Makueni County Fiscal Strategy Paper 2020

Abstract

The 2020 Makueni County Fiscal Strategy Paper (CFSP) sets the County Government priority programs to be implemented through the medium-term period 2020/21– 2022/23. The programs and policies herein reflect the concerns of the Makueni Citizenry and are anchored under the CIDP 2018-2022 and the 2020/21 Annual Development Plan. The theme for development for FY 2020/21 will be ‘Integrated community development for increased household income and empowerment opportunities for the youth. The Government has prioritized programs aimed at increasing the household income. This will be through accelerating rural economic development through investment in the productive sectors of the economy, Promotion of savings and investment among the households and Public sector restructuring and reorganization to enhance efficiency and productivity. In investing in the productive sectors of the economy, the Government has prioritized interventions geared towards enhancing the county agricultural production, which contributes 47 Per Cent of the local county gross product and a source of livelihoods to 78 Per cent of the people in Makueni. The Government will also be keen in enhancing value addition for agricultural products and sand, which is expected to increase household income and generate employment amongst the youth.