! Trans Nzoia County Integrated Development Plan, 2013-2017 !i Vision To be an outstanding agro-industrialised county with high quality of life for residents Mission To facilitate transformative development, service delivery and good governance for sustainable socio-economic development in Trans Nzoia County Trans Nzoia County Integrated Development Plan, 2013-2017 !ii TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables xiii List of Maps and Figures xiv Acronyms xv CHAPTER ONE: COUNTY BACKGROUND INFORMATION i 1. Introduction i 1.1. Position and Size i 2. Physiographic and Natural Conditions ___________________________________________ iii 2.3. Administrative and Political Units ____________________________________________ v 3. Demographic Features ________________________________________________________ viii 1.5 Human Development Indicators ________________________________________________ 17 6. Infrastructure and Access _____________________________________________________ 17 7. Access to Finance: Banks, SACCOs, Micro Finance Institutions ______________________ 18 8. Education Institutions: Primary/Secondary Schools, Polytechnics, Colleges, Universities __ 19 9. Energy Access (Main Sources of Energy, Electricity Coverage etc) ____________________ 20 10. Markets and Urban Centres ___________________________________________________ 20 Trans Nzoia County Integrated Development Plan, 2013-2017 !iii 11. Housing: Types ____________________________________________________________ 21 12. Land and Land Use _________________________________________________________ 21 13. Community Organizations/Non-State Actors _____________________________________ 22 14. Crop, Livestock and Fish Production ___________________________________________ 23 15. Forestry and Agro Forestry ___________________________________________________ 28 16. Environment and Climate Change ______________________________________________ 32 17. Tourism __________________________________________________________________ 33 18. Industry __________________________________________________________________ 36 19. Employment and Other Sources of Income ______________________________________ 36 20. Water and Sanitation ________________________________________________________ 37 21. Health Access and Nutrition __________________________________________________ 38 22. Education and Literacy ______________________________________________________ 40 23. County Administration and Public Service Management ____________________________ 41 CHAPTER TWO: COUNTY SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES 43 2. Introduction ________________________________________________________________ Trans Nzoia County Integrated Development Plan, 2013-2017 !iv 44 2.1. The enabling Environment _______________________________________________ 44 2.2. Major Development Challenges ___________________________________________ 44 2.3. Sector Issues, objectives and Strategies _____________________________________ 47 2.4. Cross cutting issues ____________________________________________________ 59 2.4.1. HIV/AIDS ____________________________________________________ 59 2.4.2. Climate change _________________________________________________ 60 2.4.3. Gender Inequality _______________________________________________ 61 2.4.4. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) ____________________________________ 62 CHAPTER THREE: COUNTY SPATIAL FRAMEWORK 63 3. Introduction ________________________________________________________________ 64 3.1.Justification of the Spatial Plan _________________________________________________ 64 3.2.Overview of the Spatial Structure _______________________________________________ 65 3.3.Political/Administrative Units _________________________________________________ 66 3.4.Land Use and Settlement Patterns ______________________________________________ Trans Nzoia County Integrated Development Plan, 2013-2017 !v 67 3.5.Infrastructure Network _______________________________________________________ 69 3.6. Natural Resources __________________________________________________________ 72 CHAPTER FOUR: LINKAGES WITH OTHER PLANS 75 4. Introduction ________________________________________________________________ 75 4.1. Linkages of the CIDP to the Kenya Constitution 2010. _____________________________ 75 4.2. Linkage with the Vision 2030 and Medium Term Plans ____________________________ 76 CHAPTER FIVE: INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 82 CHAPTER FIVE: INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 83 5. Introduction ________________________________________________________________ 83 5.1. Institutional Framework __________________________________________________ 83 5.1.1. The Executive ____________________________________________________________ 83 5.1.2. County Assembly _________________________________________________________ 87 5.1.3. County Stakeholders _______________________________________________________ 90 CHAPTER SIX: RESOURCE MOBILIZATION FRAMEWORK 93 Trans Nzoia County Integrated Development Plan, 2013-2017 !vi 6. Introduction ________________________________________________________________ 93 6.1. Budget Projection for Managing the County Government ___________________________ 93 6.2. Strategies for Raising Revenue in the Plan period _________________________________ 93 6.3. Strategies for Financing Capital projects _________________________________________ 97 6.4. Asset Management Strategy __________________________________________________ 98 6.5. Financial Management strategy ________________________________________________ 98 CHAPTER SEVEN: DEVELOPMENT PRIORITY PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS 100 CHAPTER SEVEN: DEVELOPMENT PRIORITY PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS 101 7. Introduction ________________________________________________________________ 101 7.1. Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperative Development ______________________ 101 7.1.1.Sector Mission and Vision ___________________________________________________ 101 7.1.2.County Response to Sector Vision and Mission ___________________________________ 102 7.1.3.Role of Stakeholders _______________________________________________________ 102 7.1.4.Sub-sector Priorities, Constraints and Strategies __________________________________ 103 7.2. Projects and Programmes ____________________________________________________ 105 Trans Nzoia County Integrated Development Plan, 2013-2017 !vii 7.2.1.Agriculture and Rural Development Sector _____________________________________ 105 7.3. Environment, Water and Natural resources ______________________________________ 112 7.3.1.Sector Mission and Vision ___________________________________________________ 112 7.3.2.County Response to Sector Vision and Mission ___________________________________ 112 7.3.3.Role of Stakeholders _______________________________________________________ 113 7.3.4.Sub-sector Priorities, Constraints and Strategies __________________________________ 113 7.3.5.Projects and Programmes ____________________________________________________ 115 7.4. Health ____________________________________________________________________ 125 7.4.1.Sector Vision and Mission ___________________________________________________ 125 7.4.2.County Response to Sector Vision and Mission ___________________________________ 125 7.4.3.Role of Stakeholders _______________________________________________________ 125 7.4.4.Sub-sector Priorities, Constraints and Strategies __________________________________ 126 7.4.5. Projects and Programmes ___________________________________________________ 126 7.5. Education and Information Communication and Technology _________________________ 130 7.5.1.Sector Mission and Vision ___________________________________________________ 130 7.5.2. County Response to Sector Vision and Mission __________________________________ 130 7.5.3. Role of Stakeholders _______________________________________________________ 131 7.5.4. Sub-sector Priorities, Constraints and Strategies _________________________________ Trans Nzoia County Integrated Development Plan, 2013-2017 !viii 132 7.5.5. Projects and Programmes ___________________________________________________ 133 7.6. Public Works, Transport and Infrastructure _____________________________________ 139 7.6.1. Sector Mission and Vision ___________________________________________________ 139 7.6.2. County Response to Sector Vision and Mission __________________________________ 139 7.6.3. Role of Stakeholders _______________________________________________________ 139 7.6.4. Sub-sector Priorities, Constraints and Strategies _________________________________ 140 7.6.5. Projects and Programmes ___________________________________________________ 141 7.7.Economic Planning, Commerce and Industry _____________________________________ 151 7.7.1.Sector Mission and Vision ___________________________________________________ 151 7.7.2. County Response to Sector Vision and Mission __________________________________ 151 7.7.3.Role of Stakeholders _______________________________________________________ 151 7.7.4. Sub-sector Priorities, Constraints and Strategies _________________________________ 153 7.7.5. Projects and Programmes ___________________________________________________ 155 7.8. Gender, Youth, Sports, Culture and Tourism _____________________________________ 160 7.8.1.Sector Mission and Vision ___________________________________________________ 160 7.8.2.County Response to Sector Vision and Mission ___________________________________ 160 7.8.3.Role of Stakeholders _______________________________________________________ 160 Trans Nzoia County Integrated Development Plan, 2013-2017 !ix 7.8.4.Sub-sector