Makueni County is a county in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Wote.The largest town is Emali town. Emali town is also an important market and stop over for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). Emali town is multicultural and adds diversity to Makueni county.The county has a population of 987,653 (2019 census). The county lies between Latitude 1° 35' and 2° 59' South and Longitude 37° 10' and 38° 30' East. It borders Machakos County to the North, Kitui County to the East, Taita Taveta County to the South and Kajiado County to the West and covers an area of 8,008.9 km2. The county has a number of prominent features in including volcanic Chyullu hills which lie along the South West border of the county Mbooni hills in Mbooni sub county and Kilungu and Iuani hills in Kaiti sub county, Makongo forest and scenic view, Makuli forest and Nzaui hill.

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  • Makueni County Programme-Based Budget 2024/2025 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2024)
    The FY 2024/25 Budget Estimates is prepared in accordance with the provisions of PFMA 2012, Section 135 and 136 and Regulation 39 of the PFMA Regulations (County Governments) 2015. The County Programme-Based Budget for FY ...
  • Makueni County Annual Development Plan 2024/2025 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2023)
    The County Annual Development Plan (CADP) 2024/2025 is the second Annual Development Plan implementing the County Integrated Development Plan 2023/2027. It is the policy blueprint that will guide development in the county ...
  • Makueni County Annual Development Plan 2023/2024 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2023)
    The FY 2023/24 ADP will be the first to implement the 3rd generation County Integrated Development Plan 2023-2027 themed 'A resilient economy for sustainable development'. This is in line with building resilience across ...
  • Makueni County Budget Review and Outlook Paper 2023 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2023)
    The 2023 CBROP highlights the total amount of revenue collected against projected amount in the year under review. the paper gives an overview about how the actual expenditure performance of FY 2022/2023 has affected the ...
  • Makueni County Integrated Development Plan 2023-2027 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2023)
    The 2023-27 County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP) is the third generation long term plan since the onset of Devolution following the enactment of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 which led to creation of County Governments. ...
  • Makueni County Fiscal Strategy Paper 2023 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2023)
    The 2023 Makueni County Fiscal Strategy Paper (CFSP) outlines the development agenda for sustainable and resilient economic growth. It implements the 3rd generation County Integrated Development Plan and focuses on ...
  • Makueni County Transport Policy 2022 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2022)
    The County of Makueni is one of the 47 counties in Kenya formed after the promulgation of the of the 2010 Kenyan Constitution. It is geographically located in South East of Nairobi, the Capital city of Kenya. The County ...
  • Makueni County Universal Health Care Policy 2022 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2022)
    Kenya’s adoption of the universal health coverage stems from the 58th World Health Assembly of 2005, which urged member countries to aim at providing universally accessible health care to all members of the population ...
  • Makueni County Revenue Administration Policy 2022 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2022)
    The overarching goal of the County as envisioned in Makueni Vision 2025 is Prosperous value based county with a high quality of life. The plan envisions an increased Own Source Revenue (OSR) mobilization to ensure the ...
  • Makueni County Arts, Trade and Investment Policy 2022 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2022)
    Trade and investment play a significant role in a country’s growth and development through their linkages with all the sectors of the economy by creating markets through which goods and services get to the consumer. Trade ...
  • Makueni County Cooperative Development Policy 2022 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2022)
    The launching of this first County Cooperative Development Policy marks an important milestone in the County Government’s efforts to use Cooperatives in realizing its development agenda and enable them play a key role ...
  • Makueni County Tourism Policy 2022 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2022)
    Makueni County boasts of the great potential borne by its tourism sector, which makes it necessary to identify ways of nurturing this latent wealth and channelling the benefits derived therefrom for economic development. ...
  • Makueni County Gender Policy 2022 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2022)
    Gender inequality in Makueni County as a major obstacle to socio-economic and political development of its people. The socio-economic development of the County is dependent on the full utilization of its human capital ...
  • Makueni County Youth Policy 2022 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2022)
    The Makueni County Youth Policy (2019) is the first framework formulated since the inception of the County Governments. Much progress has been made in various quarters of the Youth sector but much more need to be done. ...
  • Makueni County Public Participation Policy 2022 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2022)
    Public participation in Kenya is considered a crucial pillar of the Kenyan Constitution. It attains the objective of promoting democracy by providing the public with the opportunity to take part in decision-making processes ...
  • Makueni County Social Protection Policy 2022 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2022)
    Social protection is an investment that contributes to inclusive economic development and promotes pro-poor growth while directly reducing poverty. It not only tackles income insecurity and poverty but also provides an ...
  • Makueni County Disaster Management and Special Programmes Policy 2022 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2022)
    Makueni County, like any other county has its share of disaster profile that is dominated by drought, fires, floods, landslides, drowning, diseases and epidemics. Whenever these disasters have occurred, they have had ...
  • Makueni County Arts, Culture and Heritage Policy 2022 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2022)
    Governments cannot determine a people’s culture; indeed, they are partly determined by it. But they can influence it for better or worse and in so doing affect the path of development. UNESCO (1995). Every human being ...
  • Makueni County Education and Training Policy 2022 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2022)
    Education systems the world over have evolved to ensure that quality lies at their core whilst also ensuring that the prevailing needs of society are addressed. Quality and sustainable education is a transformative force ...
  • Makueni County Monitoring and Evaluation Policy 2022 

    County Government of Makueni (County Government of Makueni, 2022)
    Chapter 12 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 provides for openness and accountability in management of public resources. This includes among others a robust system of monitoring and evaluation as a way of ensuring efficient ...

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