https://repository.kippra.or.ke/handle/123456789/335 2022-10-31T06:40:18Z https://repository.kippra.or.ke/handle/123456789/611 Machakos County Integrated Development Plan 2018-2022 Machakos County is one of the 47 counties in Kenya with a projected population of 1.4 million in 2018. Its capital and largest town is Machakos, which was the country’s first administrative headquarters. The County has good road network connecting eight neighboring counties with the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) terminus at Athi River. It borders Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. The County was ranked position 3 in ‘ease of doing business’ by the World Bank Group 2016 and banks on transformative projects such as the Konza Technology City and the Machakos New City for its growth and development. The County has a total area coverage of 6,208.2km2 with availability of vast land for investment and a set industrial development corridor in Mavoko Sub-County. The County has modern real estate facilities that provide habitat for residents of Machakos and neighboring counties, especially Nairobi. Building materials such as cement, building stones, ballast, sand, steel etc. are readily available due to the various industries located within the County. The County has approximately 3,720km2 of arable land which is under constant decline due to climatic changes and shift in land use to mainly real estate development. There are 12 irrigation schemes which sum up to 3,220 acres with a great potential for new and enlargement of the existing ones. There are 15 proposed new irrigation schemes summing up to 1,725 acres. 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repository.kippra.or.ke/handle/123456789/610 Machakos County Integrated Development Plan 2013-2017 Machakos County is one of the forty seven counties in Kenya and one of the eight counties in the Eastern region. To the North the county borders Embu, Murang’a and Kiambu counties, to the west Nairobi and Kajiado counties; to the south Makueni county; and to the East Kitui county. The county has area of 6208.2 Km² most of which is semi-arid. The county is divided into eight sub counties/constituencies namely; Masinga, Yatta, Kangundo, Matungulu, Kathiani, Mavoko, Machakos Town and Mwala. The County has a total of 40 wards and 75 Locations. It lies between latitudes 0º45´South and 1º31´South and longitudes 36º45´East and 37º45´East. According to the to the 2009 Kenya Population and Housing census, the county has a population of 1,098,584. The Kenya National Bureau of Statics has projected a total population growth of 1,238,650 in 2015 and 1,289,200 in 2017. The projected population growth is at approximately 1% over the years while the projected population growth of men is 1% more than women. The county has an average population of 188 per square kilometre. The average household size is 4 with a life expectancy of 65.5%. Absolute poverty is at a rate of 60.7% with a contribution of 4.7% to national poverty. The poverty line is a threshold below which people are deemed poor. The last official statistics summarizing the bottom of the consumption distribution (i.e. those that fall below the poverty line) were provided in 2005/06. The poverty line was estimated at KES 1,562 and KES 2,913 per adult equivalent per month for rural and urban households respectively. Nationally, 45.2 percent of the population lives below the poverty line (2009 estimates) down from 46 percent in 2005/06. (KNBS, 2009) Masinga Sub County had the highest rate of individuals below the poverty line at 61.3%, which was 15.3% above the national average. Mavoko had the lowest rate at 22.8%, 23.2% below the national average. 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z