TURKANA COUNTY GOVERNMENT LODWAR MUNICIPALITY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN (IDeP) 2O18-2022 Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................................... vii 1.0 Background Information ...................................................................................................................... vii 1.1 Location and size ................................................................................................................................. vii 1.2 Topography ........................................................................................................................................... 9 1.3 Climatic condition.................................................................................................................................. 9 1.4 Demographic Structure and Trends ....................................................................................................... 9 1.5 Settlement Patterns ............................................................................................................................ 11 1.6 Socio- Economic Characteristics .......................................................................................................... 11 1.6.1 Dry Land Agriculture ..................................................................................................................... 11 1.6.2 Livestock keeping ......................................................................................................................... 12 1.6.3 Mining .......................................................................................................................................... 12 1.6.5 Commercial .................................................................................................................................. 13 1.6.6 Industry and Tourism .................................................................................................................... 14 1.7 Policy and Legislative Framework ........................................................................................................ 15 1.7.1 The Constitution of Kenya 2010 .................................................................................................... 15 1.7.2 County Government Act, 2012 ...................................................................................................... 15 1.7.3 Urban Areas Cities Act, 2012 ......................................................................................................... 16 1.7.4 Physical Planning Act Cap 286 ....................................................................................................... 16 1.8 IDeP Linkages with Other Policy Documents ........................................................................................ 16 1.8.1 Linkages with the County Government Act 2012 ........................................................................... 16 1.8.2 IDeP Linkages with the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), 2012 ......................................... 17 1.8.3 IDeP Linkages with the Urban Areas and Cities Act, 2011 .............................................................. 17 1.8.4 Linkages with the Constitution of Kenya 2010 ............................................................................... 17 1.8.5 Linkages with the Kenya Vision 2030 and Medium Term Plans ...................................................... 18 1.8.6 Linkages with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)................................................................... 18 1.8.7 Linkage with MTP III and the “Big Four” agenda ............................................................................ 18 1.8.8 Urban Integrated Development Planning ...................................................................................... 18 [Lodwar Municipality IDeP] Page ii CHAPTER TWO .............................................................................................................................................. 20 2.0 Planning and Development Principles .................................................................................................. 20 2.1 Integrated Development Planning in Action......................................................................................... 20 2.2 Spatial Development Framework (SDF) ................................................................................................ 20 2.3 Identification of and Protection of Service Infrastructure .................................................................... 21 2.3.1 Accessibility to Services ................................................................................................................ 21 2.3.2 Calibrate and align ........................................................................................................................ 21 2.3.3 Urban Planning ............................................................................................................................. 21 2.3.4 Development Control ................................................................................................................... 21 2.3.5 Urban Design ................................................................................................................................ 23 2.3.6 Land Tenure ................................................................................................................................. 24 2.3.7 Land Availability ........................................................................................................................... 24 2.3.8 Urban Renewal ............................................................................................................................. 24 2.4 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................... 25 2.4.1 Areas of Municipal Research ......................................................................................................... 27 2.5 Capacity development for urban risk reduction ................................................................................... 30 2.5.1 Poverty Reduction ........................................................................................................................ 34 2.5.2 Climate change ............................................................................................................................. 34 2.5.3 Community-driven development .................................................................................................. 34 2.5.3 Disaster risk management ............................................................................................................ 34 2.5.4 Education ..................................................................................................................................... 34 2.5.5 Energy .......................................................................................................................................... 35 2.6 Food Insecurity .................................................................................................................................... 35 2.6.1 Hunger ......................................................................................................................................... 35 2.6.2 Microfinance ................................................................................................................................ 35 2.6.3 Nutrition ....................................................................................................................................... 35 2.6.4 Landslides ..................................................................................................................................... 36 2.6.5 Transport ...................................................................................................................................... 36 [Lodwar Municipality IDeP] Page iii 2.6.6 Voice and accountability ............................................................................................................... 36 2.6.7 Water and sanitation .................................................................................................................... 36 CHAPTER THREE ............................................................................................................................................ 39 3.0 Sectoral Situational Analysis ................................................................................................................ 39 3.1 Education Facilities .............................................................................................................................. 39 3.1.1 Challenges facing the Educational Sector ...................................................................................... 39 3.2 Health Facilities ................................................................................................................................... 40 3.2.1 Challenges Facing the Healthcare Sector ....................................................................................... 40 3.3 Recreational Public Facilities................................................................................................................ 41 3.3.1 Challenges Facing Recreation Sector ............................................................................................