Nakuru District Development Plan 1974-1978

Abstract

This chapter reviews progress in on-going recurrent and development programmes and makes a first assessment — so far it is possible to do so at the present stage of the district planning exercise - of the medium and long term development needs of the district. Attention is drawn to constraints and gaps in current programmes as well as to their strengths. An assessment io made of the impact upon these programmes of the 1974/78 Development Plan district-disaggregated projects. It will be apparent from a reading of this chapter that a great deal can be achieved at the district level by improved co—ordination, by relatively minor changes of emphasis and by good management. All these matters are within the competence of the D.DoC. and the D.D.C. will consequently acquire an important management role. The sectoral strategies that are proposed for the remainder of the plan period are aimed primarily at the O.C. It is upon these strategies that the action programme in Chapter III has been built up. As experience of the working of the action programme is gained it will be feasible to identify with greater precision the long term development needs of tho district. It will then be possible to set in train the process of relating national development plan projects to clearly defined district needs and thus to a large degree basing the national plan upon district plans.