders
• To collect business information and manage county business information centres
• To manage county physical markets and regulate hawking activities
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6.11.3 Situational Analysis
a). Stakeholder Analysis
i). Cooperatives
Stakeholder Expectations from the County
County expectations on the Stakeholder
1 Cooperative societies •Enabling environment
•Facilitative rules/laws
•Help for societies with challenges
•Governed well
•Improve production
•Quality service to the members
•Adherence to the rules/laws
•Support County initiatives2 Society Members •Proper supervision of the
society
•Auditing
•Information/education
•To be loyal to the societies
•Reports on any irregular-ities
3 National Government •Implementation of the policy and regulations
•Provide relevant data
•Advice on general devel-opment of cooperatives
•Support capacity build-ing efforts (e.g. training of boards, management, members)
•Market information intel-ligence
4 National and International cooperative organizations (KUSCCO, Coop Bank, CIC, KERUSSU, NACHU, ICA, WOCCU, ACCOSCA, etc.)
•Relevant information
•Enabling environment
•Networking
•Partnerships
5 NGOs and other develop-ment partners
•Relevant information
•Enabling environment
•Networking
•Partnerships6 Community •Corporate social responsi-
bility
•Proper supervision of the society
•Support for the coopera-tive movement
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ii). Trade
Stakeholder Expectations from the County
County expectations on the Stake-holder
1 Individual traders •Access to working capital
•Affordable credit
•Trader-friendly rules/laws
•Training
•Information on markets
•Observance of the county rules/laws
•Expand businesses
•Create employment
•Contribute to county revenue
•To repay loans2 Sector associ-
ations (e.g. Jua Kali Associations, Producer Business Groups, Traders Assoc, Chamber of commerce and industry)
•Enabling environment
•Facilitative rules/laws
•Governed well
•Improvement in production
•Quality service to the members
•Adherence to the rules/laws
•Support County initiatives3 Government orga-
nizations•Information related to
trade
•Partnerships with the county
•Relevant reports and statistics
•Provide information on their areas
•Interpret and implement relevant county reports
4 NGO •Enabling environment
•Supportive rules/laws
•Governed well
•Quality service to the beneficiaries
•Adherence to the rules/laws
•Support County initiatives5 Learning/Training
institutions (TVET, Youth Polytech-nics, Consultants, etc)
•Relevant Information
•Financial support (e.g. bursaries)
•Provide relevant skills and knowl-edge to the learners
6 Financial service providers (MFIs, Banks, Govt funds, SACCOs, etc)
•Enabling environment
•Facilitative rules/laws
•Relevant information on their operations
•Good Governance
•Quality service to the members
•Adherence to the rules/laws
•Support County initiatives
•Direct investments
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b). SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses
• A good number of cooperatives in existence/operating (115 societies)
• Experienced in mobilizing savings (approx. Ksh. 2 billion)
• Institutions experienced in lending
• Joint Loan Board Fund in existence
• Most of the government funds channelled through the finan-cial institutions/SACCOs (e.g. Youth Fund, Women Enter-prise Fund, CDF, etc)
• Market research on prices of essential commodities on-going
• Formation of Producer Business Groups
• Many entrepreneurs trained
• Marketing of goods in EAC, AGOA
• Most of the enterpris-es are in distributive trade
• Low capital base for financial institutions
• Low capacity to super-vise the institutions
• Low capacity to col-lect and update data on the sector
• High level of default on loans
• Lack of collateral security
Opportunities Threats
• Large untapped co-operative market in the county
• Established Sacco or savings in the county
• Competition from outside
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6.11.4 Issues, Causes and Proposed Interventions by Sub-Sectors
a). Cooperatives sub-sector: Issues/Challenges/Problems
Causes Proposed Intervention
1. Marketing systems especially in Coffee industry bedev-illed by Cartels that dictate on producer prices without con-sidering the farmers’ production costs
•Inadequate knowledge on international coffee trade
•Branding of commodities handled by co-oper-atives aimed at confirming their originality and identity. •Streamlining marketing systems for commodi-
ties handled by cooperatives•Conduct trade fairs/exhibitions and facilitating
trade mission in the county
2. Farm input acquisi-tion complications
Import restric-tions, mobility and tariffs appli-cable in interna-tional trade
•Lobby National Government to review rele-vant laws
3. Undercapitaliza-tion -particularly in SACCOs and other co-operative institu-tions which access credit for onward lending.
Ambitious lend-ing policy (3 times of deposits too early)
•Encourage SACCOs to review their lending policies
•Amalgamation of weak societies to enjoy economies of scale
•Educate members to improve their savings•Training and education services to committee
members/board of directors, staff members and general members of the society.
4. Poor loan manage-ment that at times lead to delinquencies
Limited capacity in governance
•Improvement of societies management/leader-ship through inculcating corporate governance
5 Milk hawking that leads to high adul-teration frequencies and levels
Poor prices •Liaise dairy farming closely with Meru Cen-tral Dairy Union for assured markets and quality due to value –addition
6 Politicking aimed at satisfying individual interests
Personal interest •Review Legislation to shield cooperatives from political manipulation/interference
7 Internal Wrangles Mismanagement •Capacity building•Regular inspections and spot checks•Timely audits
8 Limited manage-ment capacity in Irrigation –based co-operatives
Limited ex-perience with management of irrigation based cooperatives
•Cooling facilities•Semi-processing the products
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b). Trade sub-sector:
Issues/Challeng-es/Problems
Causes Proposed Intervention
1. Inadequate fund-ing for JLBS
•Limited funds•Total reliance on a
single source (govern-ment)
•County and national government to in-crease funding
•County government to source for donors
2 In-access to JLBS loans by women and youth
•Security offered for JLBS loans beyond the reach of women and youth (e.g. Title deeds)
•Review of security requirements for JLBS requirements e.g. group guarantee system
3 High default rate •Some loans issued in 1959 where security was not a requirement
•Review the operations policy (e.g. to allow writing unrecoverable loans)
4 Limited capacity to provide train-ing to entrepre-neurs
•Limited funding •Illiterate community•Inadequate staff
•Increase funding•Innovative training methods•Increase staffing levels to the village unit
5 Limited informa-tion on available credit facilities
•Inadequate staff•Low promotion of
services
•Use of public Barazas•Increase staffing levels to the village unit
6 Exploitation of traders by mid-dlemen
•Inadequate knowledge on the market structure
•Training•Conduct economic viability studies with a
view to discourage exploitation by mid-dle-men.
•Advocacy for the provision of market infrastructure
7 Starting a new enterprise
•Registration is only in Nairobi
•Restrictive trade licensing (high fees, multiple licenses)
•Devolve registration of business•Review the licensing system•Regulation of business
8 Stiff competition for small enter-prises
•Large enterprises•Low capacity to with-
stand competition
•Special support to small enterprises• Promotion and facilitation of the intra,
inter county trade and cross-border trade.•Management of county physical markets
and regulation of hawking activities9 Inadequate
information on enterprises in the county
•Lack of data collection mechanism
•Develop a system to help collect data on the enterprises
•Collection of business information and management of county business informa-tion centres Promotion of use of e-com-merce
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6.11.5 Priority Programmes and Projects
a). On-Going Projects/Programmes
i). Flagship Projects
Programme/Project Name
Location/Sub-coun-ty/ Ward
Objectives Targets Description of activities
TradeEstablishment of business information centre
Meru Town •One-stop shop for infor-mation traders on markets, business training etc.
All busi-ness com-munity in the county
•Renting of premises
•Purchase of equipment
•Installation of connectivity
•Collection of data/information
•Analysis and storage of data
•Recruitment and training of staff
b) Other On-going Projects
Project Name
Location Objectives Targets to be met
Description of Ac-tivities
Meru trade develop-ment joint loans board
Meru town County Headquar-ters
•Give trade loans to small business enterprises
•Uplift the standards of liv-ing among the traders
•Create self- employment among traders
•Business community in Meru county
• Training of traders on trade matters
• Disbursement of loans to traders –recovery of dis-bursed loans
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Loc
atio
n/ L
evel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be
Met
Des
crip
tion
of
Act
iviti
esE
stim
ated
co
st (M
il-lio
ns K
shs)
Sour
ce o
f Fun
ds
Prom
ote
the
follo
win
g gr
oups
to
co-o
pera
tive
- m
otor
bik
es,
wom
en g
roup
s an
d yo
uth
grou
ps
Yout
h an
d w
omen
Sa
cco
to b
e es
tab-
lishe
d in
eve
ry s/
coun
ty
Ever
y Su
b-co
unty
to
est
ablis
h on
e
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obili
ze sa
ving
s
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reat
e em
ploy
men
t & w
ealth
•To
em
pow
er y
outh
s thr
ough
em
-pl
oym
ent
•Ev
ery
Sub-
coun
ty
to e
stab
lish
at
leas
t one
•R
ecru
it 15
,000
yo
uths
•W
e sh
ould
co
me
up w
ith a
tra
inin
g pr
o-gr
am
•Tr
aini
ng p
ro-
gram
s
2•
MC
G
•N
atio
nal G
over
n-m
ent
•D
evel
opm
ent
partn
ers
•D
onor
s
Cap
acity
bu
ildin
g fo
r so
ciet
ies
The
who
le c
ount
yTo
impr
ove
on p
rodu
ctio
n, q
ualit
y an
d en
hanc
e in
com
e•
43 c
offe
e•
22 d
airy
•7
mul
ti-pu
r-po
se•
54 S
acco
•1
cotto
n
soci
ety
•Es
tabl
ish
at le
ast
5 M
iraa
base
d co
-ope
ra-
tives
•Es
tabl
ish
6 ba
nana
co
-ope
ra-
tives
•Tr
aini
ng p
ro-
gram
des
ign
•M
obili
ze p
ar-
ticip
ants
•Tr
aini
ng d
eliv
-er
y
•M
onito
ring
&
eval
uatio
n
5•
MC
G N
atio
nal
Gov
ernm
ent
•D
evel
opm
ent
partn
ers
•D
onor
s
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Faci
litat
e el
ec-
trici
ty su
pply
to
cof
fee
fac-
torie
s
Sele
cted
fact
orie
s in
som
e co
untie
sTo
redu
ce c
ost o
f pro
cess
ing
•20
fact
orie
s3
•M
CG
Nat
iona
l G
over
nmen
t •
Dev
elop
men
t pa
rtner
s•
Don
ors
Com
pute
riza-
tion
of c
offe
e so
ciet
ies
Cou
ntyw
ide
To im
prov
e on
gov
erna
nce
•12
5 co
ffee
fact
orie
s•
Trai
ning
pro
-gr
ams
10•
MC
G N
atio
nal
Gov
ernm
ent
•D
evel
opm
ent
partn
ers
•D
onor
sFa
cilit
ate
acqu
isiti
on o
f co
oler
s for
15
dairy
soci
etie
s
Cou
ntyw
ide
Enco
urag
e da
iry fa
rmin
g w
hich
will
cr
eate
em
ploy
men
t•
15 d
airy
so
ciet
ies
(20,
000
farm
ers
reac
hed)
•Tr
aini
ng p
ro-
gram
s•
Proc
urem
ent
3•
MC
G N
atio
nal
Gov
ernm
ent
•D
evel
opm
ent
partn
ers
•D
onor
s
Faci
litat
e ac
quis
ition
of a
co
ffee
mill
for
the
coun
ty
Cou
nty
HQ
Valu
e ad
ditio
n of
cof
fee
•43
cof
fee
soci
etie
s(1
20,0
00
farm
ers
reac
hed)
•Pr
ocur
emen
t•
20•
MC
G N
atio
nal
Gov
ernm
ent
•D
evel
opm
ent
partn
ers
•D
onor
sIn
itiat
e a
pro-
gram
on
coffe
e im
prov
emen
t –
cher
ry a
d-va
nce
paym
ent
syst
em
All
the
coffe
e gr
owin
g ar
eas
Enco
urag
e fa
rmer
s to
impr
ove
on
coffe
e pr
oduc
tion
and
qual
ity•
43 c
offe
e so
ciet
ies
•12
0,00
0 fa
rmer
s
•Pr
ocur
emen
t•
100
•M
CG
Nat
iona
l G
over
nmen
t •
Dev
elop
men
t pa
rtner
s•
Don
ors
Subs
idiz
ed
ferti
lizer
& in
-pu
ts fo
r cof
fee
farm
ers
All
the
coffe
e gr
owin
g ar
eas
To in
crea
se o
n co
ffee
quan
tity
and
qual
ity
•43
co-
op-
erat
ive
soci
etie
s tra
nsla
ting
to 1
20,0
00
farm
ers.
•Pr
ompt
pro
-cu
rem
ent
•50
0•
MC
G N
atio
nal
Gov
ernm
ent
•D
evel
opm
ent
partn
ers
•D
onor
s
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Cou
nty
unio
n of
SA
CC
Os
Cou
ntyw
ide
To a
ssis
t wea
ker a
nd u
pcom
ing
SAC
CO
s•
20 S
AC
-C
Os
•Av
ail f
unds
•50
0•
MC
G N
atio
nal
Gov
ernm
ent
•D
evel
opm
ent
partn
ers
•D
onor
s
Cou
nty
unio
n of
SA
CC
Os
Cou
ntyw
ide
To h
ave
barg
aini
ng p
ower
•25
Mat
atu
SAC
CO
s•
Avai
l fun
ds•
200
•M
CG
Nat
iona
l G
over
nmen
t •
Dev
elop
men
t pa
rtner
s•
Don
ors
Trad
e an
d E
nter
pris
e
Cou
nty
deve
l-op
men
t ban
kM
eru
tow
n•
Adv
anci
ng a
fford
able
cre
dit t
o M
SME
•To
alle
viat
e po
verty
am
ong
the
loca
ls•
Incr
ease
the
leve
l of
inco
me
•Lo
an
20,0
00
trade
rs
•Tr
aini
ng•
Dis
burs
emen
t an
d lo
an re
cov-
ery.
400
•M
CG
Nat
iona
l G
over
nmen
t •
Dev
elop
men
t pa
rtner
s•
Don
ors
Dev
elop
men
t an
d co
nstru
c-tio
n of
mod
ern
mar
kets
and
sh
ades
for a
ll op
en a
ir m
ar-
kets
All
mar
ket c
en-
tres w
ithin
the
coun
ty
•To
shel
ter t
he m
arke
t•
To p
rovi
de so
cial
am
eniti
es•
To h
ave
clea
n m
arke
ts.
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ll m
arke
t cen
-tre
s.
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onst
ruct
ion
of
mod
ern
shad
es10
0•
MC
G N
atio
nal
Gov
ernm
ent
•D
evel
opm
ent
partn
ers
•D
onor
s
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Bus
ines
s inc
u-ba
tion
cent
res
Mer
u to
wn
•To
nat
ure
upco
min
g bu
sine
ss•
One
stop
in
cuba
tion
cent
re fo
r up
com
ing
busi
ness
es
•St
orag
e of
bu
sine
ss
info
rmat
ion
•Es
tabl
ish
and
oper
atio
naliz
e th
e ce
ntre
50•
MC
G N
atio
nal
Gov
ernm
ent
•D
evel
opm
ent
partn
ers
•D
onor
s
Bra
ndin
g of
M
eru
prod
ucts
Fr
om M
eru
coun
-ty
to S
ub-c
ount
y le
vel
•To
mak
e M
eru
prod
ucts
mar
ket-
able
all
over
the
wor
ld
•M
arke
tabl
e pr
oduc
ts
•B
rand
ing
of
vario
us p
rod-
ucts
50•
MC
G N
atio
nal
Gov
ernm
ent
•D
evel
opm
ent
partn
ers
•D
onor
s
Trai
ning
of
trade
rs
Cou
ntyw
ide
•To
enh
ance
kno
wle
dge
abou
t bu
sine
ss d
evel
opm
ent
•1,
000
trad-
ers
•O
rgan
ise
sem
-in
ars a
nd tr
ain
them
10•
MC
G N
atio
nal
Gov
ernm
ent
•D
evel
opm
ent
partn
ers
•D
onor
s
Mar
ket r
e-se
arch
Cou
ntyw
ide
To g
et in
form
atio
n re
gard
ing
busi
-ne
ssTo
con
duct
5
rese
arch
Col
lect
the
info
rmat
ion
as
outli
ned
in th
e qu
estio
nnai
re
5•
MC
G N
atio
nal
Gov
ernm
ent
•D
evel
opm
ent
partn
ers
•D
onor
s
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Prom
otio
n of
in
ter-c
ount
y/cr
oss-
bord
er
trade
1C
ount
y le
vel
- To
acce
ss
new
mar
kets
- To
incr
ease
tra
de tu
rn-
over
- Ste
erin
g co
mm
ittee
form
ed
- At l
east
1 in
ter-c
ount
y tra
de fo
rum
fo
rmed
- Ann
ual i
nter
-cou
nty
/cro
ss-b
orde
r tra
de fa
irs
- Fac
ilita
te
form
atio
n of
an
inte
r-cou
nty
trade
dev
elop
-m
ent f
orum
- Est
ablis
h a
trade
pro
mot
ion
com
mitt
ee
- Und
erta
ke m
ar-
ketin
g re
sear
ch
- Hol
d in
-te
r-cou
nty/
cros
s-bo
rder
tra
de fa
irs
5- M
CG
- Dev
elop
men
t pa
rtner
s
Coo
pera
tive
map
ping
Cou
ntyw
ide
To d
eter
min
e th
e nu
mbe
r of
coo
per-
ativ
es in
&
thei
r cap
ac-
ity
No
of c
oope
rativ
esB
asel
ine
Surv
ey
Dat
a co
llect
ion
20M
CG
- D
evel
op-
men
t par
tner
s
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6.11.6 Budget Projections
Budget Projections
Program /Project Name Location/ Level TotalBudget (KShs. Million)
Timeframe
2017/ 14
2017/ 15
2017/ 16
2017/ 17
2017/ 18
Trade and Enterprise Development
Meru trade development joint board
Meru Town County HQ
50 10 10 10 10 10
County development bank Meru Town County HQ
400 80 80 80 80 80
Development and Con-struction of modern markets and shades for all open air markets
Meru Town County HQ
300 60 60 60 60 60
Business Incubation centre Meru town 50 10 10 10 10 10
Branding of Meru product From Meru County to Sub-county level
50 10 10 10 10 10
Training of traders
Establishment of Depart-ment of private sector development
Weights and Measures
Countywide
Countywide
Countywide
10
30
39
2
5
15.4
2
10
5.9
2
5
5.9
2
5
5.9
2
5
5.9
Market research Countywide 5 1 1 1 1 1
Promotion of inter-county/cross-border trade
Countywide 5 1 1 1 1 1
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Budget Projections
Program /Project Name Location/ Level TotalBudget (KShs. Million)
Timeframe
2013/ 14
2014/ 15
2015/ 16
2016/ 17
2017/ 18
Co-operative Department
Promote the following to Cooper-ative groups – motor bikes-women groups and youth groups
Youth and women Sacco to be es-tablished in every Sub-county
Every Sub-county to establish one
2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Capacity building for societies Countywide 5 1 1 1 1
Facilitate Electricity supply to Cof-fee factories
Selected factories in some counties
8.4 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.6
Computerization of coffee societies Countywide 10 2 2 2 2
Facilitate acquisition of coolers for 15 dairy societies
Countywide 3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Facilitate acquisition of a coffee mill for the County
County headquarters 20 4 4 4 4
Initiate a program on coffee im-provement – Cherry Advance Pay-ment System
All the coffee grow-ing areas
100 20 20 20 20
Subsidized fertilizer & inputs for coffee farmers
All the coffee grow-ing areas
500 100 100 100 100
County Union of SACCOs Countywide 500 100 100 100 100
County Union of Matatu SACCO-sCooperative Mapping
Countywide 0.2
20
0.04
4
0.04
4
0.04
4
0.04
4
Total 2,107.6 428.04 423.54 418.74 418.54
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6.11.7 Income Generation Mechanisms
Mechanism/Means/Source Expected Income (KShs.)
Sustainability Mechanisms
Co-operativesRegistration of new societies 200,000 Continuous registration Audit and supervision fees 1,000,000 Audit servicesAmendments of the by-laws 100,000 Sensitization of the needsTrade Interest from loans 50,000 Continuous funding of loans Ministry 2,000,000 Continuous funding of loans Investment from fixed deposit accounts 150,000 Continuous funding
6.11.8 Role of Stakeholders
Name of Stakeholders Roles
Co-operatives Members • To be loyal to their societiesGovernment both na-tional and county
• To create an enabling environment through supportive legist ra-tion
• To offer regular extension services
• To safeguard the interest of membersCo-operative society • To ensure that they are properly governed
• To practice professionalismTradeTraders • To make prompt repayment of loans
• To follow the existing trade regulationsNGOs and other gov-ernment departments
• To support the loans scheme by contribution and training
• To give necessary information towards the betterment of tradeNational government • To contribute funds towards the loans
• To provide policy guidelines
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6.11.9 Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
a) Implementation Framework
Co-operatives Sub-sector
(i) County Headquarters
Position Salary Per Month Allowances Per MonthChief Officer 120,000 60,000County Coop Commissioner 100,000 40,0002 Deputies 80,000 each 40,000 each1 State Counsel 80,000 40,0002 Clerical Officer 30,000 each 15,000 each2 Secretaries 50,000 each 25,000 each1 Driver 25,000 10,000Subordinate Staff 15,000 10,000
(ii) Audit
Position Salary Per Month Allowances Per MonthDirector of Co-operative Audit 100,000,000 40,0002 deputy directors 80,000 each 40,000 each9 Sub-county auditors 70,000 each 30,000 each
(iii) 9 Sub-counties
Positions Salary Per Month Allowances Per Month9 Sub-county Co-operative officers 80,000 each 40,000 each18 Co-operatives officers 70,000 each 40,000each9 Secretaries 50,000 each 25,000 each9 Clerical officers 30,000 each 15,000 each9 Drivers 25,000 each 15,000 each9 Subordinate staff 15,000 each 10,000 each
Trade Sub-sector
Position Salary Per Month Allowances Per MonthCounty Chief Officer 120,000 60,000County Director Of Trade 100,000 40,000Deputy 80,000 40,000Secretary 50,000 25,0002 Drivers 25,000 Each 10,000 EachSubordinate Staff 15,000 10,000
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6.11.10 Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Framework
The following policies, legislation and regulations need to be reviewed or put in place for the sector:
• Trade policy
• Enterprise development policy
• County Cooperatives policy
• County Financial sector policy
6.11.11 Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation
The implementation, monitoring and evaluation mechanism of public resources plays a great role in ensuring that the objectives of the project/programme are realised. It ensures that the constrained resources are used to realize maximum benefits. It therefore means that monitoring and evaluation require to be strengthened. Collaboration among various development agencies namely the donor agencies, CBOs, NGOs, the government and other stakeholders is necessary through strong networking system. The County Planning Coordination, Monitoring and Evalua-tion Unit will offer the required leadership in the process.
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Proj
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ce o
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of
Verification
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usC
o-op
erat
ives
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ote
the
fol-
low
ing
Coo
pera
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e gr
oups
– m
o-to
r bik
es-w
omen
gr
oups
and
you
th
grou
ps
Mob
ilize
sav-
ings
, cre
ate
empl
oym
ent &
w
ealth
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mpo
wer
yo
uths
thro
ugh
empl
oym
ent
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nty-
wid
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gove
rnm
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over
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t•
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elop
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5 ye
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red
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ter o
f so
ciet
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tra-
tion
certi
f-ic
ates
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Cap
acity
bui
ldin
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r soc
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sTo
impr
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on
prod
uctio
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ual-
ity a
nd e
nhan
ce
inco
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o. o
f tra
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ld
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aini
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timet
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tten-
danc
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gist
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On-
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Faci
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rtif-
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om
elec
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l co
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eter
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stal
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by K
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po
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co
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New
Com
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of c
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ciet
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prov
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go
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gove
rnm
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of s
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com
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r-iz
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stal
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tion
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the
vend
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acqu
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of c
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r 15
dai
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Enco
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farm
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whi
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will
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f so
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docu
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6.11.12 Feedback and Response Mechanisms
• The following feedback and response mechanisms will be used:
• Operational website
• Periodic newsletter(quarterly)
• Public barazas
• Questionnaire
• Suggestion boxes at the county, Sub-county and ward headquarters.
Customer satisfaction survey
6.12 Industrialization Sector
6.12.1 Brief Description
The county has a number of factories which add value to agricultural products. These are mainly owned by the various tea and coffee cooperative societies. There are also factories processing livestock products such as milk. These are mainly owned by farmers’ cooperative societies. There are other factories in the county producing bread and animal feeds. These are in small scale and mainly found in Meru Town.
a. Generally, the sector can be divided into:
b. Agro-processing
c. Manufacturing
d. Small scale cottage industries
6.12.2 Sector Vision, Mission and Objectives
Vision
A nationally and globally competitive industrialized county
Mission
To facilitate orderly growth and development of industries in the county• Sector Objectives
• To improve efficiency and competitiveness at firm level
• To improve training, research and development
• To provide competitive consumer and industrial goods
• To increase market share in regional markets
To attract strategic investors in agro processing
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A. 6.12.3 Situational Analysis
B. Stakeholder Analysis
Stakehold-er
Expectations from the County County Expectations on the Stakeholder
1 Individual entrepre-neurs (in-dustrialists)
•Enabling environment
•Facilitative rules/laws
•Linkage with markets
•Funding
•Land for industrial use
•Production of quality goods
•Corporate social responsibility
•To create employment
•To support County development initiatives
•“Green Production” – environ-ment
2 National Government
•Contribution to achievement of Vi-sion 2030
•Provide relevant data/statistics
•Advice on general development of industries
•Support capacity building efforts
•Attract foreign direct investors (FDIs)
•Market information intelligence
3 Cooperative societies
•Enabling environment
•Facilitative rules/laws
•Help for societies with challenges
•Mobilize funds and establish processing firms
4 NGOs and other de-velopment partners
•Relevant information
•Enabling environment
•Support investors (e.g. research, technology development, incuba-tion, etc.)
•Networking
•Partnerships5 Community •Corporate social responsibility
•Proper supervision of the society
•Support for the industrial sector
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C. SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses
• Existing agro processing industries
• Available raw materials to feed both agro process-ing and other manufacturing industries
• Market for locally produced goods
• Most of the enterprises are in agro processing
• Few industrial firms in the county
Opportunities Threat
• Unexploited industrial opportunities
• Availability of land to establish industries
• Processing and packaging of coffee and other agricultural produce
• Environmental pollution
• Exploitation of natural resources
6.12.4 Issues, Causes and Proposed Interventions
Issues/Challenges/ Problems
Causes Immediate
Objectives
Proposed Intervention
1. Access to capital
•High cost of capital
•Limited knowledge on available sources of capital
•Lack of collateral
•Improve access to funding
•Setting up an industri-al development fund
2. Access to modern technology
•High cost of acquisition
•Lack of information
•Facilitate access to modern appropri-ate technology
•Set up an Industrial Research and Devel-opment Agency
3. No indus-trial park/area in the county
•High cost of setting up
•Limited PPPs in the Coun-ty
• Facilitate estab-lishment of an industrial park
• Set up an industrial park
4. Tools and equipment
•High cost of acquisition
•Lack of information
•Facilitate access to tools and equip-ment
•Attract investors to set up tools and equip-ment for production/supply firms
5. Poor per-formance of industries
•Mismanagement
•Poor marketing
•Political interferences
•To revamp the performance of the industries
•Capacity Building
•Better marketing strat-egies
•Better management
6. Lack of branding and stan-dardization
• Inadequate knowledge on branding and standard-ization
• Access to knowl-edge on branding and standardiza-tion
• Training on Branding and Standardization
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6.12.5 Priority Programmes and Projects
i) On-going Projects/Programmes
Project Name
Location Targets to be met Description of Activities
Meru coffee farmers union indus-tries (coffee, maize mill, dairy)
Meru town • Diversification
• Value addition
• Financial support
Gaitu cotton ginnery
Gaitu area of Imenti Central
• Address Mismanagement issues
• Clearly defined ownership
• Financial support
• Technical support
ii) New Projects
a) Flagship
Pro-gramme/Project Name
Priority Rank-ing
Location/level
Objectives Tar-gets to be met
Description of Activities
Estimat-ed Cost (KShs. Millon)
Source of Funds
Set up industrial Parks
1 Sub-county level
•Mentorship for potential industrialist
•Tap poten-tial of Isiolo resort city
•LAPSET
•Clustering of industries
9 parks opera-tional by end of June 2016
•Feasibility study
•Design of the project
•Resource mobiliza-tion
•Operation-alize the industrial parks
1,000 MCG
Donors
PPPs
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6.12
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6.12.7 Income Generation Mechanisms
Mechanism/Means/Source Expected Income (KShs.)
Sustainability Mechanisms
National Government 1,000,000,000 Adherence to constitutional requirementsCounty Government 1,000,000,000 Levies, fees, taxes, cess, etc.Donors 550,000,000 Well-designed projects; proposalsPPPs 500,000,000 Set up a resource mobilization office
6.12.8 Role of Stakeholders
Name of Stakeholders RolesIndividual entrepreneurs (industrialists)
•Establish industrial firms•Production of competitive quality goods•To create employment•To support county development initiatives•“Green Production” – environment
National Government •Support capacity building efforts•Attract FDIs•Market information intelligence•Market linkages
Cooperative societies •Mobilize funds and establish processing firmsNGOs and other develop-ment partners
•Support investors (e.g. research, technology development, incu-bation, etc.)
•Networking support•Partnerships
Community •Support for the industrial sector
6.12.9 Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
(i) Implementation Framework
• Human Resource Needs
• Staffing for the County Industrial Development Fund
• Staffing for the County Industrial Research Agency
• Staffing for Sub-county Industrial development officers at each Sub-county
(ii) Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Framework
• County industrial policy paper/plan
• Environmental regulations laws
• Labour and trade relation laws
• County public private partnership laws
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• (iv) Feedback and Response Mechanisms
• County workshops, forums and barazas
• Media campaigns
• County magazines
• Field/site visits
Questionnaire
6.13 Land Sector
6.13.1 Brief Description
Meru County has a total area of 6,936.2 km2 out of which 1,776.1 Km2 is gazetted forest. The human settlement area covers 5160 km2. Much of the registered land is found in what was Meru Central where only three sections are not completed while much of the land in what was Meru North is unregistered. The registered land is about 60% which is 3096km2 or 3,096,000 Ha while the unregistered land is about 40% of the total land area which is 2064 km2 or 2,064,000 Ha. Land sector comprises of the following sub-sectors:
• Land Adjudication and Settlements
• Land Surveying
• Land Administration
• Land is categorized as:
• Community land found in the Northern Grazing zone in Meru North
• Public land (Meru National park, all transportation corridors, all sites owned by national and County Governments, all land under public institutions, all gazetted forested e.g. Lower Imenti Forest, Mt Kenya Forest, Ngare-Ndare Forest and the Nyambene Forest, all land un-der gazetted hills and land under water resources.
Private land or land under free hold and leasehold tenure system
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Land Category Based on Status
Sections in the Final Stages of Title Pro-cessing
Completed sec-tions & Maps Forwarded to Director Of Survey For Fair Printing
Sections under objection cases
Sections under demar-cation surveying and land cases
Sections not declared
•Akithii III
•Uringu I
•Kianjai
•Buuri A
•Kiengu-Kanjoo
•Upper Athiru Gaiti A
•Naathu
•Akirang’ondu B
•Uringu II
•Kitharene
•Kigucwa
•Mbeu I
•Antuamburi
•Athig’a Athan-ja
•Lower Athiru- Gaiti A
•Akirang’ondu A
•Antubetwe Kiongo
•Mutuati Am-wathi II A
•Athiru Runjine Ndoleli
•Ndoleli Antu-betwe Kiongo
•Ankamia
•Akaiga
•Ruiri Rwarera
•Sirimon Scheme Buuri
•Amung’eti A
•Upper Athiru Gaiti B
•Upper Athiru Gaiti C
•Lower Athiru Gaiti B
•Kirindine B
•Rikiau
•Amung’enti B
•Amwathi Mutuati II B
•Amwathi Mutuati I A
•Amwathi Mutuati I B
•Akirang’ondu C
•Antuambui II
•Ntunene II
•Giithu
•New Kiare
•Igarie
•Ngongaka
•Mbeu III
•Egoji East
•Nkando – Kiirua
•Naari
•Ngushishi settlement scheme
•Kiagu central imenti
•Naathu B
•Gambera
•Lower Karama
•Lower Buuri
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6.13.2 Sector Vision, Mission and Objectives
Vision
An excellent county in land management
Mission
To facilitate improvement of livelihood through efficient administration, equitable access, se-cure tenure and sustainable development.
Sector Objectives
• To ensure equitable and efficient access to land
• Harmonious and sustainable development of the land resource
• Efficient and effective provision of advisory and technical services
• Efficient and effective resolution of boundaries and land disputes
• To develop and maintain maps and plans to support registration of titles to land
• To ascertain land rights and interests
6.13.4 Situational Analysis
SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses
• Available Skilled manpower
• Public support
• Shortage of staff
• Inadequate equipment and facilities
• Inadequate funding
Opportunities Threats
• Availability of technology
• High population growth rate
• Political interference
• Numerous court cases
• Community perceptions on land and its value
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6.13
.5 Is
sues
, Cau
ses a
nd P
ropo
sed
Inte
rven
tions
by
Sub-
sect
ors
Sub-
sec-
tor
Issu
es/ C
halle
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/ Pr
oble
ms
Cau
ses
Imm
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te O
bjec
tives
Prop
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Inte
rven
tion
Land
ad
judi
ca-
tion
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uman
reso
urce
sh
orta
ge•
Ret
renc
hmen
t
• E
mpl
oym
ent f
reez
e
•N
atur
al a
ttriti
on
•To
recr
uit a
nd re
tain
skill
ed
wor
kers
•M
ento
ring
•R
etra
inin
g
•Tr
ansp
ort
•La
ck o
f veh
icle
s
•Po
or fu
ndin
g
•To
pro
vide
ade
quat
e se
rvic
eabl
e ve
hicl
es•
To p
rovi
de A
dequ
ate
fund
ing
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rcha
sing
of v
ehic
les
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ndin
g
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uipm
ent d
efici
t•
Inad
equa
te fu
ndin
g•
To p
rovi
de a
dequ
ate
fund
ing
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rcha
sing
of a
dequ
ate
equi
pmen
t•
Num
erou
s cou
rt ca
ses
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e lo
ng d
urat
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of ti
me
the
adju
dica
tion
proc
ess t
akes
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e pe
rcep
tions
on
land
ow
n-er
ship
s
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p of
the
adju
dica
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proc
ess
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ivic
edu
catio
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mel
y an
d ad
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te p
rovi
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of f
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catio
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itrat
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elay
s in
prod
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tion
of fa
ir pr
ints
of
map
s
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oduc
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proc
ess c
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tralis
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adeq
uate
staf
fing
and
ma-
chin
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prov
ed c
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betw
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the
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atio
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over
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judi
catio
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w
ork
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hum
an re
sour
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and
fund
ing
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prov
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perv
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adj
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catio
n w
ork
•A
dequ
ate
fund
ing
•R
ecru
itmen
t of a
dequ
ate
pers
onne
l
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for t
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u N
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Pro
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Ade
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tran
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uate
fund
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Pro
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quat
e se
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es•
To p
rovi
de A
dequ
ate
fund
ing
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of v
ehic
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ndin
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•La
ck o
f mod
ern
surv
ey e
quip
men
t•
Inad
equa
te fu
ndin
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To p
rovi
de m
oder
n su
rvey
eq
uipm
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of m
oder
n su
rvey
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ipm
ent
•A
dequ
ate
fund
ing
•U
ncon
trolle
d an
d un
plan
ned
land
use
•La
ck o
f ap
prop
riate
spat
ial
plan
s•
To p
repa
re sp
atia
l pla
ns•
Ade
quat
e fu
ndin
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Spat
ial
plan
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•Fa
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to a
dher
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pl
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anda
rds
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nora
nce
•In
adeq
uate
pub
lic a
war
enes
s
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ivic
edu
catio
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Enha
nced
enf
orce
men
t mec
ha-
nism
s
•A
dequ
ate
fund
ing
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rcha
sing
of v
ehic
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•A
dequ
ate
enfo
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ent p
erso
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or p
lan
impl
e-m
enta
tion
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eak
legi
slat
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•La
ck o
f pol
itica
l goo
d w
ill
•In
adeq
uate
fund
ing
•To
impr
ove
plan
impl
emen
ta-
tion
•To
pre
pare
cou
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spat
ial p
lann
ing
law
s•
To p
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de a
dequ
ate
fund
s
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ck o
f spa
tial
plan
s •
Inad
equa
te fu
nds
•In
adeq
uate
per
sonn
el
•In
adeq
uate
tech
nolo
gy
•To
enh
ance
urb
an sp
atia
l pla
n-ni
ng
•Pu
rcha
se o
f veh
icle
s•
Purc
hase
of a
ppro
pria
te te
chno
logy
•
Prov
ide
adeq
uate
fund
s•
Ade
quat
e pe
rson
nel
6.13
.6 P
rior
ity P
rogr
amm
es a
nd P
roje
cts
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(i) On-going Projects/Programmes
On-going Projects/ProgrammesProject Name Location
(Sub-county)Objectives Targets to
be MetDescription of Activities
Kiengu-Kanjoo Igembe Central
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Fair printing of maps
• Resolution of queries if any
• Appeals to the minister
Upper Athiru Gaiti A
Igembe South
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Fair printing of maps
• Resolution of queries if any
• Appeals to the minister
Naathu Igembe North
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Fair printing of maps
• Resolution of queries if any
• Appeals to the minister
Akirang’ondu B Igembe North
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Fair printing of maps
• Resolution of queries if any
Uringu II Tigania West Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Fair printing of maps
• Resolution of queries if any
• Appeals to the minister
Kitharene Tigania East Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Fair printing of maps
• Resolution of queries if any
• Appeals to the minister
Akithi III Tigania West Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificate
• Resolution of queries if any
Kianjai Tigania West Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Resolution of queries if any
Buuri A Tigania East Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Resolution of queries if any
Uringu I Tigania West Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Resolution of queries if any
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On-going Projects/ProgrammesProject Name Location
(Sub-county)Objectives Targets to
be MetDescription of Activities
Kigucwa Tigania East Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Resolution of queries if any
Mbeu I Tigania West Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any• Appeals to the minister
Antuamburi Tigania East Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any• Appeals to the minister
Athing’a Athanja
Tigania East Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any• Appeals to the minister
Lower Athiru- Gaiti A
Igembe South
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Resolution of objection cases
• Appeal to the minister• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Akirang’ondu A Igembe Central
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Resolution of objection cases
• Implementation of objection decisions
• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Antubetwe Kiongo
Igembe North
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Resolution of objection cases
• Implementation of objection decisions
• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Mutuati Amwathi II A
Igembe North
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Resolution of objection cases
• Implementation of objection decisions
• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Athiru Runjine Ndoleli
Igembe Central
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Resolution of objection cases
• Appeal to the minister• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
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On-going Projects/ProgrammesProject Name Location
(Sub-county)Objectives Targets to
be MetDescription of Activities
Ndoleli Antubetwe Kiongo
Igembe North
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Acquire satellite images and Plotting of the land parcels
• Appeal to the minister• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Ankamia Tigania East Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Resolution of objection cases
• Implementation of objection decisions
• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Akaiga Tigania East Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Resolution of objection cases
• Implementation of objection decisions
• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Amung’enti A Igembe South
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Demarcation and surveying• Preparation of adjudication
record• Publication of the register• Resolution of objection
cases• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Upper Athiru Gaiti B
Igembe South
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Demarcation and surveying• Preparation of adjudication
record• Publication of the register• Resolution of objection
cases• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Upper Athiru Gaiti C
Igembe South
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Demarcation and surveying• Preparation of adjudication
record• Publication of the register• Resolution of objection
cases• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps
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On-going Projects/ProgrammesProject Name Location
(Sub-county)Objectives Targets to
be MetDescription of Activities
Lower Athiru Gaiti B
Igembe South
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Demarcation and surveying• Preparation of adjudication
record• Publication of the register• Resolution of objection
cases• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Lower Athiru Gaiti B
Igembe South
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Demarcation and surveying• Preparation of adjudication
record• Publication of the register• Resolution of objection
cases• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Kirindine B Igembe South
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Demarcation and surveying• Preparation of adjudication
record• Publication of the register• Resolution of objection
cases• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Amung’enti B Igembe South
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Acquisition of satellite images
• Resolution of committee and arbitration board cases
• Demarcation and surveying• Preparation of adjudication
record• Publication of the register• Resolution of objection
cases• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
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On-going Projects/ProgrammesProject Name Location
(Sub-county)Objectives Targets to
be MetDescription of Activities
Amwathi Mutuati II B
Igembe North
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Demarcation and surveying• Preparation of adjudication
record• Publication of the register• Resolution of objection
cases• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Amwathi Mutuati I A
Igembe North
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Demarcation and surveying• Preparation of adjudication
record• Publication of the register• Resolution of objection
cases• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Amwathi Mutuati I B
Igembe North
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Acquisition of satellite images
• Resolution of committee and arbitration board cases
• Demarcation and surveying• Preparation of adjudication
record• Publication of the register• Resolution of objection
cases• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
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On-going Projects/ProgrammesProject Name Location
(Sub-county)Objectives Targets to
be MetDescription of Activities
Akirang’ondu C Igembe South
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Acquisition of satellite images
• Resolution of committee and arbitration board cases
• Demarcation and surveying• Preparation of adjudication
record• Publication of the register• Resolution of objection
cases• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Antuambui II Igembe North
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Acquisition of satellite images
• Resolution of committee and arbitration board cases
• Demarcation and surveying• Preparation of adjudication
record• Publication of the register• Resolution of objection
cases• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Ntunene II Igembe North
Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Acquisition of satellite images
• Resolution of committee and arbitration board cases
• Demarcation and surveying• Preparation of adjudication
record• Publication of the register• Resolution of objection
cases• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
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On-going Projects/ProgrammesProject Name Location
(Sub-county)Objectives Targets to
be MetDescription of Activities
Giithu Tigania East Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Demarcation and surveying• Preparation of adjudication
record• Publication of the register• Resolution of objection
cases• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
New Kiare Tigania West Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Demarcation and surveying• Preparation of adjudication
record• Publication of the register• Resolution of objection
cases• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Igarie Tigania East Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Demarcation and surveying• Preparation of adjudication
record• Publication of the register• Resolution of objection
cases• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Ngongaka Tigania East Registration of ownership
Issuance of land certificates
• Demarcation and surveying• Preparation of adjudication
record• Publication of the register• Resolution of objection
cases• Implementation of objection
decisions• Fair printing of maps• Resolution of queries if any
Nturingwi B Local Physical Development Plan
Tigania East and West
To prepare a local Physical development plan
Produce development plan
• Review and updating of the plan
• Approval by the County government
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On-going Projects/ProgrammesProject Name Location
(Sub-county)Objectives Targets to
be MetDescription of Activities
Nturingwi A Local Physical Development Plan
Tigania East To prepare a local Physical development plan
Produce development plan
• Review and updating of the plan
• Approval by the County government
Muthara-Muriri zoning plan
Tigania East To prepare a local Physical development plan
Produce development plan
• Approval by the County government
Gaitu zoning plan
To prepare a zoning plan
Produce a development plan
• Circulation of the zoning plan
• Incorporation of comments in to final plan
• Publication of the final plan• Approval by the County
government
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(i)
New
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6.13.7 Budget ProjectionsBudget Projections
Projects/ Programme Name Location/ Level Total(KShs. Million)
Timeframe2013/2014
2014/2015
2015/2016
2016/ 2017
2017/ 2018
Meru County Spatial Plan Entire County 400 80 140 150 30Urban Area Plans for Sub-county Headquarters
Muthara-Muriri 3 3
Urban Area Plans for Sub-county Headquarters
Urru 3 3
Urban Area Plans for Sub-county Headquarters
Maua 30 20 10
Urban Area Plans for Sub-county Headquarters
Kangeta 30 20 10
Urban Area Plans for Sub-county Headquarters
Laare 30 20 10
Urban Area Plans for Sub-county Headquarters
Timau 30 20 10
Urban Area Plans for Sub-county Headquarters
Nkubu 30 20 10
Urban Area Plans For 47 Ward Headquarters
Each Ward Head-quarter
940 200 260 240 240
Kangeta Adjudication Section Igembe Central 0.15 0.15Nathuu Adjudication Section Igembe North 0.25 0.25Upper Athiru Gaiti A Igembe South 0.15 0.15Akirangondu B Adjudication Section
Igembe North 0.25 0.25
Kiengu Kanjoo Adjudication Section
Igembe Central 0.25 0.25
Akithi Iii Adjudication Section Tigania West 0.2 0.2Kianjai Tigania West 0.3 0.3Buuri A Tigania East 0.15 0.15Kitharene Tigania East 0.35 0.35Mbeu I Tigania West 0.4 0.4Athiru Rujine Ndoleli Adjudication Section
Igembe Central 1 1
Lower Athiru Gaiti A Igembe South 4 4Akirangondu A Igembe Central 3 3Antubetwe Kiongo Igembe North 4 4Amung’enti B Igembe South 12 12Kiguchu Adjudication Section Tigania East 1.4 1.4Uringu Ii Tigania West 1.3 1.3Athinga Athanja Tiganai East 2 2Antuamburi Tigania East 2.1 2.1Ankamia Tigania East 4.1 4.1Akaiga Tigania East 3.8 3.8Karama Tigania East 5.9 5.9Giithu Tigania East 5.6 5.6Buuri B Tigania East 7.6 7.6New Kiare Tigania West 5.7 5.7Ngongaka Tigania East 16 16Igarie Tigania East 15 15Mbeu Iii Tigania West 5 5
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Budget ProjectionsProjects/ Programme Name Location/ Level Total
(KShs. Million)
Timeframe2013/2014
2014/2015
2015/2016
2016/ 2017
2017/ 2018
Mumui Tigania West 16 16Rwanda Gabera Tigania East 18.7 18.7Lower Karama Tigania East 15 15Upper Athiru Gaiti B Igembe South 10 10Upper Athiru Gaiti C Igembe South 10 10Kirindine B Igembe South 15 15Amung’enti A Igembe South 15 15Mutuati/Amwathi Ii A Igembe North 16 16Mutuati/Amwathi Ii B Igembe North 16 16Mutuati/Amwathi I A Igembe North 15 15Mutuati/Amwathi I B Igembe North 17 17Akirang’ondu C Igembe North 17 17Antuambui Ii Igembe North 17 17Ntunene Ii Igembe North 17 17Rikiau Igembe Central 17 17Ndoleli Antubetwe Kiongo Igembe Central 1.2 1.2Naathu B Igembe North 18.785 18.785Ruiri Rwarera Buuri 50 20 20 10Sirimon Scheme Buuri Buuri 10 5 5Egoji East South Imenti 10 5 5Nkando in Kiirua Buuri 5 3 2Naari Buuri 10 5 5Ngushishi Settlement scheme Buuri 10 5 5Kiagu Central Imenti 5 4 1Total 1,965.635 88.45 498.80 525.40 333.3 519.685
6.13.8 Income Generation Mechanisms for the Sector• Building plan approval fee• Subdivision fee• Change of use fee• Extension of use fee• Site inspection fee• Extension of use/lease fee• Review of EIA Reports fee• Sale of Maps/Plans/sketch map fee• Land committee cases fee• Adjudication record objection fee• Arbitration board fee• Survey fee• Registry index map amendment fee• Boundary dispute fee• Sale of planning liaison committee minutes fee
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6.13.9 Role of Stakeholders
Name of Stakeholders Roles
MCG • Mobilise resources
• Approval of spatial plans
• Management roles
• Mobilise local community
• Formulate relevant legislationCounty survey office • Implementation of relevant legislation
• Management survey function in the county
• Advice county government and other agencies on matters relevant to survey
County spatial planning office • Implementation of relevant legislation
• Management of spatial planning in the county
• Advice the county government and other agencies on spatial planning
• Preparation of various levels of spatial plansCounty adjudication office • Implementation of relevant legislation
• Management of adjudication function in the county
• Advice the county government and other agencies on adjudication.
Members of National Assembly • Formulate relevant legislations
• Mobilise fundsNational government • Mobilise security where needed
• Intervene in policy matters
• Policy formulationNational land commission • Policy formulation
• Disputes resolutionEnvironment and Land Court • Disputes resolutionLand Adjudication Committee and the Adjudication Tribunal
• Adjudication arbitration and disputes resolution
Faith based Organisations (FBOs), Community Based Organisations (CBOs), Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)
• Mobilisation of funds
• Dissemination of information
The local communities • Giving relevant accurate information
• Responding to summons timely
• Pay all necessary fees promptly
• Adherence to legislations and policies
• Be courteous
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6.13.10 Implementation Framework
B. Human Resources Requirements
Name of Department Human Resource Requirement
Physical/ Spatial Planning 8 Physical Planners, 8 Technical Officers, 1 Secretary, 1 Cleri-cal Officer
Land Adjudication And Settlement
5 Land Adjudication Officers, 10 Survey Assistants, 2 Driver, 1 Secretaries, 1 Clerical Officer
Survey Department 5 Cartographers, 1 Clerical Officer, 1 Secretary
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6.13.11 Feedback and Response Mechanisms
• Through public forums ( public barazas)
• Through media (print, audio/visual, virtual)
• Through correspondences
Through individual consultation
6.14 Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Sector
6.14.1.1 Brief Description of the Sector - (Agriculture Sub-sector )In Kenya about ¾ of the population depend on agriculture for their livelihood and sur-vival. About 90% of rural incomes come from agriculture and Vision 2030 strategy has identified agriculture as one of the six key economic pillars expected to drive the econ-omy. The county is divided into 11 Agro – ecological zones (UH3 to LM6). At county level the ministry is composed of Five departments; Agriculture, Livestock, Veterinary and Fisheries.
6.14.1.2 Sector Vision, Mission and Objectives
Vision
An innovative, Green and commercially oriented agriculture sector
Mission
To promote livelihoods and sustainable competitive agriculture, livestock, veterinary, irrigation and fisheries sub-sectors while conserving natural resources.
6.14.1.3 Sector Objectives
• To create enabling environment for Agriculture sector development
• Increase agriculture productivity, output and value
• Promote market access and market development for all agricultural products
• Enhance accessibility to affordable inputs and credits
• Increase land utilization through irrigation
• Promote environmental conservation
• Create wealth and employment
Ensure food security and balanced nutrition
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6.14.1.4 Situational Analysis
Stakeholders Analysis
Name of Stakehold-er
County Government
Expectation of the Stakeholder
Stakeholders Expectation
of County Government
Local com-munities
• Active participation in develop-ment projects
• Support by tax payment
• Peaceful and law abiding
• Accountability and transparency
• Information dissemination
• Improvement of infrastructure
• Quality services, equitable distribu-tion of resources
N a t i o n a l Government
• Financial support for projects and programmes
• Capacity building
• Equitable distribution of resources
• Quality service delivery
• Security
• Conflict resolutionD e v e l o p -ment part-ners
• Financial, technical, human re-source support
• Collaborative and networking in project implementation cycle
• Conducive working environment
• Collaborative initiative
• Political good will
Private Sec-tor
• Community mobilization
• Facilitation of investments
• Credit facilities
• Value addition and processing
• Political good will
• Enabling environment
• Transparency and accountability
• Infrastructure development
A. SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses• Skilled and experienced personnel
• Rich fertile soils
• Available water resources
• Favourable infrastructure
• Availability of financial institutions
• Diverse ecological zones
• Poor industrialization
• Land tenure
• Rigid tradition beliefs
• Inadequate value addition
• Low level of agro-processing
Opportunities Threats
• Airport construction at Isiolo
• Availability of many rivers and water sources
• Proposed resort city of Isiolo
• Adequate raw materials for industrialization
• Proximity to Mt Kenya
• Cattle rustling
• Border conflicts
• Banning of Miraa trade
• Environmental degradation
• Climate change
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6.14.1.5 Issues, Causes and Proposed Interventions
Issues Causes Immediate Objectives
Proposed Intervention
Input and credit
•High cost of inputs•High interest rate •Unavailability at the
right time
•Avail input in time•Avail credit product
•Enhance farmers institutions capacity to order and purchase fertilizer in bulk•Develop credit products which are affordable to small scale farmers
Posthar-vest crop losses
•Lack of stores among farmers
•Poor produce han-dling
• Increase storage facilities
• Improve produce handling
•Invest on grain Storage Facili-ties and Driers•Cold Storage Facilities for fresh produce•Training on produce handling
Agro pro-cessing
• Inadequate agro pro-cessing facilities
•Barriers to rural agro processing (licenses, product standards, availability and high cost of equipments)
• Increased agro pro-cessing facilities
•Remove barriers to rural agro-processing
•Support development of agro processing facilities•Training in agro processing practices
Markets and mar-keting infrastruc-ture
•Seasonal fluctuations in production
•Poor access roads•Low produce quality•Poor market facilities
• Increase storage capacity
•Quality standards increased
• Improve access roads• Improve market
structures
•Establish price stabilization fund•Develop storage facilities•Grading of access roads•Construct hygienic market structures
Adoption of im-proved/new tech-nologies
• Inadequate extension staff (staff, farmers ratio of 1:1584)
•Lack of affordable credit
•Lack of agriculture sector website to rein-force service delivery
•Agricultural exten-sion staff supported
•Affordable credit developed
•Agriculture website established
•Support agricultural extension system for advisory and tech-nology transfer services•Development of affordable credit products•Support establishment of ag-riculture website and IT based system
Adoption of farming as business
• Inadequate knowl-edge on farm busi-ness planning
•Adoption rate in-creased
•Increase sensitization cam-paign on farming as business•Staff/farmers training on farm business planning
Pests and disease incidence
•Lack of pest moni-toring equipment
•Lack of surveillance • Inaccessible to prop-
er sprayer equipment
•Reduced pest and disease incidences
• Intensify surveillance• Intensify integrated pest
management practices•Spraying
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.1.6
Pri
ority
Pro
gram
mes
and
Pro
ject
s
On-
goin
g Pr
ojec
ts/P
rogr
amm
es
(a)
Flag
ship
Pro
ject
s
On-
goin
g Pr
ojec
tsPr
ogra
mm
e/Pr
ojec
t N
ame
Loc
atio
n/Su
b-co
un-
ty/ W
ard
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
sE
stim
at-
ed C
ost
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Des
crip
tion
of a
ctiv
ities
Sour
ces o
f fu
nds
Food
gra
in
stor
age
and
mar
ketin
g su
ppor
t
Cou
ntyw
ide
(Med
ium
an
d lo
wer
zo
nes)
Esta
blis
h re
serv
e fo
od g
rain
st
ores
for f
ood
secu
rity
Prom
ote
and
expa
nd g
rain
va
lue
addi
tion
and
war
e-ho
usin
g to
cus
hion
far
mer
s ag
ains
t pric
e flu
ctua
tions
To d
evel
op o
ne
mod
el g
rain
cl
eani
ng, s
ortin
g an
d w
areh
ousi
ng
stor
es in
eac
h su
b- c
ount
y
400
•Si
te se
lect
ion
and
cons
truct
ion/
rent
ing
of w
areh
ouse
s
•Pr
ocur
emen
t and
inst
alla
tion
of
equi
pmen
t
•Pu
rcha
se a
nd in
stal
latio
n of
cl
eani
ng a
nd so
rting
equ
ipm
ent
•Em
pow
er fa
rmer
org
aniz
atio
ns to
ta
ke u
p th
e ac
tiviti
es
MC
GD
evel
opm
ent
partn
ers
Initi
atin
g fa
rm-
ers
PPP
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New
Pro
ject
s
New
Pro
ject
s
Proj
ect
Nam
e
Prio
rity
R
anki
ng
Loc
atio
n/le
vel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be m
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
iviti
esE
stim
at-
ed C
ost
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Sour
ces o
f Fun
ds
Agr
icul
tura
l in
put s
uppl
y su
ppor
t
2C
ount
y-w
ide
Empo
wer
farm
er
orga
niza
tions
to p
ur-
chas
e in
bul
k, st
ock
and
dist
ribut
e m
ajor
fa
rm in
puts
One
farm
er o
rgan
i-za
tion
per w
ard
(45)
•Fe
asib
ility
stud
y an
d se
lec-
tion
of p
artic
ipat
ing
farm
er
orga
niza
tions
•Es
tabl
ishm
ent o
f rev
olvi
ng
fund
•
Gro
up tr
aini
ng•
Prov
ide
cred
it fa
cilit
y fo
r gr
oups
•Em
pow
er fa
rmer
org
aniz
a-tio
ns to
take
up
the
activ
ities
300
MC
G
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
Pota
to v
alue
ad
ditio
n an
d se
ed p
otat
o m
ultip
licat
ion
3Po
tato
gr
owin
g ar
eas s
uch
as K
i-bi
richi
a,
Kis
ima
&
Abo
thug
u-ch
i Wes
t
Prov
ide
faci
litie
s for
cl
eani
ng, s
ortin
g,
pack
ing
and
cold
st
orag
e of
pot
atoe
s
Supp
ort f
arm
ers a
nd
grou
ps to
bul
k cl
ean
seed
Thre
e co
ld st
orag
e fa
cilit
ies
20 se
ed b
ulki
ng si
tes
Bra
ndin
g M
eru
pota
to
•C
omm
unity
mob
iliza
tion,
gr
oup
form
atio
n an
d tra
inin
g•
Feas
ibili
ty st
udy,
site
sele
c-tio
n, d
esig
n an
d co
nstru
ctio
n of
coo
ling
faci
litie
s•
Purc
hase
and
inst
alla
tion
of
equi
pmen
t•
Esta
blis
hmen
t of s
eed
pota
to
mul
tiplic
atio
n si
tes
100
MC
G
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
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New
Pro
ject
s
Proj
ect
Nam
e
Prio
rity
R
anki
ng
Loc
atio
n/le
vel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be m
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
iviti
esE
stim
at-
ed C
ost
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Sour
ces o
f Fun
ds
Ban
ana
valu
e ad
ditio
n an
d pr
oces
sing
4C
ount
y-w
ide
– m
iddl
e al
titud
e on
es
Prov
ide
faci
litie
s for
pa
ckin
g, ri
peni
ng
and
proc
essi
ng b
a-na
nas i
nto
dive
rsifi
ed
prod
ucts
One
pro
cess
ing
plan
t (So
uth
Imen
ti)
Bra
ndin
g M
eru
bana
na
•C
omm
unity
mob
iliza
tion,
gr
oup
form
atio
n an
d tra
inin
g
•Fe
asib
ility
stud
y, si
te se
lec-
tion,
des
ign
and
cons
truct
ion
of p
roce
ssin
g fa
cilit
ies
•Pu
rcha
se a
nd in
stal
latio
n of
eq
uipm
ent
100
MC
G
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
Frui
t val
ue
addi
tion
and
proc
essi
ng
5C
ount
y-w
ide
Prov
ide
faci
litie
s for
pr
oces
sing
frui
ts in
to
juic
e, d
ried
frui
ts a
nd
othe
r pro
duct
s
Prom
ote
esta
blis
h-m
ent o
f
pilo
t pro
cess
ing
plan
ts (M
itung
uu,
Cha
aria
& K
anun
i)
•C
omm
unity
mob
iliza
tion,
gr
oup
form
atio
n an
d tra
inin
g
•Fe
asib
ility
stud
y, si
te se
lec-
tion,
des
ign
and
cons
truct
ion
of p
roce
ssin
g fa
cilit
ies
•Pu
rcha
se a
nd in
stal
latio
n of
eq
uipm
ent
100
MC
G
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
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New
Pro
ject
s
Proj
ect
Nam
e
Prio
rity
R
anki
ng
Loc
atio
n/le
vel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be m
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
iviti
esE
stim
at-
ed C
ost
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Sour
ces o
f Fun
ds
Reh
abili
ta-
tion
of c
offe
e Su
b-se
ctor
6C
ount
y-w
ide
(mid
dle
altit
ude
zone
s)
Rev
ive
prod
uctio
n an
d es
tabl
ish
a co
unty
wid
e c
offe
e m
illin
g, m
arke
ting
and
qual
ity m
anag
e-m
ent o
utfit
Incr
ease
pla
ntin
g,
outp
ut a
nd q
ualit
y to
ab
ove
orig
inal
leve
ls
Link
age
of c
oope
r-at
ive
soci
etie
s and
es
tate
pro
duce
rs
Bra
ndin
g M
eru
coffe
e
•C
arry
out
a c
offe
e ce
nsus
•C
ampa
ign
for r
e-es
tabl
ish-
men
t and
exp
ansi
on to
new
ar
eas
•C
apac
ity b
uild
ing
on c
offe
e re
habi
litat
ion
and
man
age-
men
t
•C
apac
ity b
uild
ing
on p
roce
ss-
ing,
mill
ing
and
mar
ketin
g
•Pr
omot
e ac
quis
ition
of a
mill
-in
g pl
ant
•Pr
omot
e es
tabl
ishm
ent o
f a
roas
ting
plan
t
•Pr
omot
e es
tabl
ishm
ent o
f co
ffee
hous
es
100
MC
G
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
Reh
abili
ta-
tion
of c
otto
n Su
b-se
ctor
7C
ount
y-w
ide
(low
-er
alti
tude
zo
nes)
Rev
ive
cotto
n pr
o-du
ctio
n an
d es
tabl
ish
a co
unty
wid
e m
ar-
ketin
g an
d qu
ality
m
anag
emen
t out
fit
Incr
ease
pla
ntin
g,
outp
ut a
nd q
ualit
y to
ab
ove
orig
inal
leve
ls
Link
age
of g
inne
ry
with
pro
duce
rs
Bra
ndin
g M
eru
cotto
n
•C
ampa
ign
for r
e-es
tabl
ish-
men
t and
exp
ansi
on to
new
ar
eas
•C
apac
ity b
uild
ing
on c
otto
n pr
oduc
tion
and
qual
ity m
an-
agem
ent
•Pr
omot
e re
viva
l and
exp
an-
sion
of G
aitu
gin
nery
50M
CG
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
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New
Pro
ject
s
Proj
ect
Nam
e
Prio
rity
R
anki
ng
Loc
atio
n/le
vel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be m
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
iviti
esE
stim
at-
ed C
ost
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Sour
ces o
f Fun
ds
Ric
e &
Whe
at
prom
otio
n pr
oces
sing
an
d va
lue
addi
tion
8C
ount
y-w
ide
Prom
ote
padd
y an
d up
land
rice
pro
duc-
tion
Esta
blis
h fa
cilit
ies
for p
roce
ssin
g, p
ack-
ing
and
stor
age
Two
de-h
aulin
g an
d pa
ckag
ing
faci
litie
s
Esta
blis
h 13
dem
o si
tes
•C
omm
unity
mob
iliza
tion,
gr
oup
form
atio
n an
d tra
inin
g
•Es
tabl
ishm
ent o
f dem
o si
tes
•Fe
asib
ility
stud
y, si
te se
lec-
tion,
des
ign
and
cons
truct
ion
of p
roce
ssin
g fa
cilit
ies
•Pu
rcha
se a
nd in
stal
latio
n of
eq
uipm
ent
50M
CG
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
Cro
p pe
st a
nd
dise
ase
mon
i-to
ring
syst
em
9C
ount
y-w
ide
Esta
blis
h a
faci
li-ty
for m
onito
ring,
id
entif
ying
and
co
ntro
lling
pes
ts
and
dise
ases
bef
ore
they
reac
h ec
onom
ic
dam
age
stat
us
One
equ
ippe
d an
d fu
nctio
nal p
atho
logy
la
bora
tory
at c
ount
y
Nin
e fu
nctio
nal
plan
t clin
ics i
n th
e Su
b-co
untie
s
•C
reat
ion
of la
bora
tory
spac
e an
d eq
uipp
ing
the
lab
•Se
tting
a su
rvei
llanc
e sy
stem
fo
r com
mon
pes
ts a
nd d
is-
ease
s
•Se
tting
a d
atab
ase
for p
ests
, di
seas
es a
nd p
estic
ides
•Tr
aini
ng p
lant
doc
tors
•Es
tabl
ish
plan
t clin
ics
•Se
tting
a p
est s
tatu
s rep
ortin
g sy
stem
•A
cqui
sitio
n of
pes
t tra
ps
•A
cqui
sitio
n of
moi
stur
e m
eter
s
50M
CG
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
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Pro
ject
s
Proj
ect
Nam
e
Prio
rity
R
anki
ng
Loc
atio
n/le
vel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be m
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
iviti
esE
stim
at-
ed C
ost
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Sour
ces o
f Fun
ds
Gre
en h
ouse
te
chno
logy
, (F
low
ers,
Fren
ch B
eans
&
Fre
nch
Peas
10C
ount
y-w
ide
Prom
ote
prot
ecte
d cr
op te
chno
logy
for
incr
ease
d pr
oduc
tion
of h
igh
valu
e cr
ops
Five
gre
enho
uses
pe
r war
d •
Con
stru
ctio
n of
gre
en h
ouse
s
•In
stal
latio
n of
drip
irrig
atio
n ki
ts
•C
rop
esta
blis
hmen
t and
man
-ag
emen
t
•Fa
rmer
trai
ning
on
how
to
grow
cro
ps in
gre
enho
uses
•Te
chni
cian
trai
ning
on
gree
n-ho
use
cons
truct
ion
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G
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elop
men
t par
tner
s
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atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
Soil
ferti
lity
man
agem
ent
11C
ount
y-w
ide
Prom
ote
prac
tices
fo
r im
prov
ing
soil
ferti
lity
enha
ncem
ent
and
man
agem
ent
One
fiel
d lia
ison
la
bora
tory
Nin
e sa
mpl
ing
and
test
ing
kits
(one
per
Su
b-co
unty
)
•A
cqui
sitio
n of
por
tabl
e so
il an
alys
is k
its
•Tr
aini
ng o
f tec
hnic
ians
•Es
tabl
ishm
ent o
f fiel
d so
il sa
mpl
ing
and
test
ing
train
ing
prog
ram
me
•Se
tting
an
IT b
ased
soil
anal
-ys
is re
porti
ng sy
stem
50M
CG
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
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Pro
ject
s
Proj
ect
Nam
e
Prio
rity
R
anki
ng
Loc
atio
n/le
vel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be m
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
iviti
esE
stim
at-
ed C
ost
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Sour
ces o
f Fun
ds
Soil
and
wat
er c
onse
r-va
tion
12C
ount
y-w
ide
Prom
ote
prac
tices
fo
r on-
farm
con
ser-
vatio
n of
soil
and
wat
er
Two
on-f
arm
de
mon
stra
tions
for
wat
er h
arve
stin
g an
d so
il co
nser
vatio
n pe
r w
ard
Initi
ate
stru
ctur
es
for fl
ood
wat
er
cont
rol i
n al
l maj
or
vuln
erab
le h
ills
Initi
ate
tree
plan
ting
in a
ll er
osio
n ho
t-po
ints
•Tr
aini
ng o
f tec
hnic
ians
and
fa
rmer
s
•Id
entif
y er
osio
n ho
t-poi
nts
•Es
tabl
ish
stru
ctur
es fo
r floo
d w
ater
con
trol
•La
ying
of s
oil c
onse
rvat
ion
stru
ctur
es
•Es
tabl
ish
on-f
arm
wat
er h
ar-
vest
ing
stru
ctur
es
•Es
tabl
ish
on-f
arm
wat
er c
on-
serv
atio
n st
ruct
ures
•Tr
ee p
lant
ing
in a
reas
pro
ne
to d
egra
datio
n
200
MC
G
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
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atin
g fa
rmer
s
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Pro
ject
s
Proj
ect
Nam
e
Prio
rity
R
anki
ng
Loc
atio
n/le
vel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be m
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
iviti
esE
stim
at-
ed C
ost
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Sour
ces o
f Fun
ds
Mira
a (K
hat)
agro
-sys
tem
di
vers
ifica
tion
and
deve
lop-
men
t
13M
iraa
grow
ing
area
s suc
h as
Mu-
ringe
ne,
Mut
uati,
K
aelo
, A
thiru
G
aiti,
Ki-
mon
golo
&
Kie
ngu
and
Mer
u To
wn
Faci
litat
e di
vers
ifica
-tio
n of
live
lihoo
ds in
M
iraa
ente
rpris
es
Dev
elop
hyg
ieni
c m
arke
ting
faci
litie
s
Five
inte
grat
ed o
n-fa
rm d
emon
stra
tions
Con
stru
ct 1
0 m
ar-
ketin
g sh
eds i
n fiv
e M
iraa
mar
kets
•C
onst
ruct
ion
of h
ygie
nic
mar
ketin
g sh
eds.
•D
eter
min
e cr
ops a
nd
lives
tock
that
can
be
grow
n al
ong
with
Mira
a•
Des
ign
and
initi
ate
alte
rna-
tive
crop
ping
and
live
stoc
k sy
stem
s•
Initi
ate
livel
ihoo
d pr
actic
-es
com
patib
le w
ith M
iraa
farm
ing
•Tr
ain
farm
ers o
n al
tern
ativ
e liv
elih
oods
60M
CG
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
Oil
crop
s de
velo
pmen
t (g
roun
d nu
ts,
sunfl
ower
, so
ya b
ean,
ca
stor
)
14C
ount
y-w
ide
Faci
litat
e, in
crea
se in
pr
oduc
tivity
and
val
-ue
add
ition
of m
ajor
oi
l cro
ps
One
on-
farm
de
mon
stra
tion
unit
per w
ard
(45)
•C
omm
unity
mob
iliza
tion
and
sens
itiza
tion
•Pr
ocur
emen
t and
dis
tribu
tion
of c
ertifi
ed se
eds
•Tr
aini
ng o
n pr
oduc
tion,
val
ue
addi
tion
and
mar
ketin
g•
Mar
ket s
urve
y an
d lin
kage
to
farm
er g
roup
s•
Dem
onst
ratio
ns o
n pr
oces
sed
prod
ucts
50M
CG
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
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Pro
ject
s
Proj
ect
Nam
e
Prio
rity
R
anki
ng
Loc
atio
n/le
vel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be m
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
iviti
esE
stim
at-
ed C
ost
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Sour
ces o
f Fun
ds
Roo
t cro
p de
velo
pmen
t
(sw
eet p
ota-
toes
, yam
s ar
row
root
s, ca
ssav
a)
15C
ount
y-w
ide
Incr
ease
pro
duct
ion,
pr
oduc
tivity
and
val
-ue
add
ition
of m
ajor
ro
ots
One
on-
farm
de
mon
stra
tion
unit
per w
ard
(45)
•C
omm
unity
mob
iliza
tion
and
sens
itiza
tion
•Pr
ocur
emen
t and
dis
tribu
-tio
n of
pla
ntin
g m
ater
ials
of
impr
oved
var
ietie
s•
Trai
ning
on
prod
uctio
n, v
alue
ad
ditio
n an
d m
arke
ting
•M
arke
t sur
vey
and
linka
ge to
fa
rmer
gro
ups
•D
emon
stra
tions
on
proc
esse
d pr
oduc
ts
•M
arke
t sur
vey
and
deve
lop-
men
t
50M
CG
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
Vege
tabl
e cr
ops d
evel
-op
men
t (va
r-io
us a
dapt
ed
spec
ies)
16C
ount
y-w
ide
Prom
ote
incr
ease
in
prod
uctio
n, p
rodu
c-tiv
ity, v
alue
add
ition
an
d co
nsum
ptio
n of
ve
geta
bles
One
on-
farm
de
mon
stra
tion
unit
per w
ard
(45)
•C
omm
unity
mob
iliza
tion
and
sens
itiza
tion
•Pr
ocur
emen
t and
dis
tribu
tion
of c
ertifi
ed se
eds
•Tr
aini
ng o
n pr
oduc
tion,
val
ue
addi
tion
and
mar
ketin
g•
Mar
ket s
urve
y an
d lin
kage
to
farm
er g
roup
s•
Dem
onst
ratio
ns o
n pr
oces
sed
prod
ucts
, hom
e pr
eser
vatio
n an
d co
nsum
ptio
n
30M
CG
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
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Pro
ject
s
Proj
ect
Nam
e
Prio
rity
R
anki
ng
Loc
atio
n/le
vel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be m
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
iviti
esE
stim
at-
ed C
ost
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Sour
ces o
f Fun
ds
Frui
ts a
nd
tree
crop
de
velo
pmen
t (a
voca
do,
man
goes
, m
acad
amia
, pa
paya
, pa
ssio
n fr
uits
, or
ange
s and
tre
e to
mat
o)
17C
ount
y-w
ide
Prom
ote
incr
ease
in
prod
uctio
n, p
ro-
duct
ivity
and
val
ue
addi
tion
of fr
uits
One
on-
farm
de
mon
stra
tion
nurs
-er
y pe
r war
d (4
5)
•Es
tabl
ishm
ent o
f pla
nt n
urs-
erie
s •
Acq
uisi
tion
of e
lite
mat
eria
ls•
Trai
ning
on
nurs
ery
oper
a-tio
ns a
nd m
anag
emen
t•
Dis
tribu
tion
of p
lant
ing
ma-
teria
ls•
Dem
onst
ratio
ns o
n pr
oces
sed
prod
ucts
•M
arke
t sur
vey
and
deve
lop-
men
t
50M
CG
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
Her
bs a
nd
spic
es d
evel
-op
men
t (va
r-io
us a
dapt
ed
spec
ies)
18C
ount
y-w
ide
Prom
ote
/incr
ease
in
prod
uctio
n, p
ro-
duct
ivity
and
val
ue
addi
tion
of h
erbs
and
sp
ices
One
on-
farm
de
mon
stra
tion
and
bulk
ing
unit
per
Sub-
coun
ty (9
)
•A
cqui
sitio
n of
elit
e m
ater
ials
•B
ulki
ng o
f im
prov
ed m
ate-
rials
•D
istri
butio
n of
pla
ntin
g m
a-te
rials
•D
emon
stra
tions
on
proc
esse
d pr
oduc
ts
20M
CG
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
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Pro
ject
s
Proj
ect
Nam
e
Prio
rity
R
anki
ng
Loc
atio
n/le
vel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be m
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
iviti
esE
stim
at-
ed C
ost
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Sour
ces o
f Fun
ds
Tea
Pro-
duct
ion
and
Qua
lity
19Te
a gr
ow-
ing
area
sEx
pand
tea
plan
ting
and
qual
ity m
anag
e-m
ent f
or in
tern
atio
n-al
stan
dard
izat
ion
for
incr
ease
d ou
tput
and
in
com
e
All
tea
fact
orie
s•
Gro
w m
ore
tea
cam
paig
n
•C
apac
ity b
uild
ing
on te
a pr
o-du
ctiv
ity m
anag
emen
t
•Pr
omot
e Pr
oduc
t div
ersi
fica-
tion
30M
CG
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
Dem
onst
ra-
tion
farm
s20
Cou
nty-
wid
ePr
ovid
e fa
cilit
ies
for
dem
onst
ratio
n of
stan
dard
man
age-
men
t pra
ctic
es a
nd
bulk
ing
of h
igh
valu
e m
ater
ials
One
dem
o fa
rm p
er
Sub-
coun
ty (9
)•
Stak
ehol
ders
mob
iliza
tion
•La
nd id
entifi
catio
n an
d pr
o-cu
rem
ent
•Es
tabl
ishm
ent o
f far
m u
nits
•B
ulki
ng o
f mat
eria
ls
•M
aint
enan
ce a
nd d
ocum
en-
tatio
n
30M
CG
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
308 A United Prosperous Green Model County
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New
Pro
ject
s
Proj
ect
Nam
e
Prio
rity
R
anki
ng
Loc
atio
n/le
vel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be m
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
iviti
esE
stim
at-
ed C
ost
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Sour
ces o
f Fun
ds
Aut
o-m
atio
n of
ex
ten-
sion
an
d m
ar-
ketin
g in
for-
mat
ion
21C
ount
y id
eEs
tabl
ish
syst
em fo
r ex
chan
ge
of p
rodu
c-tio
n an
d m
arke
ting
info
rma-
tion
for
vario
us
com
mod
i-tie
s
One
info
rmat
ion
cent
re in
eve
ry w
ard
(45)
•Es
tabl
ish
agric
ul-
tura
l inf
orm
atio
n fie
ld k
iosk
s •
Up-
scal
ing
of th
e E-
war
ehou
sing
•
Cre
ate
com
mod
ity
exte
nsio
n an
d m
ar-
ketin
g da
taba
se•
Link
agr
ic. d
ata
syst
em to
cou
nty
web
site
50M
CG
Dev
el-
opm
ent
partn
ers
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
Wea
th-
er d
ata
mon
i-to
ring
syst
em 22
Cou
nty-
wid
eTo
pro
vide
w
eath
-er
dat
a ba
se fo
r ef
fect
ive
prod
uctio
n pl
anni
ng
20 w
eath
er st
atio
ns•
Link
ing
with
the
exis
ting
sub
sta-
tions
•R
ehab
ilita
tion
of
the
exis
ting
non
func
tiona
l sub
st
atio
n•
Esta
blis
hmen
t of
new
sub
stat
ion
•N
et w
ork
with
the
coun
ty d
ata
mgt
sy
stem
50M
CG
Dev
el-
opm
ent
partn
ers
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
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Pro
ject
s
Proj
ect
Nam
e
Prio
rity
R
anki
ng
Loc
atio
n/le
vel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be m
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
iviti
esE
stim
at-
ed C
ost
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Sour
ces o
f Fun
ds
Bo-
tani
cal
gard
en
23A
ll th
e 9
Sub-
coun
-tie
s
Pres
er-
vatio
n of
sp
ecia
l sp
ecie
s, be
autifi
-ca
tion
and
leis
ure
reso
rt
One
mai
n ga
rden
in
Mer
u to
wn
and
8 sm
alle
r site
s
•Si
te id
entifi
catio
n•
Des
igni
ng
•A
cqui
sitio
n of
pl
antin
g m
ater
ial
and
plan
ting
•M
aint
enan
ce a
nd
docu
men
tatio
n
30M
CG
Dev
el-
opm
ent
partn
ers
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
KA
-G
RU
A
g-ric
ul-
tura
l Tr
ain-
ing
Cen
tre
(ATC
)
24Im
enti
Sout
hIm
prov
e th
e ef
fi-ci
ency
and
op
erat
ion-
al c
apac
ity
of th
e ATC
Ach
ieve
set t
arge
ts.
•Im
prov
e irr
igat
ion
syst
em
•C
onve
rt ol
d fa
rm
gara
ge to
an
agro
-pro
cess
ing
unit
•R
aise
dai
ry b
reed
-in
g st
ock
•Pu
t up
a 52
self
cont
aine
d ro
om
host
el
•Pu
t up
cere
als
stor
es d
emo
site
s
45M
CG
PPP
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Pro
ject
s
Proj
ect
Nam
e
Prio
rity
R
anki
ng
Loc
atio
n/le
vel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be m
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
iviti
esE
stim
at-
ed C
ost
(KSh
s. M
illio
n)
Sour
ces o
f Fun
ds
Ag-
ricul
-tu
ral
mec
h-an
isa-
tion
ser-
vice
s (A
MS)
25Im
enti
Sout
hIm
prov
e th
e ef
fi-ci
ency
and
op
erat
ion-
al c
apac
ity
of th
e ATC
Ach
ieve
set t
arge
ts•
Con
stru
ct o
ffice
bl
ock
•Pr
ocur
e m
aize
Sh
elle
r, so
rghu
m
thre
sher
, pot
ato
ridge
r, 7
smal
l tra
ctor
s and
hal
-lo
ws,
3 to
n tra
iler,
new
doz
er D
B,
grad
er, c
ompa
ctor
an
d w
ater
boo
zer
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.1.7
Bud
get P
roje
ctio
ns
Bud
get P
roje
ctio
ns
Prog
ram
me
/Pro
ject
Loc
atio
n/L
evel
Tota
l B
udge
t (K
Shs.
Mill
ion)
Tim
efra
me
2013
/14
2014
/15
2015
/16
2016
/17
2017
/18
Food
gra
in st
orag
e an
d m
arke
ting
supp
ort
Cou
ntyw
ide
400
5010
010
010
050
Agr
icul
tura
l inp
ut su
pply
supp
ort
Cou
ntyw
ide
300
5080
7050
50Po
tato
val
ue a
dditi
onC
ount
ywid
e10
020
3020
1515
Ban
ana
valu
e ad
ditio
n an
d pr
oces
sing
C
ount
ywid
e in
mid
dle
altit
ude
area
s10
020
3020
1515
Frui
t val
ue a
dditi
on a
nd p
roce
ssin
g C
ount
ywid
e10
010
2030
2020
Reh
abili
tatio
n of
cof
fee
Sub-
sect
or
Cou
ntyw
ide
100
2020
2020
20R
ehab
ilita
tion
of c
otto
n Su
b-se
ctor
C
ount
ywid
e50
1010
1010
10R
ice
/ Whe
at p
rom
otio
n, v
alue
add
ition
and
pr
oces
sing
C
ount
ywid
e50
1010
1510
5
Cro
p pe
st a
nd d
isea
se m
onito
ring
syst
emC
ount
ywid
e50
510
1510
10
Gre
en h
ouse
tech
nolo
gy: F
renc
h B
eans
, Fr
ench
pea
sC
ount
ywid
e20
030
6070
2020
Soil
ferti
lity
man
agem
ent
Cou
ntyw
ide
5010
2010
55
Soil
and
Wat
er c
onse
rvat
ion
Cou
ntyw
ide
200
3060
5030
30M
iraa
agro
-sys
tem
div
ersi
ficat
ion
and
deve
l-op
men
t C
ount
ywid
e60
1212
1212
12
Oil
crop
s dev
elop
men
t (gr
ound
nut
s, su
nflow
-er
, soy
a be
an, c
asto
r oil
crop
)C
ount
ywid
e50
1010
1010
10
Roo
t cro
p de
velo
pmen
t(s
wee
t pot
atoe
s, ya
ms a
rrow
root
s, ca
ssav
a)C
ount
ywid
e50
1010
1010
10
312 A United Prosperous Green Model County
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get P
roje
ctio
ns
Prog
ram
me
/Pro
ject
Loc
atio
n/L
evel
Tota
l B
udge
t (K
Shs.
Mill
ion)
Tim
efra
me
2013
/14
2014
/15
2015
/16
2016
/17
2017
/18
Frui
ts a
nd tr
ee c
rop
deve
lopm
ent (
avoc
ado,
m
ango
es, m
acad
amia
, pap
aya,
ora
nges
and
pa
ssio
n fr
uits
, tre
e to
mat
o)
Cou
ntyw
ide
505
1015
1010
Vege
tabl
e cr
ops d
evel
opm
ent (
vario
us a
dapt
-ed
spec
ies)
Cou
ntyw
ide
255
55
55
Her
bs a
nd sp
ices
dev
elop
men
t (va
rious
ada
pt-
ed sp
ecie
s)C
ount
ywid
e25
55
55
5
Tea
Prod
uctio
n an
d Q
ualit
yTe
a gr
owin
g ar
eas
255
55
55
Dem
onst
ratio
n fa
rms
Cou
ntyw
ide
305
105
55
Aut
omat
ion
of e
xten
sion
and
mar
ketin
g in
for-
mat
ion
Cou
ntyw
ide
5015
205
55
Wea
ther
dat
a m
onito
ring
syst
em
Cou
ntyw
ide
505
1015
1010
Bot
anic
al g
arde
nC
ount
ywid
e30
55
105
5
Tota
l21
4534
755
252
738
733
2
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6.14.1.8 Income Generation Mechanisms
Institution Mechanism/Means/Source Expected Income
(KShs. Million)
Sustainability Mechanisms
Agriculture Machin-ery Services (AMS) Mitunguu
Maize shelling, Road grading, Dam construction, Dam survey and design, ploughing
15 M a i n t e n a n c e of plants and equipment
Kaguru ATC Hosting various courses and workshops meetings
10 Availability of revolving fund
314 A United Prosperous Green Model County
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6.14
.1.9
Impl
emen
tatio
n, M
onito
ring
and
Eva
luat
ion
Mon
itori
ng a
nd E
valu
atio
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6.14.1.10 Feedback and Response MechanismsPublic barazas• Interviews /Questionnaires
• Reports
• Internet (ICT)
Workshops/Seminars
6.14.2 Livestock Production Sub-sector
6.14.2.1 Objectives• Increase livestock production and productivity
• Enhance investment in the Livestock Sector
• Increase availability of Processed livestock products
• Increase Market Access for Livestock and Livestock Products
• Mainstream cross cutting issues e.g. environment, emergency preparedness, gender eq-uity, HIV/AIDS
Collaboration and Linkages with other Agencies
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6.14.2.2 Issues, Causes, Interventions
Issues Causes Immediate
Objectives
Proposed Intervention
Productivity in Dairy En-terprise(milk)
•Poor pricing of milk.
•Poor and inade-quate feeds and feeding
•Poor quality cow
•Poor extension information flow
•Build storage fa-cilities for fodder
•Encourage fodder establishment and storage
•Promote com-mercial fodder production
•Price stabilisation fund estab-lished for products and inputs.
•Adoption of appropriate tech-nologies
Productivity in Poultry En-terprise(local and exotic)
•Poor Feeds and feeding
•Poor housing facil-ities
•Poor disease con-trol
•Formulation of homemade feeds
• Improve hous-ing and disease control
•Adoption of appropriate tech-nologies
•Establishment of poultry enter-prise
•Establish elaborate manage-ment for poultry disease control
Productivity of Rab-bits Enter-prise(meat)
•Traditional beliefs with regard to eat-ing habits
•Poor and inade-quate feeds and feeding
•Poor housing facil-ities
• Introduction of home- made and commercial feeds
• Improve in breeds and breeding. Promotion of rab-bit consumption
•Sensitize people on rabbit meat consumption
•Establishment of rabbit enter-prise
•Adoption of appropriate tech-nologies
•Procure equipment
Productivity in Dairy goats production
•Poor breeding stock
•Lack of value addi-tion facility
• Introduction of commercial feeds
• Improve in breeds and breeding
•Set up a milk value addition facility
•Promotion of dairy goats en-terprise
•Adoption of appropriate tech-nologies
•Procure equipment value addi-tion of dairy products
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Issues Causes Immediate
Objectives
Proposed Intervention
Productivity in Bee keep-ing
•Lack of equipment for honey harvest-ing and processing
•Problem of bees occupation and absconding
•Poor product mar-keting
•Promote commer-cial honey har-vesting.
•Research on issues of occupa-tion and abscond-ing
•Adoption of appropriate tech-nologies
•Procure equipment for honey harvesting and processing
•Training on bee hives and clothing
Productivity in Beef enter-prise
•Poor and inade-quate feeds and feeding
•Pasture establish-ment
•Capacity building to farmers on proper feeding systems
•Adoption of appropriate tech-nologies
Market for Processed livestock products
•Poor market infra-structure
•Establish value addition Create market networks
•Construct the three facilities for processing
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6.14.2.3 Priority Programmes and Projects
On-going Projects/Programmes
(a) Flagship Projects
Programme/Project Name
Location/Sub-coun-ty/ Ward
Objectives Targets Description of activ-ities
Promote Live-stock Productivi-ty and marketing
Coun-ty-wide
• Improve livestock pro-duction and productivity
• Create market access
All livestock farmers
• Capacity building to farmers
• Develop livestock market facilities
b) Other Projects
Project Name
Location Objectives Targets to be met
Description of Activities
Milk Processing Project
County-wide
• Enhance milk cool-ing and processing
Processing plant con-structed
• Construction of milk processing plant
Livestock Marketing Project (LMP)
County-wide
• Establish market in-formation centres
• Crashes and loading ramps
• Farmers and butchers training
• Infor-mation centres crushes
• Farmers trained
• Marketing communication programmes e.g. advertis-ing, public relations and personal selling
• Training of stakeholders
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iii) New Projects
New ProjectsProject Name
Priority Rank-ing
Location /Level
Devel-opment Objectives
Targets to be met
Description of Activities
Esti-mated Cost (KShs. Mil-lion)
Source of Funds
Dairy cattle improve-ment and Artificial Insemi-nation
1 County-wide (1 per ward)
Enhance value ad-dition for milk
Increase evening milk pro-duction
Improv-ing cattle breeds
Collection centres in high produc-tion areas
Three cool-ing plants
High milk production breed
Training on feed management, breeding and housing
Value addition training
Construction of coolers
Produce high quality semen
100 County
Private public partner-ship, National govern-ment
Live-stock market-ing
2 County-wide
Improve livestock marketing by estab-lishing markets with proper animal manage-ment facil-ities
Two major markets
Four small markets
Design and construction of markets, yards, offices and wa-tering places
Purchase of weighing bridg-es and vet equip-ment
80 County
Private public partner-ship, National govern-ment
Pasture and fodder develop-ment
3 County-wide
Increase availability of fodder products through enhanced commer-cial pro-duction, baling and storage
10 producer groups
Group organiza-tion and training
Procurement of seed
Establish region-al large scale baling, storage and distribution
100 County
Private public partner-ship, National govern-ment
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New ProjectsProject Name
Priority Rank-ing
Location /Level
Devel-opment Objectives
Targets to be met
Description of Activities
Esti-mated Cost (KShs. Mil-lion)
Source of Funds
Goat milk pro-duction, process-ing &
value addition
4 County-wide
Develop goat milk value addition facilities
Increase production and con-sumption of goat milk
Complete and equip the existing processing plant at Kaguru
Six coolers in major producing areas
50 bucks
10 farmer groups per ward
Complete pro-cessing plant with fencing andoutlet canteen
Installed coolers
Equipment pur-chased
Breeding bucks purchased
Technician and farmer training conducted
100 County
Private public partner-ship, National govern-ment
Poultry (local and exotic chicken) develop-ment
5 County-wide
Increase productivi-ty of small farm units
Promote white meat production, processing and con-sumption
Processing facility con-structed
10 farmer groups per ward
Establishment of slaughter facility for poultry
Purchase breed-ing stock of local chicken
Technician and farmer training
50 County
Private public partner-ship, National govern-ment
Bee keeping
6 County-wide
Increase honey production and value addition
Empow-er poly-technics to make beehives and honey harvesting gears
One refinery built
90 apiaries set
12 produc-er groups trained per ward
Farmers group formation and training
Technician train-ing in polytech-nics Purchase beehives
Construct and equip refinery
70 CountyPrivate public partner-ship, National govern-ment
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New ProjectsProject Name
Priority Rank-ing
Location /Level
Devel-opment Objectives
Targets to be met
Description of Activities
Esti-mated Cost (KShs. Mil-lion)
Source of Funds
Rabbit produc-tion
7 County-wide
Increase productivi-ty of small farm units
Promote white meat production, processing and con-sumption
Processing facility con-structed
10 farmer groups per ward estab-lished
Design and construction of slaughter slaps for rabbit
Purchase of breeding bucks
Technician and farmer training
20 County
Private public partner-ship, National govern-ment
Pig pro-duction
8 County-wide
Increase productivi-ty of small farm units.
Promote white meat production, processing and con-sumption.
Processing facility con-structed.
10 farmer groups per ward estab-lished
Technician and farmer training
Promote con-sumption
Purchase of breeding stock
Design and construction of slaughter slaps for pigs
20 MCG
PPP
National govern-ment
Range-land pro-ductivity develop-ment
8 County-wide (rangelands of the county)
Increase livestock produc-tion and produc-tivity for economic livelihoods and food security in dry areas
(beef cat-tle, goats, sheep)
Six demon-stration ranches
Twenty ranching groups trained
Controlled breeding and breed selection of adapted stock
Formation of producer groups
Training in ranch manage-ment
50 County
Private public partner-ship, National govern-ment
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New ProjectsProject Name
Priority Rank-ing
Location /Level
Devel-opment Objectives
Targets to be met
Description of Activities
Esti-mated Cost (KShs. Mil-lion)
Source of Funds
Demon-stration farms
9 Coun-ty-wide
Relevant livestock species as per the county
Two demon-strations established per ward
Establish a stock section in farm
Stock manage-ment
50 County
Private public partner-ship, National govern-ment
Animal regis-tration (record-ings) and standards
10 All Sub-coun-ties(9)
Increase value of livestock through registration and brand-ing
Establish-ment of computer-ised county records
Registration of stock in the stud book
Farmers training on standards
10 County
Private public partner-ship, National govern-ment
Live-stock fund
11 Coun-ty-wide
Subsidise the buying of live-stock and livestock inputs
Establish stabilisation fund and operation modalities
Establishment of fund
60 County
Private public partner-ship, National govern-ment
Emerg-ing livestock promo-tion
12 All Sub-coun-ties(9)
Promote keeping of new and emerging livestock species to increase food safety net and diversity of livestock products
One demon-stration per ward
Purchase breed-ing stock of special species e.g. quail, guin-ea etc.
Demonstrate husbandry prac-tices
10 County
Private public partner-ship, National govern-ment
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6.14.2.3 Budget Projections
Programme/
Project Name
Location/
Level
TotalBudget(KShs. M i l -lion)
Timeframe
2 0 1 3 / 14
2014/ 15 2 0 1 5 / 16
2016/ 17 2017/
18Dairy cattle im-provement
All Sub-coun-ties
100 20 20 20 20 20
Livestock marketing All Sub-coun-ties
80 20 20 20 10 10
Pasture and fodder development
All Sub-coun-ties
100 20 20 20 20 20
Goat milk produc-tion, processing and value addition
All Sub-coun-ties
100 30 20 20 20 10
Poultry (local chick-en) development
All Sub-coun-ties
50 10 10 10 10 10
Bee keeping All Sub-coun-ties
70 20 15 15 10 10
Rabbit Production All Sub-coun-ties
20 5 5 3 3 4
Rangeland Produc-tivity Development
All Sub-coun-ties
50 10 10 10 10 10
Demonstration farms
All Sub-coun-ties
50 10 10 10 10 10
Animal registration (recordings) and standards
All Sub-coun-ties
10 4 3 1 1 1
Livestock Fund All Sub-coun-ties
60 5 5 15 15 20
Emerging livestock promotion
All Sub-coun-ties
10 2 2 2 2 2
Total 700 156 140 146 131 127
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6.14
.2.4
Impl
emen
tatio
n, M
onito
ring
and
Eva
luat
ion
i) Po
licy,
Leg
isla
tive
and
Reg
ulat
ory
Fram
ewor
k
Live
stoc
k de
velo
pmen
t pol
icy
ii) F
ram
ewor
k fo
r Im
plem
enta
tion,
Mon
itori
ng a
nd E
valu
atio
n
Mon
itori
ng a
nd E
valu
atio
n Fr
amew
ork
Proj
ect N
ame
O
bjec
-tiv
esL
ocat
ion
/ L
evel
Proj
ect
Cos
t (K
Shs
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce o
f Fun
ds
Tim
e Fr
ame
Impl
emen
t-in
g A
genc
y (ie
s)
Mon
itori
ng
Indi
cato
rsM
eans
of
Verifica-
tion
Impl
e-m
en-
tatio
n St
atus
Dai
ry g
oat d
evel
op-
men
t ( V
alue
add
ition
of
goa
t milk
by
build
-in
g a
proc
essi
ng p
lant
setti
ng o
f coo
lers
)
Equi
p th
e ex
istin
g
valu
e ad
ditio
n fa
cilit
y fo
r da
iry g
oat
milk
Kag
uru
ATC
124
•M
CG
•
Priv
ate
Publ
ic P
art-
ners
hip
•N
atio
nal G
over
n-m
ent.
By
2014
Cou
nty
Dire
ctor
of
lives
tock
pr
oduc
tion
1 fa
cil-
ity w
ith
fenc
e&
outle
t
cant
een
&
train
ing
done
Rep
ort
and
pho-
tos
On-
goin
g
Dai
ry c
ow im
prov
e-m
ent
cool
ers,
and
train
ing
Esta
blis
h va
lue
addi
tion
faci
litie
s fo
r dai
ry
cow
milk
Cou
n-ty
-wid
e72
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MC
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Nat
iona
l Gov
ern-
men
t•
NG
Os
By
2017
Sub
- Cou
nty
Offi
cer f
or
lives
tock
pr
oduc
tion
Coo
ler
faci
lity
per
Sub-
coun
ty
& tr
aini
ng
done
Rep
ort
and
pho-
tos
New
Rab
bit d
evel
opm
ent
Esta
blis
hmen
t of
sl
augh
ter s
laps
for
rabb
it
Esta
blis
h-m
ent o
f sl
augh
ter
faci
lity
for
rabb
its
Cou
n-ty
-wid
e12
•M
CG
•Pr
ivat
e Pu
blic
Par
t-ne
rshi
p•
Nat
iona
l Gov
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men
t
By
2017
Sub
- Cou
nty
Offi
cer f
or
lives
tock
pr
oduc
tion
Slau
ghte
r sl
abs
Rep
ort
New
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Mon
itori
ng a
nd E
valu
atio
n Fr
amew
ork
Proj
ect N
ame
O
bjec
-tiv
esL
ocat
ion
/ L
evel
Proj
ect
Cos
t (K
Shs
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce o
f Fun
ds
Tim
e Fr
ame
Impl
emen
t-in
g A
genc
y (ie
s)
Mon
itori
ng
Indi
cato
rsM
eans
of
Verifica-
tion
Impl
e-m
en-
tatio
n St
atus
Poul
try d
evel
opm
ent
Esta
blis
hmen
t of
sl
augh
ter s
laps
for
poul
try
Esta
blis
h-m
ent o
f sl
augh
ter
for
poul
-try
Mer
u to
wn
52•
MC
G•
Priv
ate
Publ
ic P
art-
ners
hip
•N
atio
nal G
over
n-m
ent
By
2015
Cou
nty
Dire
ctor
of
lives
tock
pr
oduc
tion
1 sl
augh
ter
faci
lity
es-
tabl
ishe
d
Rep
ort
and
pho-
tos
New
Esta
blis
h-m
ent o
f liv
esto
ck
mar
ket
and
yard
Ensu
re re
leva
nt li
ve-
stoc
k sp
ecie
s C
ount
y-w
ide
11.1
•M
CG
•Pr
ivat
e Pu
blic
Par
t-ne
rshi
p•
Nat
iona
l Gov
ern-
men
t
By
2015
Cou
nty
dire
ctor
of
lives
tock
pr
oduc
tion
2 m
arke
ts
esta
blis
hed
& tr
aini
ng
done
Rep
ort
New
Esta
blis
h-m
ent o
f de
mon
-st
ratio
n fa
rms
Bui
ld d
emon
stra
tion
farm
s A
ll Su
b-co
un-
ties (
9)
18.2
•M
CG
•Pr
ivat
e Pu
blic
Par
t-ne
rshi
p•
Nat
iona
l Gov
ern-
men
t
By
2016
Sub-
coun
ty
offic
er fo
r liv
esto
ck
prod
uctio
n
Live
stoc
k se
ctio
ns in
th
e fa
rm
esta
blis
hed
Rep
ort
New
Esta
blis
h-m
ent o
f liv
esto
ck
fund
Subs
idis
e th
e bu
ying
of
sem
en a
nd e
lite
stoc
k A
ll Su
b-co
un-
ties
67.4
•M
CG
•Pr
ivat
e Pu
blic
Par
t-ne
rshi
p•
Nat
iona
l Gov
ern-
men
t
By
2017
Sub-
coun
ty
offic
er fo
r liv
esto
ck
prod
uctio
n
Fund
R
epor
tN
ew
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FIRST MERU COUNTY INTERGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2013-2017
Mon
itori
ng a
nd E
valu
atio
n Fr
amew
ork
Proj
ect N
ame
O
bjec
-tiv
esL
ocat
ion
/ L
evel
Proj
ect
Cos
t (K
Shs
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce o
f Fun
ds
Tim
e Fr
ame
Impl
emen
t-in
g A
genc
y (ie
s)
Mon
itori
ng
Indi
cato
rsM
eans
of
Verifica-
tion
Impl
e-m
en-
tatio
n St
atus
Bee
kee
ping
dev
elop
ed
activ
ities
incl
udin
g
refin
erie
s
Kee
ping
be
ehiv
es
Esta
blis
h
hone
y re
finer
ies
All
Sub-
coun
-tie
s (9)
67.4
•M
CG
•Pr
ivat
e Pu
blic
Par
t-ne
rshi
p•
Nat
iona
l Gov
ern-
men
t
By
2017
Sub-
coun
ty
offic
er fo
r liv
esto
ck
prod
uctio
n
Refi
nerie
s A
piar
ies s
etR
epor
tN
ew
Emer
ging
live
stoc
k pr
omot
ion
Div
ersi
fy
anim
al
Incr
ease
en
terp
ris-
es.
All
Sub-
coun
-tie
s (9)
33.7
•M
CG
•
Nat
iona
l Gov
ern-
men
t
By
2014
Sub-
coun
ty
offic
er fo
r liv
esto
ck
prod
uctio
n
Live
stoc
k pr
ogra
mR
epor
tN
ew
Ani
mal
regi
stra
tion
(rec
ordi
ngs)
and
stan
-da
rds’
Incr
ease
va
lue
of
lives
tock
All
Sub-
coun
-tie
s (9)
13.4
•M
CG
•N
atio
nal g
over
nmen
tB
y 20
15Su
b-co
unty
of
ficer
for
lives
tock
pr
oduc
tion
Ani
mal
s re
gist
ered
by
stud
-bo
ok
Rep
ort
New
Past
ure
and
fodd
er
esta
blis
hmen
tA
cces
s to
fodd
er
enha
nced
All
Sub-
coun
-tie
s (9)
33.7
•M
CG
•Pr
ivat
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blic
Par
t-ne
rshi
p•
Nat
iona
l Gov
ern-
men
t
By
2017
Sub-
coun
ty
offic
er fo
r liv
esto
ck
prod
uctio
n
Varie
ty o
f Pa
stur
es
and
fodd
ers
repo
rtN
ew
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FIRST MERU COUNTY INTERGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2013-2017
Mon
itori
ng a
nd E
valu
atio
n Fr
amew
ork
Proj
ect N
ame
O
bjec
-tiv
esL
ocat
ion
/ L
evel
Proj
ect
Cos
t (K
Shs
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce o
f Fun
ds
Tim
e Fr
ame
Impl
emen
t-in
g A
genc
y (ie
s)
Mon
itori
ng
Indi
cato
rsM
eans
of
Verifica-
tion
Impl
e-m
en-
tatio
n St
atus
Bee
f pro
-du
ctio
n Im
prov
e liv
esto
ck p
ro-
duct
ion
Cou
nty,
Sub-
coun
-ty
, war
ds
67.4
•M
CG
•N
atio
nal g
over
nmen
t
By
2017
Cou
nty
Dire
ctor
of
lives
tock
pr
oduc
tion
&Su
b-co
un-
ty o
ffice
rs
of li
vest
ock
prod
uctio
n
Bre
eds a
nd
no. o
f her
ds re
port
New
333A United Prosperous Green Model County
FIRST MERU COUNTY INTERGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2013-2017
6.14.2.5 Veterinary Sub-SectorObjectives
• To increase livestock health and productivity
• To enhance investment in livestock sector
• Safeguard human health
• Increase market access for livestock and livestock products
• Improve animal disease and pest control
• Support demand driven livestock research and extension services
Mainstream cross cutting issues (gender, HIV AIDS, integrity and governance)
6.14.2.6 Issues, Causes, Interventions
Issues Causes Immediate
Objectives
Proposed Intervention
Institutional, Policy and Legal Framework for Veterinary ser-vices
Delays in revision of veterinary laws: Caps 356,364,366 360,345
Providing an enabling environment for the devel-opment of the Veterinary sector
Revision, amendment of the Veterinary Acts. Timely and strict imple-mentation of the Act and policy
Infrastructure, facilities such as vehicles, offices and Human Resources Capacity
Inadequate funding
Poor technol-ogy
Improving service deliv-ery
Improve fundingRecruit more staff
Rehabilitation of Tse-tse control research land and others offices
Lack funds for developing the facilities
Documentation of the land ownership
Reverting the ownership to public ownership
Price stabilization Fluctuating prices of live-stock com-modities
Constant monitoring of prices of commodities and information dissemination to farmers
Provide funds for price stabilization and con-struction of regional storage facilities
Value Addition and inadequate Marketing structures
Inadequate collaboration
and funding
Improve on value addition and marketing
Improve on funding and credit facilities
Cost/availability of inputs
Non organized acquisition of inputs
Bulk purchase of inputs by regions in the county
Putting up of regional input facilities
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6.14.2.7 Priority Programmes and Projects
(i) On-going Projects/Programmes
a) Stalled Projects
Project Name Location Description of Activities
Reasons for stalling
Way Forward
Municipal slaughter house Meru town Daily livestock slaughter
Legal issue Revive
Kiburine Tsetse control station Kiburine Control trypano-somiasis disease
Under funding Full funding
District Veterinary Laboratories Sub-county offices
Prompt disease diagnosis
No funding Funding
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(ii
) New
Pro
ject
s
New
Pro
ject
s
Proj
ect
Nam
e
Pri-
ority
R
ank-
ing
Loc
atio
n / L
evel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be m
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
iviti
esE
sti-
mat
ed
Cos
t (K
Shs.
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce o
f Fun
ds
Dis
ease
and
ve
ctor
con
trol
a) T
ick
con-
trol
b) T
sets
e co
ntro
l
c) N
otifi
able
an
d zo
onot
ic
dise
ases
1C
ount
y-w
ide
&
area
s bo
rder
-in
g M
eru
natio
nal
park
(Tse
-ts
e)
Erad
icat
e no
-tifi
able
dis
eas-
es -
tset
se fl
y,
ticks
70%
ani
mal
co
vera
ge
Red
uce
fly
popu
latio
n to
less
th
an10
%.
Red
uce
tick
popu
latio
n to
less
than
10
%
•Va
ccin
atio
n - L
arge
ani
mal
vac
cina
tion
of
notifi
able
dis
ease
s
•Sm
all a
nim
al v
acci
natio
n(R
abie
s-D
ogs)
•Po
ultry
(NC
D, F
P)
•Li
vest
ock
mov
emen
t con
trol
•di
seas
e su
rvei
llanc
e an
d re
porti
ng
•Li
vest
ock
mov
emen
t con
trol
•D
ip m
anag
emen
t tra
inin
g
•Ts
etse
trap
s set
ting
& sp
ray
80M
CG
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s
PPP
Vete
rinar
y pu
blic
hea
lth2
Cou
n-ty
-wid
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fegu
ard
hu-
man
hea
lth10
0% c
ov-
erag
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ghte
rhou
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spec
tion
& li
cens
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eat i
nspe
ctio
n
•M
eat c
arrie
rs li
cens
ing
•Sl
augh
ter m
en li
cens
ing
30M
CG
,
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s,
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s, PP
P
Hid
es &
skin
s an
d le
athe
r de
velo
pmen
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3C
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ty-w
ide
Who
leso
me
hide
s and
sk
ins
Hig
h Q
uali-
ty h
ides
and
sk
ins
•Tr
aini
ng fl
ayer
s, st
akeh
olde
rs, h
ides
and
sk
ins,
insp
ectio
n, li
cens
ing
of H
&S,
stor
es
and
Ban
da’s
.
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sue
disp
atch
not
es
10M
CG
,
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s,
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s, PP
P
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New
Pro
ject
s
Proj
ect
Nam
e
Pri-
ority
R
ank-
ing
Loc
atio
n / L
evel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be m
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
iviti
esE
sti-
mat
ed
Cos
t (K
Shs.
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce o
f Fun
ds
Dis
ease
sur-
veill
ance
4C
oun-
ty-w
ide
Prom
pt o
ut-
brea
k re
port-
ing
Rep
ort c
ap-
ture
d sa
me
day
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isea
se se
arch
and
repo
rting
•Is
suan
ce o
f liv
esto
ck m
ovem
ent p
erm
its
10M
CG
,
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s,
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s, PP
PVe
terin
ary
insp
ecto
rate
5C
oun-
ty-w
ide
Prov
isio
n of
Qua
lity
serv
ices
and
in
puts
100%
cov
-er
age
•In
spec
tion
and
supe
rvis
ion
of se
rvic
es re
n-de
red
by p
rivat
e se
rvic
e pr
ovid
ers v
iz;
Agr
o-ve
t sh
ops,
Arti
ficia
l ins
emin
atio
n se
rvic
es
Clin
ical
serv
ices
Tick
con
trol s
ervi
ces
10M
CG
,
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s,
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s, PP
P
Rab
ies c
on-
trol
6C
oun-
ty-w
ide
Erad
icat
e ra
bies
All
stra
y do
g de
-st
roye
d
Vacc
inat
ion
and
certi
ficat
ion
of a
ll do
gs a
nd
cats
Bai
ting
of st
ray
dogs
and
cat
s
10M
CG
,
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s,
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s, PP
P
Trai
ning
&
exte
nsio
n 7
All
coun
tyK
now
ledg
e em
pow
erm
ent
80%
cov
er-
age
Lect
ures
& d
emon
stra
tions
20C
ount
y G
over
nmen
t,
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
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337A United Prosperous Green Model County
FIRST MERU COUNTY INTERGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2013-2017
New
Pro
ject
s
Proj
ect
Nam
e
Pri-
ority
R
ank-
ing
Loc
atio
n / L
evel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
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s to
be m
etD
escr
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Act
iviti
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sti-
mat
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t (K
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Sour
ce o
f Fun
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abili
tatio
n of
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urin
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con
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enti
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ia-
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ontro
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the
stat
ion
land
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oval
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he sq
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abili
tate
the
stat
ion
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ount
y G
over
nmen
t,
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elop
men
t par
tner
s,
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
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Dis
trict
Vet
er-
inar
y La
bora
-to
ries
9A
ll Su
b-co
un-
ties
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pt d
isea
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diag
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%of
all
diag
nost
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sam
ples
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ple
dise
ase
diag
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iz;
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lood
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nd sm
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t,
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tner
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Initi
atin
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rmer
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PC
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ter
hous
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adqu
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guar
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an h
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use
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slau
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pen
slau
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rhou
se a
ctiv
ities
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over
nmen
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Dev
elop
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t par
tner
s,
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s, PP
PA
utom
atio
n of
ext
ensi
on
and
rese
arch
in
form
atio
n
11C
ount
y-w
ide
Esta
blis
h sy
stem
for
exch
ange
of
rese
arch
, pr
oduc
tion
and
mar
ketin
g da
ta
Info
rmat
ion
cent
re in
ev
ery
war
d
Esta
blis
h liv
esto
ck in
form
atio
n fie
ld k
iosk
s45
Cou
nty
Gov
ernm
ent,
Dev
elop
men
t par
tner
s,
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atin
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rmer
s, PP
P
338 A United Prosperous Green Model County
FIRST MERU COUNTY INTERGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2013-2017
6.14.2.8 Budget Projections
Budget ProjectionsProgramme/
Project
Location/
Level
TotalBudget(KShs. Million)
Timeframe
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
Animal Disease and vector control
Countywide 80 20 15 15 15 15
Veterinary Public health Countywide 30 6 6 6 6 6
Veterinary inspectorate Countywide 10 2 2 2 2 2
Disease surveillance Countywide 10 2 2 2 2 2Rabies control Countywide 10 2 2 2 2 2Quality control of inputs and services
Countywide 30 6 6 6 6 6
Hides and skins/leather de-velopment
Countywide 10 2 2 2 2 2
Vector control - tsetse fly, tick control
Countywide 30 6 6 6 6 6
Kiburine tsetse control station Kiburine 20 5 9 2 2 2
Sub-county veterinary labo-ratories
Countywide 50 10 10 10 10 10
Municipal slaughter house Countywide 10 1 8 1
Automation of extension research and marketing infor-mation
Countywide 45 10 10 10 10 5
Total 335 71 71 71 64 58
6.14.2.9 Income Generation Mechanisms in the Sector
Mechanism/Means/Source Expected Income (KShs Million)
Sustainability Mecha-nisms
Meat inspection feesSlaughterhouses/meat carriers/slaughter-men/hides and skins licences
8 Facilitate meat inspectors./constant supervision
Vaccination fees 3 Provision of vaccines
339A United Prosperous Green Model County
FIRST MERU COUNTY INTERGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2013-2017
6.14
.2.1
0 F
ram
ewor
k fo
r Im
plem
enta
tion,
Mon
itori
ng a
nd E
valu
atio
n
Mon
itori
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valu
atio
n Fr
amew
ork
Proj
ect N
ame
Obj
ectiv
e A
ctua
l Su
b-co
un-
ty/
War
d
Proj
ect
cost
(K
Shs.
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ion
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ce o
f Fu
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e Fr
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genc
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Impl
e-m
en-
tatio
n St
atus
Ani
mal
vac
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340 A United Prosperous Green Model County
FIRST MERU COUNTY INTERGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2013-2017
Mon
itori
ng a
nd E
valu
atio
n Fr
amew
ork
Proj
ect N
ame
Obj
ectiv
e A
ctua
l Su
b-co
un-
ty/
War
d
Proj
ect
cost
(K
Shs.
Mill
ion
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ce o
f Fu
nds
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e Fr
ame
Impl
e-m
entin
g A
genc
y (ie
s)
Mon
itori
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cato
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eans
of
Ver
i-fication
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e-m
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tatio
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atus
Vect
or c
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&
dip
man
agem
ent t
rain
ing)
Red
uce
tick
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ctor
di
seas
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S &
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ti n.
18M
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MC
GN
o. o
f flie
s tra
pped
No.
of
traps
m
ount
ed
MC
G
Kib
ulin
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con
trol
stat
ion
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sis c
on-
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ion
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guar
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man
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ide
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sePh
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341A United Prosperous Green Model County
FIRST MERU COUNTY INTERGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2013-2017
6.14.2.11 Feedback & Response Mechanisms
• Public barazas
• Interviews
• Reports
• Internet and social media networks
• Workshop/seminars
• Suggestion boxes
Questionnaires
6.14.3 Fisheries Sub-Sector
6.14.3.1 Objectives
• Provide an enabling environment for the development of the fisheries sector
• Enhance aquaculture production
• Improve value addition, quality assurance and marketing.
• Improve service delivery (Extension and Education)
• Research, information dissemination and collaboration
Provide quality seeds and feeds
342 A United Prosperous Green Model County
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6.14.3.2 Issues, Causes and Interventions
Sub-sec-tor
Issues Causes Immediate
Objectives
Proposed Intervention
Fisheries Weak Institution-al, Policy and Legal Framework for Fisheries Development
Delays in revision and amendments of CAP 378 of the Fisheries Act
Providing an enabling envi-ronment for the development of the fisheries sector
Revision, amendment of the Fisheries Act
Timely and strict imple-mentation of the Act
Unsustainable utilization of Capture Fisheries Resources
Use of illegal fishing meth-ods like fish poisoning in rivers
Promoting sus-tainable utiliza-tion of inland water bodies and rivers
Regular patrols and sur-veillance
Low aquaculture development and production
Inadequate start up capital and informa-tion dissemina-tion
Enhancing aquaculture production
Credit facilities
Improve on information dissemination
Inadequate In-frastructure and Human Resourc-es Capacity
Inadequate funding
Improving ser-vice delivery
Improve funding
Recruit more staffLow Value Ad-dition and inade-quate Marketing structures
Inadequate collaboration
and funding
Improve on value addition and marketing
Improve on funding and credit facilities
Lack of price sta-bilization fund
Fluctuating prices of agri-cultural com-modities
Constant moni-toring of prices of commodities and informa-tion dissemina-tion to farmers
Provide funds for price stabilization and construc-tion of regional storage facilities
High cost/avail-ability of inputs
Non organized acquisition of inputs
Bulk purchase of inputs by regions in the county
Putting up of regional input facilities
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6.14
.3.3
Pri
ority
Pro
gram
mes
and
Pro
ject
s
On-
goin
g Pr
ojec
ts/P
rogr
amm
esK
ithim
a Fi
sh F
arm
pro
ject
in B
uuri
Con
stitu
ency
and
Kan
yaki
ne c
old
stor
age
fish
fact
ory
Flag
ship
Pro
ject
s
On-
goin
g Pr
ojec
tsPr
ogra
mm
e/
Proj
ect N
ame
Loc
atio
n/Su
b-co
unty
/ W
ard
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
sD
escr
iptio
n of
act
iviti
es
Econ
omic
St
imul
us F
ish
Farm
ing
Proj
-ec
t
In a
ll th
e N
ine
Sub-
Cou
ntie
s of
Mer
u C
ount
y,
325
pond
s per
Su
b-co
unty
•Pr
ovid
ing
an e
nabl
ing
envi
ronm
ent f
or th
e de
velo
pmen
t of
the
fishe
ries s
ecto
r•
Prom
otin
g su
stai
nabl
e ut
iliza
tion
of in
land
wat
er b
odie
s an
d riv
ers
•En
hanc
ing
aqua
cultu
re p
rodu
ctio
n•
Impr
ove
valu
e ad
ditio
n, q
ualit
y as
sura
nce
and
mar
ketin
g.•
Impr
ovin
g se
rvic
e de
liver
y (E
xten
sion
and
Edu
catio
n)•
Res
earc
h, in
form
atio
n di
ssem
inat
ion
and
colla
bora
tion
•A
IA g
ener
atio
n fo
r the
Cou
nty
gove
rnm
ent
•Pr
ovis
ion
of q
ualit
y se
eds a
nd fe
eds
•En
viro
nmen
tal c
onse
rvat
ion
•Em
ploy
men
t cre
atio
n
•C
onst
ruct
ion
of 3
25 p
onds
pe
r Sub
-cou
nty
•H
arve
st o
f at
leas
t 150
K
g pe
r pon
d (m
ixed
sex
fish)
•A
ttain
a fi
sh
of a
t lea
st 3
00
gram
s•
At l
east
100
0 fis
h st
ocki
ng
dens
ity
•Se
nsiti
zatio
n m
obili
za-
tion
•Id
entifi
catio
n an
d se
lec-
tion
of b
enefi
ciar
ies
•Pe
ggin
g an
d po
nd c
on-
stru
ctio
n•
Trai
ning
s•
Stoc
king
•Po
nd m
anag
emen
t•
Har
vest
ing
•Fi
eld
dem
os•
Valu
e ad
ditio
n•
Mar
ketin
g
Kan
yaki
ne c
old
stor
age
fish
fact
ory
Sout
h Im
enti
Abo
geta
Eas
t W
ard
•M
arke
t out
let f
or fi
sh
•Fi
sh c
olle
ctio
n an
d st
orag
e ce
ntre
•Fi
sh p
roce
ssin
g
•Fi
sh fe
ed p
rodu
ctio
n
•In
puts
cen
tre
•Ic
e pr
oduc
tion
•To
han
dle
5 to
ns p
er d
ay•
Two
tons
of i
ce
per d
ay•
To c
ater
for a
t le
ast 1
0,00
0 fis
h fa
rmer
s
•M
arke
t out
let f
or fi
sh•
Fish
col
lect
ion
and
stor
-ag
e ce
ntre
•Fi
sh p
roce
ssin
g•
Fish
feed
pro
duct
ion
•In
puts
cen
tre•
Ice
prod
uctio
n
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c) Other ProjectsProject Name
Location Objectives Targets to be met
Description of Activities
Non-ESP fish ponds
In all 9 sub-coun-ties
• Fish production
• Income generation
• Creation of employ-ment
100 Kg of fish harvest per pond
• Pond pegging
• Construction
• Stocking
• Pond management
• Harvesting
• Marketing
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(ii)
New
Pro
ject
s
a.
Oth
er P
roje
cts
Oth
er P
roje
cts
Prog
ram
me/
Proj
ect N
ame
Pri-
ority
R
ank-
ing
Loc
atio
n/le
vel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be m
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
ivi-
ties
Est
imat
-ed
Cos
t (K
Shs.
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce o
f Fu
nds
Hat
cher
y fo
r w
arm
fish
fin
gerli
ngs
prod
uctio
n
1K
ithim
a in
Buu
ri Su
b-co
unty
Qua
lity
finge
rling
s pro
duct
ion
AIA
gen
erat
ion
Incr
ease
fish
pro
duct
ion
At l
east
1,0
00,0
00
finge
rling
s ann
ually
To ra
ise
over
KSh
s. 7,
000,
000
annu
ally
•Pu
tting
up
stru
ctur
es•
Bro
od st
ock
acqu
isi-
tion
•Eg
g in
cuba
tion
•Fr
y m
anag
emen
t•
Mar
ketin
g
50M
CG
De-
velo
pmen
t pa
rtner
s,In
itiat
ing
farm
ers,
PPP
Dem
onst
ra-
tion
fish
pond
s co
nstru
ctio
n
2In
all
9 su
b-co
untie
sIn
crea
se fi
sh p
rodu
ctio
n
AIA
gen
erat
ion
Dem
o ce
ntre
s
Each
fish
pon
d of
30
0 Sq
. met
re to
ra
ise
KSh
s 100
,000
an
nual
ly
•La
nd a
cqui
sitio
n•
Pegg
ing
the
pond
s•
Con
stru
ctin
g th
e po
nds
•St
ocki
ng
•Po
nd m
anag
emen
t•
Har
vest
ing
•Tr
aini
ng•
Valu
e ad
ditio
n•
Mar
ketin
g
20M
CG
De-
velo
pmen
t pa
rtner
s,In
itiat
ing
farm
ers,
PPP
Min
i Fis
h fe
ed
proc
essi
ng
mac
hine
s
3In
9
sub-
coun
ties
Exce
pt in
So
uth
Imen
ti an
d B
uuri
Sub-
coun
-tie
s
Qua
lity
fish
feed
pro
duct
ion
AIA
gen
erat
ion
Incr
ease
fish
pro
duct
ion
Each
mac
hine
to
prod
uce
2 to
ns p
er
day
initi
ally
•M
achi
ne a
cqui
sitio
n•
Hiri
ng o
r con
stru
ctio
n of
pre
mis
es•
Trai
ning
s•
Inst
alla
tion
of m
achi
ne•
Prod
uctio
n of
feed
s•
Mar
ketin
g of
feed
20M
CG
De-
velo
pmen
t pa
rtner
s,
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s, PP
P
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Oth
er P
roje
cts
Prog
ram
me/
Proj
ect N
ame
Pri-
ority
R
ank-
ing
Loc
atio
n/le
vel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be m
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
ivi-
ties
Est
imat
-ed
Cos
t (K
Shs.
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce o
f Fu
nds
Aut
omat
ion
of E
xten
sion
an
d M
arke
t In
form
atio
n
4A
ll su
b-co
untie
sM
arke
ting
Inte
grat
ion
of a
ll fis
h po
nds
Dev
elop
men
t of i
nteg
rat-
ed d
ata
base
10M
CG
De-
velo
pmen
t pa
rtner
s,
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s, PP
PFa
rm in
puts
su
ppor
t5
All
sub-
coun
ties
Low
er c
ost o
f inp
uts
Cre
ate
regi
onal
st
ores
Con
stru
ctio
n or
hiri
ng o
f 9
regi
onal
stor
es30
0M
CG
De-
velo
pmen
t pa
rtner
s,
Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s, PP
PC
ertifi
catio
n,
Bra
ndin
g
and
stan
dard
s
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ll su
b-co
untie
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lue
addi
tion
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rand
2 sp
ecie
s, Ti
lapi
a an
d C
laria
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ocum
ents
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CG
De-
velo
pmen
t pa
rtner
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Initi
atin
g fa
rmer
s, PP
P
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6.14
.3.4
Bud
get P
roje
ctio
ns
Bud
get P
roje
ctio
ns
Prog
ram
me/
Proj
ect
Loc
atio
n/L
evel
Tota
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udge
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mef
ram
e
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illio
n 20
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15/
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16/
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17/
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atch
ery
for w
arm
fish
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rodu
c-tio
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ub-C
ount
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ri, N
orth
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ti, S
outh
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ti,
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be S
outh
& T
rout
Hat
cher
y in
Sou
th Im
enti
500
50
70
100
130
150
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onst
ratio
n fis
h po
nds c
onst
ruct
ion
(Dep
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d of
fices
In a
ll Su
b-C
ount
ies
405
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i Fis
h fe
ed p
roce
ssin
g m
achi
nes
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ll 9
Sub-
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ntie
s20
85
32
2
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inpu
ts su
ppor
t(li
ners
and
fish
feed
s)In
all
9 Su
b-C
ount
ies
500
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130
150
Con
stru
ctio
n of
fish
pon
ds b
y fis
h fa
rmer
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ivil
wor
ks)
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ll 9
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Cou
ntie
s50
050
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013
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0
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dard
s, C
ertifi
catio
n an
d B
rand
ing
In a
ll 9
Sub-
Cou
ntie
s20
510
31
1
Aut
omat
ion
of e
xten
sion
and
mar
ketin
g In
all
9 su
b-co
untie
s10
52
11
1
5 re
frig
erat
ed tr
ucks
and
coo
ler b
oxes
to
avoi
d po
st-h
arve
st lo
sses
In 5
Sub
-Cou
ntie
s- B
uuri,
Nor
th Im
enti,
Sou
th Im
enti,
Ig
embe
Sou
th &
Tro
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atch
ery
in S
outh
Imen
ti50
78
1012
13
10 P
ick-
ups f
or ti
mel
y de
liver
y of
fin-
gerli
ngs a
nd E
xten
sion
serv
ices
. 9 m
otor
bi
kes
In a
ll 9
sub-
coun
ties
507
810
1213
Tota
l1,
690
187
249
335
428
491
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6.14.3.5 Income Generation Mechanisms in the Sector
Mechanism/Means/Source Expected Income in KShs Mil-lion
Sustainability Mechanisms
Hatchery operations/fingerlings production/Sale of fingerlings
5 Recruitment of new fish farmers in ev-ery Sub-county and learning institutions, demonstrations
Increase departmental ponds/Rear-ing table size fish/Sale of food fish
0.5 Well maintenance of departmental ponds/outsourcing of food fish for selling
Fish trade, sport fishing/licensing/licences
0.5 Marketing/demonstrations/promotions
6.14.3.6 Role of Stakeholders
Name of Stakeholders Roles
Fish farmers
Fish traders
Input suppliers
Water sector
Environmental sector
Kenya Market Trust and Export Pro-motion Council of Kenya
Fisheries extension personnel
Fishermen
Researchers
Financial institutions
Processors
Boat builders
Increasing fish production
Trading in fish by purchasing fish from farmers
Provision of inputs like liners, fish feeds and seeds
Water provision for fish farming
Environmental Impact Assessment and Audits
Linking farmers to foreign markets
Provision of technical extension services
Provide fishing services
Conduct research
Provide financial services, credit facilities
Processing of fish and value addition
Provision of fishing boats services
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6.14
.3.7
Impl
emen
tatio
n, M
onito
ring
and
Eva
luat
ion
Polic
y, L
egis
lativ
e an
d R
egul
ator
y Fr
amew
ork
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evis
ed F
ishe
ries A
ct C
ap 3
78•
2012
Fis
herie
s Reg
ulat
ions
for Q
ualit
y A
ssur
ance
and
Saf
ety
of F
ish
Mon
itori
ng a
nd E
valu
atio
n
Proj
ect
Nam
eO
bjec
tive
Act
ual
Sub-
coun
-ty
/
war
d
Proj
ect
cost
(K
Shs.
Mil-
lions
)
Sour
ce
of
Fund
s
Tim
e Fr
ame
Impl
emen
t-in
g A
genc
y (ie
s)
Mon
itori
ng
Indi
cato
rsM
eans
of
Verification
Impl
e-m
en-
tatio
n St
atus
Hat
cher
y fo
r war
m
fish
fin-
gerli
ngs
prod
uctio
n
Qua
lity
finge
rling
s pro
duct
ion
AIA
gen
erat
ion
Incr
ease
fish
pro
duct
ion
Buu
ri/K
ithim
aw
ard
50M
CG
2013
-20
15Su
b-co
un-
ty F
ishe
ries
offic
er
No.
of H
atch
-er
ies
cons
truct
ed
Site
mee
ting
min
utes
/re-
ports
Com
plet
ion
certi
ficat
e
New
pr
ojec
t
Dem
on-
stra
tion
fish
pond
s co
nstru
c-tio
n(D
epar
t-m
enta
l)
Incr
ease
fish
pro
duct
ion
AIA
gen
erat
ion
Dem
o ce
ntre
s
Ever
y Su
b-co
unty
20
MC
G20
13-
2017
Sub-
coun
-ty
Fis
herie
s of
ficer
No.
of d
epar
t-m
enta
lfis
h po
nds
cons
truct
ed
Rep
orts
of
com
plet
ion
New
Min
i Fi
sh fe
ed
proc
essi
ng
mac
hine
s
Qua
lity
fish
feed
pro
duct
ion
AIA
gen
erat
ion
Incr
ease
fish
pro
duct
ion
Ever
y Su
b-co
unty
15M
CG
2013
-20
17Su
b-co
un-
ty F
ishe
ries
offic
er
Num
ber o
f m
ini fi
sh fe
ed
proc
essi
ng
mac
hine
s pur
-ch
ased
Rep
orts
of
inst
alle
d m
a-ch
ines
Two
pur-
chas
ed
bein
g in
stal
led
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Mon
itori
ng a
nd E
valu
atio
n
Proj
ect
Nam
eO
bjec
tive
Act
ual
Sub-
coun
-ty
/
war
d
Proj
ect
cost
(K
Shs.
Mil-
lions
)
Sour
ce
of
Fund
s
Tim
e Fr
ame
Impl
emen
t-in
g A
genc
y (ie
s)
Mon
itori
ng
Indi
cato
rsM
eans
of
Verification
Impl
e-m
en-
tatio
n St
atus
Farm
in
puts
sup-
port
Mar
ketin
g
Low
er c
ost o
f inp
uts
Ever
y Su
b-co
unty
300
MC
G20
13-
2017
Sub-
coun
-ty
Fis
herie
s of
ficer
Farm
inpu
ts
purc
hase
dLe
dger
of
purc
hase
d in
puts
Rec
ord
of
sale
s
New
Con
stru
c-tio
n of
fish
po
nds b
y fis
h fa
rm-
ers
Low
er c
ost o
f inp
uts
Ever
y Su
b-co
unty
300
MC
G20
13-
2017
Sub-
coun
-ty
Fis
herie
s of
ficer
No.
of fi
sh
pond
s con
stru
ct-
ed
Rep
ort o
f co
mpl
eted
po
nds
2275
fis
h po
nds
con-
stru
cted
th
roug
h ES
PSt
anda
rds,
Cer
tifica
-tio
n an
d B
rand
ing
Valu
e ad
ditio
nEv
ery
Sub-
coun
ty20
MC
G20
13-
2015
Sub-
coun
-ty
Fis
herie
s of
ficer
No.
of s
tand
ard
certi
ficat
es
issu
ed
No.
of p
rodu
cts
bran
ded
Rec
ord
of
certi
ficat
ion
and
stan
dard
ce
rtific
ates
is
sued
New
Aut
oma-
tion
of
mar
ket i
n-fo
rmat
ion
ICT
Impr
ove
mar
ketin
gEv
ery
Sub-
coun
ty5
MC
G20
13-
2016
Sub-
coun
-ty
Fis
herie
s of
ficer
No.
of a
uto-
mat
ed sy
stem
s, w
ebsi
tes
Func
tiona
l w
ebsi
teN
ew
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6.14.3.8 Feedback and Response Mechanisms
• Public barazas
• Interviews
• Questionnaires
• Reports
• Internet (ICT)
• Workshops/Seminars
• Suggestion boxes
6.14.4 Irrigation and Drainage Sub-sector
6.14.4.1 Issues, Causes And Proposed Interventions
Issues Causes Immediate Objectives
Proposed Interven-tion
Adequacy of water for irrigation
• Poor designs irri-gation schemes
• Low water flows• Catchment degra-
dation
• Provide professional de-signs
• Alternative water sources• Conservation of water
catchment
• Redesigning of existing projects
• Introduce efficient water use technol-ogies, water har-vesting and storage structures
Area under irrigation
• Expensive irriga-tion equipment
• Inadequate and irregular funding
• Inadequate techni-cal personnel
• Promote group approach to irrigation development
• Preparation of a workable irrigation funding mecha-nisms
• Seek sources for increased and regu-lar funding Recruit more technical personnel
Efficiency of irrigation water use
• Use of inappropri-ate equipment
• Low technical knowledge
• To ensure use of appro-priate technologies and on farm irrigation water management
• Capacity building• Rehabilitation of
existing projects
Conflicts and project mis-management
• Weak and informal irrigation group formations
• Strengthen group forma-tions and management
• Capacity building and county legisla-tions
Land tenure • Land is owned by old people locking out the youth.
• Drawing up workable agreements on land use and inheritance
• Capacity building and awareness creation
Irrigation development planning
• Lack of sufficient data on irrigation potential
• Improve irrigation data • Undertake irriga-tion profile
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6.14
.4.2
Pri
ority
Pro
gram
mes
and
Pro
ject
s
New
Pro
ject
s
New
Pro
ject
sPr
ojec
t Nam
e
Prio
rity
R
anki
ng
Loc
atio
n/
leve
lO
bjec
tives
Tar-
gets
to
be
met
Des
crip
tion
of A
ctiv
-iti
esE
sti-
mat
ed
Cos
t (K
Shs.
Mil-
lion)
Sour
ce o
f Fun
ds
Reh
abili
tatio
n of
ex-
istin
g m
ajor
irrig
atio
n pr
ojec
ts
1O
ne m
ajor
pr
ojec
t per
Su
b-co
un-
ty
Incr
ease
land
und
er c
ulti-
vatio
n th
roug
h irr
igat
ion
Red
uce
depe
nden
ce o
n ra
in fe
d ag
ricul
ture
900
Ha
Con
stru
ctio
n, in
stal
-la
tion
of re
mai
ning
w
orks
, cap
acity
bu
ildin
g an
d m
anag
e-m
ent
500
Com
mun
ity, M
CG
and
oth
er
deve
lopm
ent p
artn
ers (
NIB
, IF
AD
, KFW
, JIC
A, e
tc.)
Aug
men
tatio
n of
on
-goi
ng sm
all s
cale
co
mm
unity
irr
igat
ion
proj
ects
2C
ount
y-w
ide
Incr
ease
wat
er u
se e
ffi-
cien
cy a
nd c
onse
rvat
ion
3000
H
aD
esig
n, c
onst
ruct
ion,
ca
paci
ty b
uild
ing
and
man
agem
ent
800
Com
mun
ity, M
CG
and
oth
er
deve
lopm
ent p
artn
ers (
NIB
, IF
AD
, KFW
, JIC
A, e
tc.)
Initi
atio
n of
irrig
a-tio
n w
ater
har
vest
ing
stru
ctur
es
3O
ne p
roj-
ect p
er
war
d
Prom
ote
wat
er h
arve
st-
ing
and
cons
erva
tion
met
hods
500
Ha
Surv
ey, d
esig
n an
d im
plem
enta
tion
500
Com
mun
ity, M
CG
and
oth
er
deve
lopm
ent p
artn
ers (
NIB
, IF
AD
, KFW
, JIC
A, e
tc.)
Dev
elop
men
t of l
ow
wat
er u
se te
chno
lo-
gies
4Tw
o pr
oj-
ects
per
w
ard
Prom
ote
wat
er u
se e
ffi-
cien
cy10
0 H
aSu
rvey
, des
ign
and
impl
emen
tatio
n30
0C
omm
unity
, MC
G a
nd o
ther
de
velo
pmen
t par
tner
s (N
IB,
IFA
D, K
FW, J
ICA
, etc
.)In
itiat
ion
of n
ew m
a-jo
r irr
igat
ion
proj
ects
5C
oun-
ty-w
ide
Incr
ease
land
und
er c
ulti-
vatio
n th
roug
h irr
igat
ion
Red
uce
depe
nden
ce o
n ra
in fe
d ag
ricul
ture
4000
H
aSu
rvey
, des
ign
and
cons
truct
ion
2,00
0C
omm
unity
, MC
G a
nd o
ther
de
velo
pmen
t par
tner
s (N
IB,
IFA
D, K
FW, J
ICA
, etc
.)
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6.14.4.3 Budget Projections
Programme/Project
Location/Level
TotalBudget KShs Million
Timeframe
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
Rehabilitation of existing ma-jor irrigation projects
Countywide 500 100 100 100 100 100
Augmentation of ongoing small scale community projects
Countywide 800 100 150 250 220 80
Initiation of new major irriga-tion projects
Countywide 2000 0 500 500 500 500
Initiation of irrigation water harvesting structures
Countywide 500 100 100 100 100 100
Development of low water use technologies
Countywide 300 100 50 50 50 50
Total 4100 400 900 1000 970 830
6.14.4.4 Income Generation Mechanisms
Mechanism/Means/Source
Expected Income KShs Million
Sustainability Mechanisms
Metered water, Water tariffs
15 O&M Manuals, By- laws, Exit strategy by county government
6.14.4.5 Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
i) Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Framework
Proposed policies, legislation and regulations that need to be put in place for the sector
• Irrigation policy
• Sustainability mechanisms policy
• Public Private Partnerships Policy
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ii) F
ram
ewor
k fo
r Im
plem
enta
tion,
Mon
itori
ng a
nd E
valu
atio
n
Mon
itori
ng a
nd E
valu
atio
n Fr
amew
ork
Proj
ect
Nam
eO
bjec
tive
Act
ual
Sub-
coun
ty/
War
d
Proj
-ec
t cos
t (K
Shs.
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce o
f Fun
ds T
ime
Fram
eIm
plem
entin
g A
genc
y(ie
s)M
onito
ring
Indi
ca-
tors
Mea
ns
of
Verifi-
catio
n
Impl
e-m
en-
tatio
n St
atus
Reh
abili
ta-
tion
of m
ajor
irr
igat
ion
proj
ects
Prov
isio
n of
ad-
equa
te w
ater
for
dom
estic
use
and
liv
esto
ck
All
sub-
coun
-tie
s50
0C
omm
unity
/ M
CG
& P
PPB
y D
ec
2016
Irrig
atio
n D
e-pa
rtmen
t and
co
unty
gov
ern-
men
t
No.
of r
ehab
ilita
ted
proj
ects
Incr
ease
d ac
reag
e un
der i
rrig
atio
n
Re-
ports
an
d cr
op
cove
r
New
Com
plet
ion
of o
n-go
ing
smal
l sca
le
com
mun
ity
proj
ects
Prov
isio
n of
w
ater
for d
omes
-tic
use
One
pro
ject
per
Su
b-co
unty
800
Com
mun
ity/
MC
G &
PPP
By
Dec
20
16Ir
rigat
ion
De-
partm
ent a
nd
coun
ty g
over
n-m
ent
No.
of i
rrig
atio
n fa
rmer
sN
o. o
f pro
ject
s ini
ti-at
edIn
crea
sed
area
und
er
irrig
atio
n
Re-
ports
C
rop
yiel
ds
New
Initi
atio
n of
ne
w m
ajor
irr
igat
ion
proj
ects
Prov
ide
wat
er
for s
choo
ls a
nd
surr
ound
ing
com
mun
ities
2000
Com
mun
ity/
MC
G &
PPP
By
Dec
20
17Ir
rigat
ion
De-
partm
ent a
nd
coun
ty g
over
n-m
ent
Irrig
atio
n m
achi
nery
Phot
os
and
repo
rts
New
Initi
atio
n of
irr
igat
ion
wa-
ter h
arve
stin
g st
ruct
ures
Cov
er a
reas
with
no
oth
er so
urce
of
wat
erSa
fe d
rinki
ng
wat
er
One
per
war
d50
0B
y D
ec
2017
Har
vest
ing
stru
ctur
es
Phot
os
and
repo
rts
New
Dev
elop
men
t of
effi
cien
t w
ater
use
te
chno
logi
es
Impr
ove
the
ser-
vice
and
redu
ce
UFW
Two
per w
ard
200
Com
mun
ity/
MC
G &
PPP
By
Dec
20
16Ir
rigat
ion
De-
partm
ent a
nd
coun
ty g
over
n-m
ent
Tech
no-b
ased
ma-
chin
erie
s Ph
otos
an
d re
ports
New
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6.14..4.6 Feedback and Response Mechanisms
• Administering questionnaires (Customer satisfaction surveys)
Public hearings and meetings
6.15 Tourism Sector
6.15.1 Brief Description
Tourism is about people travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes. Tourism sector is divided into three main sub-sectors, namely, main tourist attractions, hospitality facilities and wildlife.
6.15.2 Sector Vision and Mission
Vision
A Preferred tourist destination for all
Mission
To promote and preserve wildlife, heritage, culture, sports, artefacts, shrines, environment, tra-ditional foods, security, hospitality, good and welcoming tourist facilities including hotels and lodges.
6.15.3 Sector Objectives
• Tap the potential tourism sub-sector development of the county
• To promote wildlife tourism
Enhance hospitality facilities
6.15.4 Situational Analysis
The tourism industry is fairly developed in the county with Meru National Park being the ma-jor tourist centre. The Lewa Downs ranch which is privately owned attracts tourists and hosts competitive sports like the cross country, rhino charge and marathons. The county also has Mt. Kenya which is a major tourist destination. The diverse culture and heritage sites like the tra-ditional worship places of the ‘Nchuri Ncheke’ elders among others are another form of tourist attraction. There is a variety of wildlife such as white elephant, baboons, giraffe, gazelle, buffa-los, rhino, cheetah, zebras and different birds’ species. These wildlife species are mainly found in the gazetted game parks and forests such as the Meru National Park, Mt. Kenya National Park and Imenti forest.
The hotel industry has approximately 2,500 bed occupancy capacity comprising one to three star hotels. Most hotels are classified as bars and restaurants or unclassified. Tourist class hotels are mostly found within the tourist attraction sites, mainly the Meru National Park, most of which are privately owned.
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A. SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses• Availability of hospitality facilities e.g. hotels,
motels, resorts, pubs and lodges
• Diverse sub-cultures and heritage
• Brand name (at the slopes of Mt. Kenya)
• Poorly managed hospitality facilities
• Lack of skilled people on tourism management
• No tourism policy document
• Lack of marketing programmesOpportunities Threats• Existence of wildlife
• Favourable climate
• Accessibility
• Isiolo Resort City Project
• LAPPSET
• Proximity to the Airport at Isiolo and Airstrips in Gaitu and in the Meru National Park
• Poaching
• Human-wildlife conflict
• Inter-communal conflicts
• Encroachment of tourist attractions
• Forest fires
6.15.5 Stakeholder Analysis
Stakeholders Roles/Responsibilities National government min-istries and agencies and departments – Ministry of Trade & Tourism and KWS
• Ensure sustainable use of resources within parks and game re-serves
• Formulation of regulatory policies necessary to guide invest-ment and development of the sector
• Provision of technical advice
• Enforcement of laws
• Mobilise the required funds for project implementation
• License the water services providers and regulate themCounty Authorities • Implement the proposed projects
• Supervise the implementation
• Formulation of by-laws for sustainable and safe use of facilitiesDonors / Development partners
• Financing the projects
• Undertake evaluation and monitoring of projects
• Provide technical advice
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Stakeholders Roles/Responsibilities Local Community • Assist in maintenance of the facilities by providing unskilled
labour• Maintain and conserve tourism
NMK (National Museums of Kenta)
• Provide technical support in the establishment of botanical gar-den
• Naming of trees / plants of economic importance to Meru KEFRI (Kenya Forestry Research Institute)
• Provide technical support on forest rehabilitation• Appropriate technologies in forestry
NGOs / CBOs • Community mobilization• Tourism management
6.15.6 Issues, Causes and Proposed Interventions by Sub-sector
Sub-sec-tor
Issues Causes Immediate
Objectives
Proposed Inter-vention
Wildlife • Poaching
• Human-wildlife conflict
• Lack of enforce-ment of law
• No fencing
• To enforce the law
• To establish a fence
• Liaise with KWS on enforce-ment
• FencingHospitali-ty Facili-ties
• Poor quality ser-vices
• Poorly main-tained facilities
• Lack of hotel classification
• Lack of trained staff
• Inadequate fa-cilities manage-ment expertise
• Non-conformity to set standards
• To train staff on hospitality man-agement
• To train staff on facilities manage-ment
• To educate on set standards and compliance
• Training
• Education
Tourist Attrac-tions
• Lack information on the attraction sites
• Poor tourism management
• Unavailabili-ty of data and information
• Lack of touristic officers
• To map out the attraction sites
• To recruit touris-tic officers
• Mapping of tourists sites
• Hiring of tour-istic officers
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1.1.
7 Pr
iori
ty P
rogr
amm
es a
nd P
roje
cts
a) O
ther
s
Proj
ect N
ame
Pr
i-or
ity
Ran
k-in
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Loc
a-tio
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Lev
el
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be
met
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crip
tion
of A
ctiv
ities
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i-m
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ost
(KSh
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illio
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ce
of
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blis
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ancy
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ovat
ing
build
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ecru
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taff
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arke
ting
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ling
/ map
ping
of
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ism
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site
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ll to
uris
m si
tes
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appi
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ut th
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ies
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cilit
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2. Income Generation Mechanisms
M e c h a n i s m /Means/Source
Expected Income
(Millions KShs)
Sustainability Mechanisms
Gate charges at conservancies
450 Techno-based revenue collection system
Outsource for revenue collectorHotel registration fees
50 Techno-based registration system; routine inspections
6.15.9 Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
a) Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Framework
The proposed policies, legislation and regulations that are as summarized below:
• Meru County Tourism Act
• Classification of Touristic Attractions Act
• Classification of Hospitality Facilities Act
• Gazettement of Tourism Attraction Sites
• Anti-poaching Act
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ii) F
ram
ewor
k fo
r M
onito
ring
and
Eva
luat
ion M
onito
ring
and
Eva
luat
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ect
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ual
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coun
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ard
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ect
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t (K
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ion)
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ce o
f Fu
nds
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ame
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e-m
entin
g A
genc
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s)
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itori
ng In
dica
tors
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ns o
f Verification
Impl
e-m
enta
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us
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blis
h-m
ent o
f Con
-se
rvan
cy
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duce
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man
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ict
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vi
deos
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ouris
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nty-
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deos
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cilit
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tifica
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ssifi
catio
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lity
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litie
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6.15.10: Feedback and Response Mechanisms
• Customer satisfaction survey
• Use of suggestion boxes
• Through public forums in various sub-counties
• Through reports from special interest groups e.g. youth, people with disabilities and women
• Social networks
• Personal visits to assess the programmes and engagement with the community
6.16 Environment, Forest and Natural Resource Management Sector
6.16.1: Brief Description of the Sector
The sector aims at promoting sustainable management of environment and natural resources to equitably provide for development needs for the current and future generations without causing degradation or ecological scarcities. The sector includes the following sub-sectors:-
• Environment• Natural Resources • Forests
6.16.2: Sector Vision and Mission
Vision
A rich, productive and well maintained diverse environment
Mission
To manage the environment and natural resources sustainably
6.16.3: Sector Objectives
• To integrate environment and natural resources management into the economic development activities.
• To utilize environmental and natural resources sustainably to cater for our development needs and for the future generations
• To increase the cover, diversity and ecosystem health of indigenous forests in agricultural and natural systems.
• To increase public awareness on the value of the environment and natural resources in eco-nomic and social development.
• To mitigate the impacts of climate change by increasing resilience to drought, floods, land-slides and other climate change impacts through implementation of appropriate adaptation measures.
• To increase the ability of people to adapt to climate change through introduction of new tech-nologies, and clean consumption and production mechanisms.
• To improve the aesthetic of major towns through beautification programs.
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6.16.4: Situational Analysis
A. SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses•Having fertile soils
•Healthy and hardworking people
•People have good knowledge base over many issues
•Resources are available
•High potential and productive environments
•Lack of interest to activities of common good
•Scarcity of land due to subdivisions (reducing of land sizes as a unit production per household
•Limited financial resources
•Lack of adequate understanding of the nexus be-tween human activities and climate change among the policy makers, land users and the general public
•Weak legal provisions
•Ignorance
Opportunities Threats•Solutions to most problems are
known and available
•Devolution of resources and gover-nance to the county
•Presence of mineral deposits
•Getting warmer and dryer everywhere
•Declining amounts of forest cover, species and eco-logical diversity and increasing ecological scarcities
•High levels of poverty
•Poor infrastructure
•Conflicts over resources
•Illiteracy levels
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6.16.5: Issues, Causes and Proposed Interventions
Issues Causes Immediate Objectives
Proposed Intervention
Degradation Climate change Mitigation Public awareness Introduce new technologies
Increase in pollution
Manage wastes Implement solid and liquid waste management plans
Poor land use Increase land- use planning
Public awareness on land use planning
Degradation Deforestation Increase forest cover
Tree planting Afforestation
Climate change Mitigation Tree planting Environmental policy enactment.
Forest fires Climate change Reduce forest fires Improve surveillance
Reducing cover Encroachment Increase cover Reduce encroachment
Illegal logging Stop illegal logging
Increase surveillance
Declining soil fertility
poor soil management
Increase soil fertility
Soil and water conservation
Reducing biodiversity
Increasing human activities
Conserve biodiversity
Increase public awareness and land under biodiversity conservation
Reducing water resources
Drying up of wetlands, rivers and springs
Rehabilitate and conserve ecologically sensitive areas
Develop county policies and enforce them together with the existing regulations
Competition of NR conservation with other land use practices
The need to use land profitably as a means of production
Integrate natural resources conservation into household economics
Promote the concept of payment for ecosystem services among the residents
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6.16.7: Priority Programmes and Projects
(i) On-going Projects/Programmes
i) Other ProjectsOther Projects
Project Name
Location Objectives Targets to be Met
Description of Activities
Meru Town Sewerage project
Meru Town
-Extension of Meru sewerage to cover Maku-tano and other newly settled areas
A 5km sewer-age system.
•Construction
Establish and improve on sewage sys-tems
All towns in Meru County
To have all towns clean of liquid wastes
Set up a work-ing sewage system in all the towns
•Identify and acquiring land for setting sewages in all towns
•Draw designs and commission construction works
•Establish connectivity net-works from all production units to the sewerage
Afforestation of public hills, valleys and river catchments
Entire County
To increase for-est cover, reduce soil erosion , increase avail-ability
Increase forest cover by 5%
•Map up the areas to be affor-ested
•Start tree nurseries and plant-ing programmes
• Watering and protecting the plantations
Ngaya forest
Increase the forest cover
Rehabilitate the forest to its original status
•Move out forest encroachers
•Plant trees
Lower Imenti forest
Increase the forest cover
Rehabilitate the forest to its original status
•Move out forest encroachers
•Plant trees
Cleanliness and sanitation
County-wide
To remove dirt and increase, sanitation and cleanliness
Have no dirt and waste water lying around in the town
•Put in place waste bins in place and erect proper drain-age systems especially in the slums
storm water
management
Maua Town
To develop mechanisms for dealing with storm water in Maua town.
All the water in Maua town contained in a designated pool or lake and used for economic purposes
•Demarcate and design a water resource sport facility
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Other ProjectsProject Name
Location Objectives Targets to be Met
Description of Activities
Management of plastic bags in towns
County-wide
to Make all towns in Meru free of plastic bags
Clear all plastic bags from all towns and put laws in place to future manage-ment
•Make laws
•Increase surveillance
Utilizing of rural organ-ic wastes to make com-posts
County-wide
To utilize organ-ic agriculture wastes in an economic way
To have all the organic agri-cultural wastes from farmland used profitably
•Public awareness and training on technologies to make com-post, biogas from agricultural organic wastes
Reclaiming of grabbed forests, wet-lands, sacred, and other public places
County-wide
To reclaim and rehabilitate
all grabbed lands
All the grabbed land reclaimed and rehabilitat-ed
•Map all the public lands with forests, sacred places.
•Rehabilitate all the areas set aside for public utility
Control of noise pollu-tion
County-wide
To control and regulate noise in the county
All forms of noise pollution controlled
•Legislation of laws and do-mestication of existing laws
•Enforce the laws effectively
Prospecting , mining, processing and commer-cialization of mineral water, red clay and other commercially viable mineral deposits in-cluding Rub-bies in Kinna & Iron Ore site at Nkiriri in Central Imenti
County-wide and specially Nyam-bene for mineral various minerals (Ituui and Monyo)
To study and apply modern technologies in the utilization of mineral resourc-es
Commercially viable mineral deposits identi-fied, processed and commer-cialised
as an income generation
•Mine, process, package and market sparkling mineral water, modelled clay products and other mineral deposits
Natural Re-sources
County-wide
Identification & developing infrastructures in mining areas
Number of mining sites identified
Infrastructures developed
•Identifying mining sites
•Developing infrastructure
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ii) Stalled Projects
Project Name Location Description of Ac-tivities
Reasons for the stalling
Way Forward
Rehabilitation of Mbututia sacred lake)
Tigania West
•Dredge the lake.
•Build earth boul-ders
• Investors to build tourist facilities
• Ensure water retention all year round
Lack of funds
•Provide funds
Establishment of the Northern Grazing area conservancy
Nyambe-ne
Developing northern grazing area as a conservancy
Lack of follow-ups and techni-cal inputs
•Provide technical inputs in form feasibility study and, mapping, infrastructure development and opera-tionalization
iii) New Projects
a. Flagship
Programme/Project Name
Priority Ranking
Location/level
Objectives Targets to be met
Description of Activities
Estimated Cost (KShs. Millions)
Source of Funds
Management of Water Catch-ment Areas
High Mt. Ken-ya Area
Protect water catchment areas
Mt. Kenya Water tower
Tree plant-ing
50 GoK
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b.
Oth
er P
roje
cts
Oth
er P
roje
cts
Proj
ect N
ame
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er P
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Proj
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ame
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i-or
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k-in
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and
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Don
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abili
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edge
or d
e si
lt th
e la
kes
•D
evel
op in
fras
truct
ure
arou
nd
the
lake
s and
man
age
publ
ic
inve
stm
ents
4000
MC
G /
GoK
Gen
erat
ion
of g
reen
en
ergy
from
win
d en
er-
gy (
Cou
nty
seed
mon
ey,
PPP
inve
stm
ents
)
12M
eru
Tow
nTo
util
ize
avai
labl
e hi
gh p
oten
tial w
ind
reso
urce
s to
gene
rate
en
ergy
The
win
d m
ills e
rect
ed
and
func
tiona
l dur
ing
the
2nd a
nd 3
rd y
ears
•Id
entif
y te
chni
cal i
nves
tors
•
and
set u
p th
e pl
ant
•D
istri
bute
ele
ctric
ity to
the
user
s
10M
CG
/ G
oK &
PP
P
Publ
ic a
war
enes
s on
en-
viro
nmen
tal c
onse
rvat
ion
and
natu
ral r
esou
rces
m
anag
emen
t an
d m
inin
g si
tes i
dent
ifica
tion,
& in
-fr
astru
ctur
e de
velo
pmen
t
13C
oun-
ty-w
ide
To in
crea
se p
ublic
aw
aren
ess o
n en
vi-
ronm
enta
l con
serv
a-tio
n
Publ
ic a
war
e of
the
impo
rtanc
e of
the
en-
viro
nmen
t and
nat
ural
re
sour
ces
•H
old
publ
ic m
eetin
gs a
nd
wor
ksho
ps w
ith c
omm
uniti
es20
0M
CG
/
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er P
roje
cts
Proj
ect N
ame
Pr
i-or
ity
Ran
k-in
g
Loc
atio
n/L
evel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be M
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
iviti
esE
sti-
mat
ed
Cos
t (K
Shs.
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce
of
Fund
s
Ada
ptin
g ag
ricul
tura
l pr
oduc
tive
syst
ems t
o cl
imat
e ch
ange
(pro
mot
e us
e of
dro
ught
resi
stan
t cr
op v
arie
ties,
bette
r lan
d us
e m
anag
emen
t, w
ater
ha
rves
ting,
soil
cons
erva
-tio
n, e
tc.
14C
oun-
ty-w
ide
To c
ushi
on a
gri-
cultu
ral p
rodu
ctiv
e sy
stem
s and
wat
er re
-so
urce
s fro
m im
pact
s of
clim
ate
Cro
ps p
lant
ed a
re
drou
ght r
esis
tant
var
i-et
ies
Com
mun
ities
in-
form
ed o
n be
tter l
and
use
prac
tices
, soi
l m
anag
emen
t and
wa-
ter h
arve
stin
g
•Te
ach
the
publ
ic o
n su
itabl
e se
ed v
arie
ties
150
MC
G /
GoK
&
Don
ors
Reh
abili
tatio
n of
Mt.
Ken
ya fo
rest
s (Su
ch a
s U
pper
and
Low
er Im
enti
fore
sts)
15M
t. K
enya
re
gion
To
reha
bilit
ate
Mt.
Ken
ya fo
rest
s fro
m
forc
es o
f deg
rada
tion
Mt.
Ken
ya fo
rest
reha
-bi
litat
ed
•M
appi
ng o
f the
fore
st
•Pl
antin
g tre
es
•Pr
otec
ting
trees
from
hum
ans
40M
CG
/ G
oK
and
Do-
nors
Cle
anlin
ess a
nd S
anita
-tio
n in
Mer
u To
wn
and
all o
ther
tow
ns
16M
eru
Tow
n an
d ot
her M
a-jo
r tow
ns
To re
mov
e di
rt an
d in
crea
se, s
anita
tion
and
clea
nlin
ess
Mer
u To
n an
d ot
her
tow
ns in
Mer
u ar
e cl
ean
and
have
goo
d sa
nita
tion
•C
ondu
ct to
wn
clea
ning
•
Incl
udin
g dr
aina
ge in
slum
s60
MC
G /
GoK
&
Don
ors
Mau
a To
wn
stor
m w
ater
man
agem
ent
17M
aua
Tow
n To
dev
elop
mec
h-an
ism
s for
dea
ling
with
stor
m w
ater
in
Mau
a to
wn.
Stor
m w
ater
in M
aua
tow
n m
anag
ed w
ell
and
mad
e in
to u
se fo
r re
crea
tion
and
wat
er
spor
ts
•M
ap th
e la
ke a
nd th
e dr
aina
ge
patte
rns
•D
evel
op th
e la
ke a
s a re
cre-
atio
n fa
cilit
y
300
MC
G /
& D
o-no
rs
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er P
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cts
Proj
ect N
ame
Pr
i-or
ity
Ran
k-in
g
Loc
atio
n/L
evel
Obj
ectiv
esTa
rget
s to
be M
etD
escr
iptio
n of
Act
iviti
esE
sti-
mat
ed
Cos
t (K
Shs.
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce
of
Fund
s
Man
agem
ent o
f pla
stic
ba
gs
18A
ll to
wns
in
Mer
u to
Mak
e al
l tow
ns in
M
eru
free
of p
last
ic
bags
All
tow
ns in
Mer
u ha
ve n
o pl
astic
bag
s lit
tere
d ar
ound
•M
ake
law
s on
the
use
and
disp
osal
of p
las-
tic b
ags
20M
CG
Util
izin
g of
rura
l org
anic
w
aste
s to
mak
e co
mpo
sts
19C
oun-
ty-w
ide
To u
tiliz
e or
gani
c ag
ricul
ture
was
tes i
n an
eco
nom
ic w
ay
Org
anic
was
tes i
n ru
ral a
reas
are
put
into
us
e as
com
post
ma-
nure
and
bio
gas
•Pu
blic
wor
ksho
ps o
n m
ak-
ing
com
post
and
bio
gas w
ith
orga
nic
was
tes
50M
CG
&
stak
e-ho
lder
s
Rec
laim
ing
of g
rabb
ed
fore
sts,
wet
land
s, ot
her
publ
ic &
sacr
ed p
lace
s
20C
oun-
ty-w
ide
To re
clai
m a
nd r
eha-
bilit
ate
all g
rabb
ed la
nds
such
as M
bugi
-e-
Nga
ii M
aran
ia F
arm
All
publ
ic la
nds a
re
recl
aim
ed a
nd re
habi
l-ita
ted
into
use
as f
or-
estla
nds o
r rec
reat
ion
cent
res
•Id
entif
y gr
abbe
d pu
blic
land
s •
Map
the
re-c
laim
ed la
nds
500
MC
G
/ GoK
an
d St
ake-
hold
ers
Con
trol o
f noi
se p
ollu
-tio
n 21
Cou
n-ty
-wid
e To
con
trol a
nd
regu
late
noi
se in
the
coun
ty
Noi
se in
Mer
u co
n-tro
lled
•M
ake
law
s and
ena
ct th
em to
co
ntro
l noi
se
10M
CG
Con
trol o
f cha
rcoa
l bur
n-in
g on
pub
lic la
nds
22C
oun-
ty-w
ide
To c
ontro
l cha
rcoa
l bu
rnin
g on
pub
lic
land
s
Cha
rcoa
l bur
ning
on
publ
ic la
nds b
anne
d •
Mak
e la
ws a
nd e
nact
them
5
MC
G
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6.16.8: Budget Projections
Budget ProjectionsProgramme/ Project Name Location/
LevelTotal
Budget
(KShs. Mil-lion)
Timeframe
2013/
14
2014/
15
2015/
16
2016/
17
2017/ 18
Establishment of Northern grazing Area conservancy
Nyambene National Reserve
200 200
Solid Waste management and generation of green energy (gar-bage collection, disposal, landfills problems)
Meru Town area
4,000 1,500 1,300 1200
Afforestation of public hills, val-leys and river catchments
(natural forest cover, riparian forests, Ngaya forest, water catch-ments, erosion control),
All Wards 200 50 50 50 50
Promotion of agro forestry, fruit trees and multi-purpose forest trees (agroforestry, land cover on agri-cultural lands)
All wards 150 75 75
Green energy generation County-wide 150 50 30 20 50
Establishment of a botanical garden with indigenous trees of cultural, medicinal and economic value
A Sub-coun-ty around Meru Town
200 100 50 25 25
Development and improvement of sewerage systems
Meru Town and all other major towns
4,000 10 1,000 2,800 100 90
Rehabilitation of wetlands and lakes (Mbututia, Nkunga and Rurii swamp)
Tigania west, Buuri and Imenti Central
60 15 45
Generation of green energy from wind energy (County seed money, PPP investments)
Nyambene / Tigania and Buuri
4,000 200 1,500 1,300 1000
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Budget ProjectionsProgramme/ Project Name Location/
LevelTotal
Budget
(KShs. Mil-lion)
Timeframe
2013/
14
2014/
15
2015/
16
2016/
17
2017/ 18
Public awareness on environmen-tal conservation and natural re-sources management
All wards 200 30 100 30 30 10
Adapting agricultural productive systems to climate change (pro-mote use of drought resistant crop varieties, better land use manage-ment, water harvesting, soil con-servation, etc.
All wards 150 10 50 50 20 20
Rehabilitation of Mt. Kenya forests (Such as Upper and Lower Imenti forests)
North Imen-ti, Central Imenti, South Buuri
40 5 20 5 5 5
Removal of Eucalyptus from water catchment and river banks
All wards 60 5 25 10 10 10
Prospecting , mining, processing and commercialization of mineral water, red clay, and other com-mercially viable mineral deposits including Rubbies in Kinna and Iron Ore in Kiriri in C. Imenti
Countywide and specially Nyambene for mineral various min-erals (ituui, and Monyo)
200 15 100 40 40 5
Cleanliness of towns and sanita-tion
Countywide 60 10 30 5 5 10
Maua Town storm water
management
Maua town 300 10 200 45 45
Management of plastic bags in towns
Countywide 20 5 15
Utilizing of rural organic wastes to make composts
Countywide 50 5 30 5 5 5
Reclaiming of grabbed forests, wetlands and other public places
Countywide 500 5 300 60 60 75
Charcoal burning Countywide 5 2 1.5 1 0.5
Control of noise pollution Countywide 10 5 5
Totals 14555 382 5396.5 5856 2615.5 305
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6.16.8: Income Generation Mechanisms
Mechanism/Means/Source Expected Income (KShs. Million)
Sustainability Mechanisms
Public private partnerships investments (such as garbage collection, energy generation plant,
8, 000 Regulate the partnerships
Sale of energy to the national grid 1500 The plant must be well managed Licences to timber loggers, sand and stone miners,
100 Continued afforestation and replacement
Sale of seedlings 50 Maintain seed nurseries Fees from conservancy and other tourist at-traction areas
300 Properly manage the conservan-cy and regulate tourism facilities
Leasing land to tourism investors 20 Signing leasehold contractsFees and fines (from environmental impacts assessment, and environmental polluters)
100 Learn EIA professionally and effectively
6.16.9: Role of Stakeholders
Stakeholders Roles/Responsibilities National government ministries and agencies and departments – Minis-tries responsible for environment, minerals, natural resources, water, wildlife – KFS, (Kenya forestry Service) NEMA; WRMA (Water Resources Management Authority) KARI;
• Formulation of regulatory policies necessary to guide investment and development of the sector
• Provision of technical advice; Enforcement of laws
• Mobilise the required funds for project implementa-tion
• License the water services providers and regulate them.
County Authorities • Implement the proposed projects; Supervise the im-plementation; Formulation of by-laws for sustainable and safe use of facilities.
Donors / Development partners • Financing the projects
• Undertake evaluation and monitoring of projects
• Provide technical advice. Local Community • Assist in maintenance of the facilities by providing
unskilled labour
• Formation of WRUA‘S for sustainable water re-sources use
• Maintain and conserve environment. Water Services Providers. Such as MEWASS, IMETHA,
• Provision of safe water and adequate waste water disposal systems
• Set up the necessary infrastructure to enable the pro-vide water to the local community
• Protect water catchment areas.
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Stakeholders Roles/Responsibilities NMK (National Museums of Ken-ya)
• Provide technical support in the establishment of botanical garden
• Naming of trees / plants of economic importance to Meru
KEFRI (Kenya Forestry Research Institute)
• Provide technical support on forest rehabilitation, appropriate technologies in forestry
NGOs / CBOs such as (CES) Center for Environmental Stewardship; CFA –(Community Forest Associ-ations); WRUA (Water Resource Users Association)
• Community mobilization, Land Resource alloca-tions.
Kenya Wildlife Services • Ensure sustainable use of resources within parks and game reserves;
6.16.10: Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
Implementation Framework
6.16.11: Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Framework
Proposed policies, legislation and regulations that need to be put in place for the sector
1. Policy on use of plastic bags
2. Policy on charcoal burning on public lands
3. Policy on uprooting of Eucalyptus trees
4. Policy on privatization of garbage collection
5. Policy on Public Private Partnerships
6. Policy on littering the towns
7. Enactment of EMCA 1999 on wetlands and riparian areas
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6.16
.12:
Fra
mew
ork
for
Mon
itori
ng a
nd E
valu
atio
n Mon
itori
ng a
nd E
valu
atio
n Fr
amew
ork
Prog
ram
me/
Proj
ect
nam
e
Obj
ectiv
e A
ctua
l Su
b-co
un-
ty/
War
d
Proj
-ec
t cos
t (K
Shs.
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce
of
Fund
s
Tim
e Fr
ame
Impl
emen
t-in
g A
gen-
cy(ie
s)
Mon
itori
ng In
di-
cato
rsM
eans
of
Verifica-
tion
Impl
e-m
en-
tatio
n St
atus
Esta
blis
hmen
t of N
orth
-er
n gr
azin
g A
rea
con-
serv
ancy
Red
uce
wild
-lif
e–hu
man
co
nflic
t
Nya
mbe
ne
Nat
iona
l R
eser
ve
200
MC
GB
y 20
14M
CG
-Min
-is
tries
of
Envi
ronm
ent,
To
uris
m a
nd
infr
astru
ctur
e
•N
o. fa
cilit
ies
esta
blis
hed
and
fe
nced
Proc
ure-
men
t of
land
title
de
ed
New
Solid
Was
te m
anag
e-m
ent
and
gene
ratio
n of
gr
een
ener
gy (g
arba
ge
colle
ctio
n, d
ispo
sal,
land
fills
pro
blem
s)
redu
ce w
aste
s in
all
tow
ns
Mer
u To
wn
area
4
,000
MC
GB
y 20
16M
CG
&PP
P•
Am
ount
of g
ar-
bage
col
lect
ed
and
disp
osed
•En
ergy
pla
nt
deve
lope
d
•En
ergy
pro
duc-
tion
All
was
tes
colle
cted
tra
nspo
rted
and
pro-
cess
ed
New
Affo
rest
atio
n of
pub
lic
hills
, val
leys
and
rive
r ca
tchm
ents
(nat
ural
fore
st c
over
, rip
aria
n fo
rest
s, N
gaya
fo
rest
, wat
er c
atch
-m
ents
, ero
sion
con
trol),
Incr
ease
for-
est c
over
A
ll W
ards
20
0M
CG
By
2017
Fore
stry
de-
partm
ent
•N
o. o
f hill
s of
hills
affo
rest
ed
•N
o. o
f riv
ers
and
wat
er c
atch
-m
ent r
ehab
ili-
tate
d
•A
reas
ero
sion
ha
s bee
n co
n-ta
ined
Tree
s pl
ante
d N
ew
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itori
ng a
nd E
valu
atio
n Fr
amew
ork
Prog
ram
me/
Proj
ect
nam
e
Obj
ectiv
e A
ctua
l Su
b-co
un-
ty/
War
d
Proj
-ec
t cos
t (K
Shs.
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce
of
Fund
s
Tim
e Fr
ame
Impl
emen
t-in
g A
gen-
cy(ie
s)
Mon
itori
ng In
di-
cato
rsM
eans
of
Verifica-
tion
Impl
e-m
en-
tatio
n St
atus
Prom
otio
n of
agr
o fo
rest
ry, f
ruit
trees
and
m
ulti-
purp
ose
fore
st
trees
(agr
ofor
estry
, lan
d co
ver o
n ag
ricul
tura
l la
nds)
incr
ease
for-
est c
over
A
ll w
ards
15
0M
CG
By
2016
Agr
icul
ture
an
d Fo
rest
ry•
Acr
es p
lant
-ed
with
frui
t tre
es a
nd n
o.
acre
s pla
nted
w
ith c
ultu
ral,
med
icin
al a
nd
econ
omic
val
ue
trees
Frui
t tre
es
and
mul
-tip
urpo
se
tree
crop
s pl
ante
d
New
Esta
blis
hmen
t of a
bo
tani
cal g
arde
n w
ith
indi
geno
us tr
ees o
f cu
ltura
l, m
edic
inal
and
ec
onom
ic v
alue
cons
erve
pl
ants
of
cultu
ral a
nd
econ
omic
va
lue
A
Sub-
coun
-ty
aro
und
Mer
u To
wn
200
MC
GB
y 20
15C
GM
- En
vi-
ronm
ent
&fo
rest
ry
•La
nd p
rocu
red
•D
esig
ns m
ade
•Pl
ants
pla
nted
bota
nica
l ga
rden
es-
tabl
ishe
d
New
Dev
elop
men
t and
im-
prov
emen
t of s
ewer
age
syst
ems
to im
prov
e on
sew
erag
e in
Mer
u
Mer
u To
wn
and
all
othe
r maj
or
tow
ns
4,00
0 M
CG
By
2016
Tow
n m
an-
agem
ent
Cou
ncils
•K
ms o
f sew
er-
age
line
built
Se
wer
age
deve
lope
d N
ew
Reh
abili
tatio
n of
wet
-la
nds a
nd la
kes (
Mu-
tubu
tia, N
kung
a an
d R
urie
swam
p)
Reh
abili
tate
w
etla
nds
Tiga
n-ia
Wes
t, B
uuri
and
Imen
ti C
entra
l
60M
CG
By
2015
GoK
- En
vi-
ronm
ent
•N
o. o
f acr
es
reha
bilit
ated
Lake
re-
habi
litat
ed
and
deve
l-op
ed
New
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atio
n Fr
amew
ork
Prog
ram
me/
Proj
ect
nam
e
Obj
ectiv
e A
ctua
l Su
b-co
un-
ty/
War
d
Proj
-ec
t cos
t (K
Shs.
Mill
ion)
Sour
ce
of
Fund
s
Tim
e Fr
ame
Impl
emen
t-in
g A
gen-
cy(ie
s)
Mon
itori
ng In
di-
cato
rsM
eans
of
Verifica-
tion
Impl
e-m
en-
tatio
n St
atus
Gen
erat
ion
of g
reen
en-
ergy
from
win
d en
ergy
(C
ount
y se
ed m
oney
, PP
P in
vest
men
ts)
Gen
erat
e el
ectri
city
fr
om w
ind
ener
gy
Nya
mbe
ne
/ Tig
ania
an
d B
uuri
4,00
0M
CG
By
2016
Ener
gy•
No.
poi
nts
map
ped
•N
o. w
indm
ills
erec
ted
•K
wts
pro
duce
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CHAPTER SEVEN
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION FRAMEWORK
7.0 Introduction
The execution of this plan requires the commitment of human and financial resources. The Inte-grated Development plan aims to achieve adequate, more predictable and sustainable resourcing that fully supports the achievement of the County Government objectives.
7.1 Budget Projection
The table below provides the indicative 5-year budget projection for implementation of the coun-ty integrated development plan. In accordance with the County Governments Act, 2012 and the Public Financial Management Act, 2012, the integrated development plan and budget will be re-viewed annually. As a result, some of the budget items may be adjusted when the corresponding development targets are reviewed and changed.
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Table 13: 5-Year Budget Projection for the Integrated Development Plan
5-Year Budget Projection for the Integrated Development Plan
Sector Sub-sector Total Bud-get (KShs. Million)
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
Governance and Public Ad-ministration
The Gov-ernor and County Executive Committee
1,770.000 186.000 1,229.000 310.000 45.000 -
County Public Service
16,779.000 971.000 2,504.000 3,538.000 4,431.000 5,355.000
County Public Finance/Treasury
69.000 21.000 23.000 10.5000 8.5000 6.000
County Assembly
232.000 72.5000 128.000 16.000 15.5000 -
Sub Total 1 18,870.000 1,250.500 3,884.000 3,874.500 4,500.000 5,361.000Information and Communi-cation Tech-nology (ICT)
2,456.000 105.900 1,034.700 590.000 413.000 312.400
Sub Total 2 2,456.000 105.900 1,034.700 590.000 413.000 312.400Justice, Co-hesion and Security for Development
2,340.000 35.000 915.000 630.000 425.000 335.000
Sub Total 3 2,340.000 35.000 915.000 630.000 425.000 335.000Disaster Pre-paredness and Management
223.000 47.000 45.000 43.000 45.000 43.000
Sub Total 4 223.000 47.000 45.000 43.000 45.000 43.000 Planning 595.000 - 266.000 261.000 68.000 -Sub Total 5 595.000 - 266.000 261.000 68.000 43.000Health 7,609.825 1,516.825 1,665.000 1,623.600 1,437.200 1,367.200 Sub Total 6 7,606.825 1,516.825 1,665.000 1,623.600 1,437.200 1,367.200Social Protec-tion, Culture and Recreation
10,084.000 263.300 4,180.700 2,402.000 1,754.000 1,484.000
Sub Total 7 10,084.000 263.300 4,180.700 2,402.000 1,754.000 1,484.000Education 2,213.769 280.899 589.559 464.979 557.166 321.166 Sub Total 8 2,213.769 280.899 589.559 464.979 557.166 321.166Infrastructure 5,700.000 680.000 1,660.000 1,600.000 1,760.000 -Sub Total 9 5,700.000 680.000 1,660.000 1,600.000 1,760.000 -Water and Sanitation
168,825.000 1,847.000 41,782.000 76,732.000 44,232.000 4,232.000
Sub Total 10 168,825.000 1,847.000 41,782.000 76,732.000 44,232.000 4,232.000
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5-Year Budget Projection for the Integrated Development Plan
Sector Sub-sector Total Bud-get (KShs. Million)
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
Financial Ser-vices, Trade, Co-operatives and Enterprise Development
2,107.600 428.040 423.540 418.740 418.740 418.540
Sub Total 11 2,107.600 428.040 423.540 418.740 418.740 418.540Industrializa-tion Sector
5,450.000 990.000 1,260.000 1,110.000 1,120.000 970.000
Sub Total 12 5,450.000 990.000 1,260.000 1,110.000 1,120.000 970.000 Land Sector 1,965.635 88.450 498.800 525.400 333.300 519.685 Sub Total 13 1,965.635 88.450 498.800 525.400 333.300 519.685Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries
Agriculture (Crops)
2,145.000 347.000 552.000 527.000 387.000 332.000
Livestock Production
700.000 156.000 140.000 146.000 131.000 127.000
Veterinary Services
335.000 71.000 71.000 71.000 64.000 58.000
Fisheries Develop-ment
1,690.000 187.000 249.000 335.000 428.000 491.000
Irrigation and Drain-age
4,100.000 400.000 900.000 1,000.000 970.000 830.000
Sub Total 14 8,970.000 1,161.000 1,912.000 2,079.000 1,980.000 1,838.000Tourism 625.000 205.000 200.000 75.000 70.000 75.000Sub Total 15 625.000 205.000 200.000 75.000 70.000 75.000Environment, Forest & Nat-ural Resources Management
14,555.000 382.000 5,396.500 5,856.000 2,615.500 305.000
Sub Total 16 14,555.000 382.000 5,396.500 5,856.000 2,615.500 305.000Grand Total 252,589.829 9,280.914 65,712.799 98,285.219 61,728.906 17,581.991
7.2 Resourcing
The revenue base of the county government consists of internal as well as external sources.
a. Internal sources of revenue will include-
b. Property taxes and rates
c. Entertainment taxes
d. Licences and permits
e. User fees and charges
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Penalties
a. External sources currently include-
b. Transfers from national government in accordance with Article 203 (2)
c. Any conditional or unconditional grant from national government
Grants from development partners
The direct transfer from national government under (a) above for financial year 2013/14 is Ksh. 4, 800,000,000.00
Table below shows the expected revenues in the year 2013/2014. It is expected that the revenues will grow at about 15 per annum.
Table 14: Expected Internal and External Revenue over the Planned Period:
Mechanism/Means/Source
Expected Income for 2013/2014 (KShs. Million)
Sustainability Mechanisms
National gov-ernment revenue allocation to the county
4,800,000,000 Constitution 2010, county revenue allocation of > 15% of national revenue, compliance with PFM act 2012 and guidelines from the controller of budget
Property rates 57,300,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing coun-ty finance bill, preparation of county valuation roll, sensi-tization of stakeholders
Plot rents 41,770,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing coun-ty finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Single Business Permit
114,594,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, review of fees & charges, passing county finance bill, inspections, sensitization of stakeholders
Conservancy fees 20,675,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing coun-ty finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Sewage fees 3,000,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing coun-ty finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Parking fees 171,014,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing coun-ty finance bill, review of fees & charges, staff rotation, automation of collection, sensitization of stakeholders
Cess 136,553,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, review of fees & charges, passing county finance bill, staff rotation, sensitization of stakeholders
Market fees 51,700,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing coun-ty finance bill, review of fees & charges, Staff rotation, improvement of open air markets , automation of collec-tion, sensitization of stakeholders
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Mechanism/Means/Source
Expected Income for 2013/2014 (KShs. Million)
Sustainability Mechanisms
Pre primary fees 200,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing coun-ty finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
House rents 18,000,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, review of fees & charges, passing county finance bill, preparation of monthly defaulters list, repair and maintenance of rent-al houses, sensitization of stakeholders
Advertisement 40,100,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, review of fees & charges, passing county finance bill, inspections, sensitization of stakeholders
Application fees 12,024,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing coun-ty finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Interest on Rates 5,238,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing coun-ty finance bill, preparation of county valuation roll, re-view of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Building plan ap-provals
4,300,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing coun-ty finance bill, review of fees & charges, inspections, sen-sitization of stakeholders
Stall rents 10,254,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing coun-ty finance bill, Repair and maintenance of stalls , review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Plot clearance fees
2,472,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing coun-ty finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Freehold title fees 2,150,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing coun-ty finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Fire charges 3,930,000 passing county finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Survey fees 1,505,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing coun-ty finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Slaughter fees 6,093,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing coun-ty finance bill, review of fees & charges, sensitization of stakeholders
Occupation per-mits/ inspection fees
7,985,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing coun-ty finance bill, review of fees & charges, inspections, sen-sitization of stakeholders
Others miscella-neous income
100,000,000 Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing coun-ty finance bill, sensitization of stakeholders
Total 5,610,857,000Source: Meru County Treasury Projections, 2013
Notes: local revenue is projected to grow by 15% annually. Other miscellaneous income includes sundry debtors, tender fees, court fines, penalties on late payments, revenue from other devolved
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functions etc
7.3 Financial Strategy
The county government will embark on an elaborate financial strategy aimed at creating sustain-able resourcing for implementing the integrated development plan. The county government will pursue the following financial strategies:
7.3.1: Revenue Raising Strategies
The county government will proactively enhance its internal and external revenue sources.
Internal revenue raising strategies
The following approaches will be used to raise internal revenue:--
i. Enactment & Enforcement of County laws, passing county finance bill, preparation of county valuation roll, review of fees & charges staff rotation automation of collection improvement of open air markets preparation of monthly defaulters list, repair and main-tenance of rental houses sensitization of stakeholders
External revenue raising strategies
The county government will pursue the following in order to raise external revenue:-
ii. Acquisition strategies such as special events, cause related marketing, e-mail marketing, direct response advertising; all intended to bring in new donors to the county, to raise awareness, raise visibility and branding of the county.
iii. Nurturing or cultivating strategies e.g. capital campaigns, planned giving, major gift re-source mobilization that will bring existing donors to higher levels of giving.
iv. Initiating joint funding frameworks and mechanisms with national government for capi-tal projects or sectoral programs
v. Streamlining financial management systems to enhance credit worthiness
vi. Loans and other financing frameworks in favour of physical infrastructure
vii. Strengthening partnerships and relationships with development partners, non-state actors and other government agencies
viii. Embarking on public private partnerships models geared towards provision of public services
7.3.2 Asset Management Strategies
A robust system of Asset management will reduce operating costs, raise cash and improve the efficiency of service delivery, enhance community life, and increase the useful life of available resources. County assets include land and buildings, motor vehicles, plant and machineries and equipment. The county government will institute prudent asset management systems and pro-cesses, which will include-
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i) Developing an Assets Performance Measurement Framework to provide a framework for performance management
ii) Development of county asset register
iii) Valuation of all county assets
iv) Uniform and consistent reporting formats for financial sustainability performance mea-sures
v) Adoption of asset management accounting principles such as depreciation
vi) Disposal of obsolete assets as prescribed under the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005 or its amendment
vii) Timely and efficient repair and maintenance of assets to reduce wastage and breakages
viii) Purchasing and operating high quality assets that generate value for money to the county
ix) Allocation and application of assets’ system based on need and value addition to the realization of integrated development plan
x) Sharing of assets among various county government departments to reduce on wastage
xi) Safeguarding and protection of assets to ensure maximum security and reduce cases of theft
xii) Development and adoption of county asset management policy and law
7.3.3 Financial Management Strategies
The success of this plan will largely depend on the financial management systems and process adopted by the county government. The county government will therefore pursue the following strategies-
i) Adoption of Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) in all coun-ty departments
ii) Enhancing budget and expenditure control mechanisms
iii) Adopting prudent debt management policy
iv) Adopting accountability systems through continuous monitoring, reporting and provi-sion of timely financial information in accordance to accounting standards
v) Adopting modern public accounting systems
vi) Ensuring compliance with public procurement policies systems
vii) Adopting efficient cash management system
viii) Strengthen local internal controls for efficiency and integrity
ix) Ensuring that there is adequate and qualified personnel in accounts and finance depart-ment
x) Enacting necessary county financial management laws
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xi) Collecting, processing, maintaining, transmitting, and reporting data
xii) Supporting financial planning/budgeting activities
7.3.4 Capital Financing Strategies
Some approaches on deliver capital financing will include the following:
i. Asset liquidation and leasing
ii. Asset-based lending
iii. Equity negotiations
iv. Bank financing
v. Government loans
vi. Identifying long term capital financing instruments
vii. Prioritizing infrastructure to be financed to minimize stalled projects
viii. Establishing and initiating public private partnership infrastructure funding instruments and mechanisms
ix. Accessing affordable loans sourced locally or internationally
7.3.5 Operational Financing Strategies
The county government will pursue the following operational financing strategies-
i. Utilization of internal revenue to finance operational costs
ii. Maintenance of costs sharing in financing operational costs
iii. Efficient cash flow management to support operational costs and ensuring short term borrowing for cash balance management is applied only when necessary
iv. Minimizing operational costs in service delivery
v. compliance with
vi. Increasingly higher standards of financial reporting and control, and prudent manage-ment of risk
vii. Sound processes and information infrastructure
Strategies for Enhancing Cost Effectiveness
The county government will pursue the following measures to ensure cost effectiveness of pub-lic service delivery-
i. Developing county policy to govern and manage costs related to service delivery
ii. Ensuring that the costs of providing public services directly relate to the intended public benefits
iii. Continuous monitoring of public expenditures vis-à-vis the intended benefits
iv. Instituting accountability mechanisms for all public expenditures
v. Instituting decision criteria to be adopted when choosing any model of providing public services
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CHAPTER EIGHT
IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK
8.1 Introduction
This section presents the monitoring and evaluation framework that will be used to implement and track progress on implementation of projects and programmes at the county level. It will also highlight the roles and the responsibilities of various stakeholders in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of County Integrated Development Plan. The County will put in place a County Monitoring and Evaluation system to serve the needs of the County Govern-ment, while complimenting the National M & E system. This will be conducted through County Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation System (CIMES) whose main aim will be to improve the effectiveness and quality of tracking of implementation of various development policies, strategies and programmes. To ensure that there is a clear way of measuring performance, the County will develop a Performance Management Plan that will see that all commitments made in the CIDP are translated into performance contracts with public officers in the county.
8.2 Institutional Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation
The Meru County Government, under the leadership of the Governor, will provide strategic leadership, through development and implementation of supportive environment, policies and programmes. During this process, stakeholders including the Governor, County Executive Committee, County Assembly, County Public Service Board , County Treasury, private sectors and the public will be involved and the roles of the major stakeholders are as outlined below. The roles are as provided in the constitution and the relevant laws.
Governor
• Provide leadership in the county’s governance, development and implementation; lead-ership to the county executive committee and administration based on the county poli-cies and plans
• Promote democracy, good governance, unity, cohesion and peace and order within the county;
• Be accountable for the management and use of the county resources;
• Promote and facilitate citizen participation in the development of policies and plans, and delivery of services in the county.
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County Executive Committee (CEC)
• Prepare proposed legislation for consideration by the county assembly
• Implement, within the county, national legislation to the extent that the legislation re-quires
• Manage and coordinate the functions of the county administration and its departments; and
• Perform any other functions conferred on it by this Constitution or national legislation.
• Provide the county assembly with full and regular reports on matters relating to the county.
County Public Service Board (CPSB)
• Appoint persons to hold or act in offices of the county public service and facilitate the development of coherent, integrated human resource
• Exercise disciplinary control over, and remove, persons holding or acting in those offic-es as provided for under this Part
• Prepare regular reports for submission to the county assembly on the execution of the functions of the Board
• Advise county government on implementation and monitoring of the national perfor-mance management system in counties
County Treasury
• Develop and implement financial and economic policies in the county
• Preparing the annual budget for the county and coordinating the preparation of esti-mates of revenue and expenditure of the county government and co-ordinating the im-plementation of the budget of the county government
• Mobilize resources for funding the budgetary requirements of the county government and putting in place mechanisms to raise revenue and resources
• Manage the county government’s public debt and other obligations and developing a framework of debt control for the county
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards prescribed and published by the Account-ing Standards Board from time to time
• Ensure proper management and control of, and accounting for the finances of the county government and its entities in order to promote efficient and effective use of the coun-ty’s budgetary resources
• Maintain proper accounts and other records in respect of the County Revenue Fund, the County Emergencies Fund and other public funds administered by the county govern-ment
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• Monitor the county government’s entities to ensure compliance with this Act and effec-tive management of their funds, efficiency and transparency and, in particular, proper accountability for the expenditure of those funds
Public- Private Partnership Forum
• Formulate policy guidelines on public private partnerships
• Ensure that all projects are consistent with the national priorities specified in the relevant policy on public private partnerships
• Approve project proposals submitted to it by a contracting authority
• Formulate or approve standards, guidelines and procedures for awarding contracts and standardized bid documents
• Review the legal, institutional and regulatory framework of public private partnerships
The Public
They include the citizens, civil society organizations, and all persons residing in the county (see County Government Act Section 2 on Interpretation). The role of the public will be:-
• To participate in service delivery through organized forums
• Provide feedback on the quality of services provided
• To initiative individually or in organized groups monitoring of programme implementa-tion
• To provide alternative ideas of how better to provide services
8.3 Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation will be managed at the departmental level and coordinated by the county planning unit. The public will be engaged through these structures in monitoring and evaluating the performance of the county. The overall purpose for Monitoring and Evaluation in Meru County will be:
8.3.1 To facilitate informed Decision-making for Improvement
Evaluation will be conducted with project improvement and policy enlightenment hence acting as “decision-oriented” evaluation. This will provide valuable insights into how the project is operating, the extent to which it is serving the intended beneficiaries, its strengths and weak-nesses, its cost – effectiveness and potentially productive directions for the future. This evalu-ation will also provide the information for decision – thus helping to set priorities, guides the allocation – of resources, facilities the modification and refinement of project structures and activities; and signal the need for additional personnel & resources. Finally, it is also intended to determine a change of course for a project.
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8.3.2 Evaluation for Effect – Impact Assessment
This will be done to take stock of what has been done. It will attempt to show the cause – effect relationships between the project activities and the change that may have occurred. It will also show how well the project objectives are being achieved or have been achieved with the inten-tion to feedback its findings into future planning. This will entail measuring and judging the actual results of development projects in relation to the planned outcomes.
8.3.3 Evaluation for Accountability
All projects will be proactive by planning for evaluation right from the initial stages. Project planning accountability will entail an effort to meet the diverse information interests and expec-tations of all those who have a stake in a project – e.g. beneficiaries, managers, staff, donors, public at large.
8.3.4 Evaluation as an Educational (learning) Process
This will seek to maximize on people’s participation. This evaluation will be a human centered assessment of the extent of people’s participation, how well participation is doing and what affect the project is having intended beneficiaries. This is guided by the notion that to live is to learn, and to neglect lessons from life experience is to waste the life itself. The county will undertake two types of evaluations for various projects namely mid-term and end of project evaluations: Mid-term will be undertaken to review progress and propose alterations to project design during the remaining period of implementation while end of project evaluation will be conducted at the completion of the project period. The specific types and timing of evaluations for various projects will be determined at the design and planning stage of each project. The matrix for implementation, monitoring and evaluation is detailed in each of the sector plans in chapter 6. The matrix details the names of priority projects, costs, timeframes, monitoring indi-cators, monitoring tools, implementing agencies, source of funds and implementation status for the various sectors. For effectiveness, participatory methods and tools will be used throughout the project stages from design to evaluation. These include evaluation; transect walks, Focused Group Discussions, and Observation.