Kakamega County Integrated Development Plan 2013-2017

Abstract

This plan presents a summary of the Kakamega County key socio-economic, environmental and development information. The focus is mainly on on-going projects and programmes, new project proposals outlined by stakeholders during the second MTP 2013-2017 county consultations in December 2012, flagship projects under the Kenya Vision 2030 implemented in the county and stalled projects, the Jubilee manifesto and the Governor‘s manifesto which are all guided by the Kenya Constitution 2010. Kakamega County boarders Vihiga County to the south, Busia and Siaya County to the West, Bungoma and Trans Nzoia County to the North, Uasin Gishu to the North East and Nandi County to the East. The county covers an area of approximately 3050.3 Km2 . Administratively the County has 12 subcounties, 60 wards spread out in 398,709 households According to the 2009 Population and Housing Census, the county population was 1,660, 651 consisting of 797,112 males and 863,539 females giving the population distribution of 48 percent male and 52 per cent female. The projected 2012 population was 1,789,989 constituting of 859,195 males and 930,794 females as shown in table 2 while the county population is projected to be 1,929,401 and 2,028,324 by 2015 and 2017 respectively. The population growth rate for the county is estimated at 2.5 percent. This has put great pressure on socio-economic facilities; especially on health, education and land. Resources, which could have otherwise been utilized elsewhere, have been diverted to meet the health and education needs leaving very little for other investment.