Kakamega County Sector Plan for Trade, Industrialization and Tourism 2023-2032

Abstract

The fourth schedule of the Kenya Constitution, 2010, stipulated fourteen (14) functions that were devolved to the county governments. Among the functions allocated to county governments were promotion of local tourism, markets construction and supervision, trade licenses (excluding regulation of professions), fair trading practices and consumer protection and industrialization. To implement these functions, the sector has implemented various projects and programmes geared toward its mandate such as development of market infrastructure, promotion of local tourism, support of sport and events tourism and Industrial development. The sector has promoted consumer protection and fair trade practices. This plan has presented the county background information in terms of size and location, demographic features which are important parameters to consider while implementing the plan. It also explains the rational for preparing the sector plan, the linkage of the sector plan with other plans and the plan preparation process.