i KWAHU WEST MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2014-2017 JUNE 2014 i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As a way of fulfilling the constitutional mandate, all Metropolitan, Municipals and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana are required to prepare periodic Medium-Term Development Plans for the development of their areas. Therefore, this Medium Development Plan (MTDP) for the 2014-2017 Plan Period represents the development imperative of the Kwahu West Municipal for the next four years. The MTDP was prepared in accordance with the National Medium Term Development Planning Framework (NMTDPF) provided by the National Development Planning Commission. The MTDP preparation process involved wide consultation with all stakeholders, departments, organisations and institutions. In addition, field surveys were also made targeting at capturing the views, opinions, challenges and aspirations of households, business operators, the vulnerable and the excluded. These efforts were useful in obtaining the real development challenges, needs and aspirations of the people, some that include low productivity in the agricultural sector, high levels of poverty, poor road infrastructure, inadequate supply of potable water, poor access to sanitation, low IGF and so on. As a planning response to the development challenges identified from the field, about 53 programmes are initiated in these MTDP aimed at achieving the Municipal’s development goal of promoting accelerated economic growth and development. The estimated cost of the programmes is about GHȻ6,778,110. About 21 percent of this figure will be financed from Internally Generated Funds and the rest will come from District Assembly Common Fund, Government of Ghana among others. In the wake of government fiscal difficulties, the Assembly is also looking for more innovative ways of funding its development programmes on a sustainable basis. In order to bring all stakeholders on board to buy and own the MTDP, a communication strategy has been developed which will facilitate the participation of all segment of the society in the plan implementation, monitoring and evaluation process. Many a time, development projects aimed at promoting development would rather inadvertently constraint future development or leave some people or communities worse off. To address this anomaly, the plans, programmes and projects have been subjected to strategic environmental assessment to ensure that sustainable development is achieved. It is anticipated, the proposed interventions contribute in solving the socio-economic problems and challenges in the Municipality. i ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ii iii TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENT PAGE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................................i ACKNOWLEDGEMENT..............................................................................................................ii TABLE OF CONTENTS...............................................................................................................iii LIST OF TABLES ……………………………………………………………………………..viii LIST OF FIGURES ………………………………………………………………...…………..xii LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS …………………………………..…..…...xiii CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION…………………………………….………...1 1.1 Background…………………………………………………………………………………1 1.2 Objectives of the Assignment………………………………………………………………1 1.3 Methodology………………………………………………………………………………..2 1.3.1 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………….2 1.3.2 Review of Kwahu West Municipal Assembly Medium Term Development Plan (2010-013)…………………………………………………………………………………...2 1.3.3 Reconnaissance Survey………………………………………………………………..2 1.3.4 Preparation of Survey Instruments…………………………………………………….3 1.3.5 Primary Data Collection……………………………………………………………….3 1.3.6 Secondary Data Collection…………………………………………………………….3 1.3.7 Sampling Method……………………………………………………………………...4 1.3.8 Data Analysis………………………………………………………………………….4 1.4 Scope of the Assignment…………………………………………………………………..4 1.5 Organization of the Report………………………………………………………………...5 CHAPTER TWO:PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS………...6 iii iv 2.1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………6 2.2. PERFORMANCE REVIEW ................................................................................................ 6 2.2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 6 2.2.2 Review of Projects under the KWMMTDP (2010-2013) .............................................. 6 2.2.3 Summary of Performance Review on Development Projects ...................................... 30 2.2.4 Review of Revenue and Expenditure (2010 - 2013) .................................................... 32 2.2.5 Processes Involved and Difficulties Encountered ........................................................ 41 2.2.6 Development Gaps ....................................................................................................... 43 2.3 SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS OF KWAHU WEST MUNICIPALITY ............................. 45 2.3.1Location and Size .......................................................................................................... 45 2.3.2 Physical Characteristics ................................................................................................ 48 2.3.3 Population Distribution................................................................................................. 52 2.3.4 Fiscal Situation in Kwahu West Municipality .............................................................. 59 2.3.5 Overview of the Municipal’s Economy........................................................................ 67 2.3.6 Vulnerability Analysis .................................................................................................. 83 2.3.7 Social Services ............................................................................................................. 91 2.3.8 Water and Sanitation .................................................................................................. 105 2.3.9 Energy ......................................................................................................................... 109 2.3.10 Housing Sector ......................................................................................................... 111 2.3.11 Governance of the Kwahu West Municipality ......................................................... 115 2.3.12 Community Participation .......................................................................................... 120 2.3.13 Spatial Analysis ........................................................................................................ 122 2.3.14 Transportation ........................................................................................................... 127 2.3.15 Commodity Flow ...................................................................................................... 139 2.3.16 Functional Region and Poverty Pockets ................................................................... 145 iv v 2.3.17 Key Development Problems/Issues/Gaps .................................................................... 147 CHAPTER THREE: PRIORITISATION OF DEVELOPMENT ISSUES …………………..149 3.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 149 3.2 Local Development Needs/Aspirations ............................................................................. 149 3.3 Harmonisation of Community Needs and Aspirations with identified Key Development Issues ....................................................................................................................................... 150 3.4harmonized issues of the GSGDA 2010-2013linked to the NMTDPF 2014-2017 ……..151 3.5 Linking the adopted issues to the GSGDA thematic areas ……………………………...153 3.6 Prioritization of Adopted Issues…………………………………………………………155 3.7 Application of POCC…………………………………………………………………….161 CHAPTER FOUR:DEVELOPMENT GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES ..……..177 4.1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………177 4.2 Municipal Vision and Mission ……………………………………………………….. .177 4.2.1 Vision Statement …………………………………………………………………...177 4.2.2 Mission Statement ……………………………………………………..……………177 4.3 Municipal Development Goal……………………………………………………………177 4.3.1 Goal Compatibility Analysis………………………………………………………...178 4.4Development Projections and Needs Assessment for 2014–2017……………………….178 4.4.1 Demographic Projections ................................................................... ………………179 4.4.2 Needs Assessment for 2017……………………………………………..……….......180 4.5 Municipal Development Objectives and Strategies for the Thematic Areas….…………183 CHAPTER FIVE: DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES……………………….……………..187 5.1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………187 5.2 Development Programmes – 2014 – 2017……………………………………………….187 5.3 Logical Framework ……………………………………………………………………189 v vi 5.4 Formulation of Composite Programmes of Action (PoA)……………………………….212 5.5 Indicative Financial Plan for 2014 -2017...........................................................................223 5.6 Main Sources and Cost of the Plan .......................................................................... ……223 5.7 Strategies for Mobilizing Funds ........................................................................................ 223 CHAPTER SIX: MUNICIPAL ANNUAL ACTION PLAN………………………………….226 6.1 Introduction ………………………………………………………………...……………226