Makueni County Disaster Management and Special Programmes Policy 2022

Abstract

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 devastating effects on human population, property and also retarded economic growth among other negative effects. In the quest for mitigating vulnerabilities to risks faced by the county and its residents, the County Government with the involvement of various stakeholders has formulated Makueni County Disaster Management and Special Programmes Policy to institutionalize mechanisms and strategies for addressing disasters. The policy is aligned with the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, the Kenya Vision 2030, the National Disaster Management Policy, 2018, the National Disaster Management Authority Act, 2020, the Makueni County Emergency Fund Act, 2015, Makueni County Vision 2025 among other regulatory instruments that address disaster management. This policy documents the conventional disasters that visit the county and articulates the strategies to address the said various challenges in disaster management. The strategies focus on the inadequate decentralized disaster management structures and resources, inadequate management and dissemination of information, low levels of awareness and inadequate regulatory and institutional framework among others. The policy also offers implementation procedures to the objectives.