Table of Contents PART A: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW OF UPPER DENKYIRA EAST MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY . 3 1.0 BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ASSEMBLY HISTORY ......... 3 2.0 POLICY OBJECTIVES .............................................................................................................. 3 3.0 VISION ......................................................................................................................................... 4 4.0 GOALS/ MISSION ...................................................................................................................... 4 5.0 CORE FUNCTIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY ..................................................... 4 6.0 DISTRICT ECONOMY .............................................................................................................. 5 7.0 SUMMARY OF KEY ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2020 ................................................................... 9 8.0 REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE PERFORMANCE .......................................................... 10 9.0 POLICY OUTCOME INDICATORS AND TARGETS ......................................................... 11 PART B: BUDGET PROGRAMME SUMMARY .......................................................................13 PROGRAMME 1: MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION ................................................... 13 PROGRAMME 2: INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY AND MANAGEMENT ................................ 23 PROGRAMME3: SOCIAL SERVICES DELIVERY ......................................................................... 28 PROGRAMME4: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................ 40 PROGRAMME5: ENVIRONMENTAL AND SANITATION MANAGEMENT ............................... 47 PART C: FINANCIAL INFORMATION .....................................................................................49 Upper Denkyira East Municipal Assembly 2 Achieve universal health coverage including financial risk protection and access to quality health care services PART A: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW OF UPPER DENKYIRA EAST MUNICIPAL Sanitation for all and no open defecation by 2024 ASSEMBLY Implement appropriate social protection systems and measures 1.0 BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ASSEMBLY HISTORY Integrate climate change measures The Upper Denkyira East Municipal Assembly is one of the twenty-two (22) Double the agriculture productivity and income of small scale food producers Administrative Districts of the Central Region which was established in 2007 by for value addition Legislative Instrument (LI 1877) from the then Upper Denkyira District. It was inaugurated in February 2008. The Administrative Capital is Dunkwa-On-Offin. 3.0 VISION The Vision of the Assembly is to become a world class Assembly providing Location and size client-focused and customer friendly services to stakeholders. The Municipality lies within Latitudes 5º. 30’ and 6º 02’ North of the Equator and Longitudes 1º W and 2º West of the Greenwich Meridian. It shares boundaries 4.0 GOALS/ MISSION with Amansie Central District in the North, Assin North Municipality in the South The Municipal Assembly exists to improve the quality of life of the people in the East, Atti-Morkwa District in the South and Upper Denkyira West District in the North-West, Wassa Amenfi East in the West and Adansi South in the East. The Municipality by initiating sustainable programmes to promote good health, Upper Denkyira East Municipality has a total land area of 501.9 Square education, environmental sanitation and economic development. Kilometres, which is about 5.19 percent of the total land area of Central Region. Below is Upper Denkyira East in the National context and the Regional context 5.0 CORE FUNCTIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY Through Act, 936 of the Local Governance Act, the Municipal Assembly is Population mandated to perform the following functions. Population Size and Growth Rate Exercise political and administrative authority in the district The total population of the Municipality is currently 101,276 (Projected figure from Promote local economic development; and 2010 PHC Analytical Report). Out of the total population, males constitute 49.16 Provide guidance, give authorities in the district as may be prescribe by law A district Assembly shall exercise deliberative, legislative and execute percent are females 50.84 percent. The sex ratio for the Municipality is 96.67, function which means for every 100 females there are approximately 97 males. The Be responsible for the overall development of the district; current growth rate of 3.3% is higher than the national growth rate of 2.7% per Formulate and execute plans, programmes and strategies for the effective mobilisation of resources necessary for the overall development of the district; annum. Promote and support productive activity and social development in the district and remove any obstacle to initiative and development; 2.0 POLICY OBJECTIVES Be responsible for the development, improvement and management of Strengthen Domestic resource mobilization human settlement and the environment in the district; Develop an effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels In co-operation with the appropriate national and local security agencies, be Compensation of Employees responsible for the maintenance of security and public safety in the district; Promote a sustainable, spatially integrated, balanced and orderly Ensure ready access to courts in the district for the promotion of justice; development of human settlements Act to preserve and promote the cultural heritage within the district; Facilitate sustainable and resilient infrastructure development Execute approved development plans for the district; Ensure free, equitable and quality education for all by 2030 Upper Denkyira East Municipal Assembly Upper Denkyira East Municipal Assembly 3 4 Guide, encourage and support sub-district local structures, public agencies generation, the logging activities occur both in and off reserves thus having a and local communities to perform their functions in the execution of approved negative impact on the rainfall pattern of the Municipality. development plans; In co-operation with the appropriate national and local security agencies, be responsible for the maintenance of security and public safety in the Roads and Transport Municipality; Road Network Ensure ready access to courts in the Municipality for the promotion of justice; ROADS: The Municipality has a total length of 344 km, out of which 44.38km are Act to preserve and promote the cultural heritage within the district; Execute approved development plans for the Municipality; laterite and bitumen roads. However, most of the trunk roads are in poor Guide, encourage and support sub-district local structures, public agencies conditions thus making travelling and transportation of goods very difficult, and local communities to perform their functions in the execution of approved especially during rainy season. This has invariably affected the conveyance of development plans; In co-operation with the appropriate national and local security agencies, be foodstuffs from the growing centres to the markets. Out of the total length of responsible for the maintenance of security and public safety in the 250km of Feeder roads in the Municipality, only 11.8km of this road is bitumen Municipality; surfaced. The rest of the road network is either gravel, earth or rocky surfaced. Ensure ready access to courts in the Municipality for the promotion of justice; Act to preserve and promote the cultural heritage within the district; This makes the conveyance of food stuffs from the farm gates to the marketing Execute approved development plans for the Municipality; centre very difficult and cumbersome Guide, encourage and support sub-district local structures, public agencies and local communities to perform their functions in the execution of approved Road Network in the Municipality by Length, Type and Surface Condition development plans Total Road Network Length (Km) Surface Condition (%) Good Bad 6.0 DISTRICT ECONOMY The Economy of the Municipality can be classified as mainly agrarian. The main Urban Road 30 70% 30% forms of economic activities in the Municipality are farming, mining and trading, Feeder Road 250 40% 60% banking. Agriculture activities are carried out in almost all the communities with Highway 64 41% 59% the majority carried out in smaller towns. The good nature of the vegetation found Total Road Length 344 100% in the Municipality encourages and promotes agricultural activities thus helping to Education generate income from farming activities. One of the objectives under education is to increase equitable access to educational facilities, thereby providing conducive environment to achieve Agriculture About 60% of the working population engages in vibrant farming. Crops such as participation in quality education at all levels. Educational facilities in the cocoa, oil palm, pineapple, plantain, cassava and corn are cultivated in the Municipality is scattered and ranges from Nursery to Training College. However, Municipality with cocoa being the major cash crop grown in the Municipality. The there are a number of communities that lack educational facilities most of which Municipality is also endowed with valuable timber species such as Mahogany are far from the Municipal capital. and Wawa. Although the timber industry provides ventures for income Upper Denkyira East Municipal Assembly Upper