COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF UASIN GISHU COUNTY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN (CIDP) 2018-2022 2018 A Prosperous and Attractive County in Kenya and Beyond © County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP 2018-2022) The County Treasury P. O. Box 40-30100 ELDORET, KENYA Email: [email protected] Website: www.uasingishu.go.ke This document is also available at www.uasingishu.go.ke County Integrated Development Plan (2018-2022) ii County Vision: A prosperous and attractive County in Kenya and beyond County Mission: To provide high quality of life to the residents through good governance, innovation, inclusive growth and sustainable development Core Values: ▪ Participation of the people: we involve our people in decision making on matters that affect their welfare; ▪ Equity and Equality: We ensure fairness in distribution of County resources without leaving anyone behind; ▪ Inclusiveness: we will ensure all developments encompasses all members of the society without discrimination ▪ Innovativeness: We are committed to transforming the service provision to meet and exceed the expectations of Uasin Gishu County residents; ▪ Integrity: In all our undertakings, we are committed to act in an honest and professional manner; ▪ Accountability and Transparency: we are committed to be responsible for our actions and continuously improve service delivery, report appropriately to stakeholders and clients; ▪ Customer Focus: we commit to place the customer at the centre of our focus in service delivery. Motto: The Champions County Integrated Development Plan (2018-2022) iii TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................................... iv LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................... vii LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................. ix LIST OF ACRONYMNS AND ABBREVIATIONS................................................................ x FOREWARD ........................................................................................................................... xv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..................................................................................................... xvii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................. xviii CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................................ 1 COUNTY GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................. 1 1.0 County Overview ................................................................................................................. 2 1.1 Position and Size .................................................................................................................. 2 1.2 Physiographic and Natural Conditions ................................................................................ 4 1.2.1 Physical and Topographic features ................................................................................... 4 1.2.2 Ecological conditions ........................................................................................................ 4 1.2.3 Climatic conditions ........................................................................................................... 4 1.3 Administrative and Political Units ....................................................................................... 5 1.3.1 Administrative Units ......................................................................................................... 5 1.3.2 Political Units.................................................................................................................... 6 1.4 Demographic Features ......................................................................................................... 8 1.4.1 Population size and composition ...................................................................................... 8 1.4.2 Population density and distribution ................................................................................ 10 1.4.3 Population projection for special age groups .................................................................. 11 1.4.5 Demographic Dividend ................................................................................................... 13 1.5 Human Development Approach ........................................................................................ 15 1.6 Infrastructure Development ............................................................................................... 15 1.7 Land and Land Use ............................................................................................................ 16 1.8 Employment ....................................................................................................................... 19 1.9 Crop, Livestock, Fish Production and Value addition ....................................................... 19 1.9.1 Crop production .............................................................................................................. 19 1.10 Tourism and Wildlife ....................................................................................................... 22 1.10.1: Tourism ........................................................................................................................ 22 1.10.2 Wildlife ......................................................................................................................... 23 County Integrated Development Plan (2018-2022) iv 1.11 Industry and Trade ........................................................................................................... 24 1.12 Forestry and Agro Forestry .............................................................................................. 24 1.13 Financial Services ............................................................................................................ 25 1.14 Water and Sanitation ........................................................................................................ 25 1.15 Health Access and Nutrition ............................................................................................ 26 1.16 Education, Skills, Literacy and Infrastructure ................................................................. 27 1.17 Sports, Culture and Creative Arts .................................................................................... 28 1.18 Cooperative Societies....................................................................................................... 29 1.19 Social Protection .............................................................................................................. 29 1.20 Security, Law and Order .................................................................................................. 30 LINKAGES WITH VISION 2030 AND OTHER PLANS ..................................................... 31 2.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................ 32 2.2 Linkage of the CIDP with the Kenya Vision 2030 and Other Plans, Policies and Strategies ………………………………………………………………………………………………34 CHAPTER THREE ................................................................................................................. 45 REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PREVIOUS CIDP ......................................... 45 3.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 46 3.1 Status of Implementation of the CIDP I ............................................................................ 46 3.2 Summary of Achievements under CIDP I ......................................................................... 47 3.2.1 Public Administration Sector .......................................................................................... 47 3.2.2 Infrastructure Sector ........................................................................................................ 57 3.2.3 Agriculture and Rural Development Sector .................................................................... 60 3.2.4 Health Sector ................................................................................................................... 65 3.2.5 Education, Culture, Social Services, Youth Training and Sports Development ............ 67 3.3 Summary of Notable Challenges and Lessons Learnt ....................................................... 68 3.3.1 Challenges: ...................................................................................................................... 68 3.3.2 Lessons learnt.................................................................................................................. 69 CHAPTER FOUR .................................................................................................................... 70 COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES ......................................... 70 4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 71 4.2 Spatial Development Framework ...................................................................................... 71 4.2.1 County Structure