REPUBLIC OF KENYA COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF KIRINYAGA COUNTY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2018-2022 Office of the Governor Kirinyaga County P.O. Box 260 – 10034 KUTUS, KENYA COUNTY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR KIRINYAGA COUNTY COUNTY VISION AND MISSION Vision: To be a county enjoying improved productivity through maximum realization of its potentials for sustained economic, social and political development. Mission: To foster sustained productivity through effective and efficient use of available resources by encouraging investment, tourism and agricultural productivity to improve the living standards of the people in the county in a clean, secure and sustainable environment ii Contents LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................... vi LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................. vi FOREWORD ........................................................................................................... vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .......................................................................................... x ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ........................................................................ xi CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGIES ....................................................................... 14 CHAPTER ONE: COUNTY GENERAL INFORMATION............................................... 18 1.1 Position and Size of The County ............................................... 18 1.2 Physiographic and Natural Conditions ................................... 21 1.3 Administrative and Political Units ........................................... 22 1.4 Political Units ................................................................................. 22 1.5 Demographic Features ................................................................ 25 1.6 Human Development Approach ................................................ 36 1.7 Infrastructure and Access .......................................................... 37 1.8 Land and Land Use ........................................................ 38 1.9. Employment and Other Sources of Income .................... 39 1.10 Irrigation Infrastructure and Schemes ................................ 40 1.11 Crop, Livestock and Fish Production ................................... 40 1.12 Mineral Resources ...................................................................... 41 1.13 Tourism and Wildlife ................................................................. 41 1.14 Industry and Trade .................................................................... 42 1.15 The Blue Economy ..................................................................... 42 1.16 Forestry, Agro- Forestry and Value Addition ...................... 43 1.17 Financial Institutions ................................................................ 45 1.18 Environment and Climate Change ........................................ 45 1.19 Water and Sanitation ................................................................ 47 1.20 Health Access and Nutrition ................................................... 48 1.21 Education Skills, Literacy and Infrastructure ................... 49 iii 1.22 Sports, Culture and Creative Arts ......................................... 50 1.23 Community Organization/Non State Actors....................... 52 1.24 Security, Law And Order .......................................................... 53 CHAPTER TWO: LINKAGES WITH VISION 2030 AND OTHER PLANS ..................... 55 2.3 Linkages with Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) . 59 CHAPTER THREE: REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PREVIOUS CIDP ....... 61 3.2 Process of review ........................................................................ 61 3.3.1 Agriculture, Veterinary, Livestock and Fisheries .............. 63 3.3.2 Energy, Infrastructure and ICT .............................................. 66 B. Physical Planning, Land & Housing .......................................... 68 3.3.3 Economics, Commercial and Labour Affairs ..................... 70 The Trade, Tourism, Industrialization and Enterprise Development Directorate .......................................................................................... 71 3.3.4 Health ............................................................................................ 74 3.3.5 Education ..................................................................................... 78 3.3.6 Social Protection, Culture and recreation ........................... 80 3.3.7 Environmental Protection, Water and Housing ................. 80 CHAPTER FOUR: COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES .......... 85 4.2 Spatial Development Framework ............................................. 85 4.3 Natural Resource Assessment .................................................. 88 4.4.1 Agriculture and Rural Development .................................... 89 4.4.2 Environmental Protection, Water, Natural Resources and Housing ............................................................................................... 98 4.4.3 General Economics, Commercial and Labour Affairs ... 120 4.4.4 Education and Public Service Sector ................................ 130 4.4.5 Health ......................................................................................... 148 4.4.6 Recreation, Culture and Social Protection ....................... 156 4.4.7 Energy, Infrastructure and ICT ........................................... 166 4.4.8 General Public Services ......................................................... 172 iv 4.4.9 County Assembly .................................................................... 181 CHAPTER FIVE: IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK .............................................. 183 5.1. Mountain Cities Blueprint 2032 Implementation Structure 183 5.2. Organization flow chart .......................................................... 183 5.2.1 Kirinyaga County Executive Committee ........................... 184 5.2.2. Kirinyaga County Assembly ................................................ 186 5.2.3. Kirinyaga County Budget and Economic Forum .......... 186 5.2.4 County Public Service Board ............................................... 186 5.2.5 County Chief Officers ............................................................. 187 5.2.6 County Directors and Sub-County Heads of Departments 187 5.3 Resource Requirements by Sector ......................................... 187 5.4: Resource mobilization framework ......................................... 188 5.5 Estimated resource gap and measures of addressing it .. 188 CHAPTER SIX: MONITORING AND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK .......................... 190 6.2 M&E Policy ................................................................................... 190 6.3 Data collection, Analysis, and Reporting ............................. 191 6.4 M&E Outcome Indicators ......................................................... 195 v LIST OF TABLES Table 1: County Constituencies and Administrative Units Table 2: Distribution of County Assembly Wards Table 3: Eligible and Registered Voters per Constituency Table 4: Population Projection by Gender and Age Cohort Table 5: Population Projections for Selected Age Groups Table 6: Population Projections for Major Urban Areas Table 7: Projected Population Distribution and Density by Constituency Table 8: Population Projections by Constituency Table 9: Human Development Indicators Table 10: Time Taken to Nearest Water point by HHs LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Map of Kenya showing location of the county Figure 2: Map showing Kirinyaga County's Administrative/political units vi FOREWORD In 2013, the actualization of the devolved system of government came into effect. This meant that there are functions that are to be undertaken by the national government and others by the county government. The Fourth Schedule of the Constitution clearly sets out the distribution of functions between the national government and the County governments. In particular Part 2 of the Schedule sets out fourteen functions of the County governments. These functions include, agriculture, County health services, control of air pollution, noise pollution, other public nuisances, outdoor advertising, cultural activities, public entertainment, public amenities, County transport, animal control and welfare; trade development and regulation; County planning and development, preprimary education, village polytechnics home craft centers , childcare facilities, implementation of specific national government policies on natural resources and environmental conservation, County public works and services, firefighting services and disaster management; control of drugs and pornography and lastly ensuring and coordinating the participation of communities and locations in governance at the local level and assisting communities and locations to develop the administrative capacities for the effective exercise of the functions and powers and participation in governance at the local level. It is important to note that though the Constitution of Kenya creates two levels of government which are distinct, the two are interdependent and interrelated as such they leverage on each other thus building synergy. On the basis of the foregoing, the County Government Act 2012 provides for the development of County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP) which stipulates the development agenda and road map for the county for a period