Baringo District Development Plan 1994-1996

Abstract

This District Development Plan was prepared by the District Departmental Heads of various ministries under the co-ordination of the District Commissioner assisted by the members of the District Planning Unit. The plan drafts were discussed by members of the District Executive Committee and approved by the District Development Committee. Rural Planning Department of the Office of the Vice President and Ministry of Planning and National Development provided overall guidance through seminars, formulation of the guidelines and was also responsible for editing and publication of the plan. The Plan is divided into five chapters. Chapter One: Provides background information on the district's natural and human resource base and potential. Chapter Two: Provides a portrait of the people of the district, the way they earn their livelihood, and their standard of living. It presents social and economic levels of the district. Chapter Three: Presents the major development constraints and the district's strategy for dealing with them in the 1994-96 plan period. Chapter Four: Provides a situation analysis of HIV/AIDS of the District Chapter Five: Lists in order of priority for each sector major projects and programmes which the DOC wishes to implement during the 1994-96 plan period. Selection and prioritization of projects and programmes was the responsibility of the DOC. The drafting of the plan was guided by the Sessional Paper No. 1 of 1986 and other relevant national and sectoral policy documents...