Meru County Fiscal Strategy Paper 2023

Abstract

The 2023 Meru County Fiscal Strategy Paper highlights the legal responsibility of the County Government while reviewing the recent economic development in specifying the strategic priorities and policy goals. The paper has been aligned with the County Integrated development plan (CIDP), the County Annual development plan (ADP) and the Budget Policy Statement 2023 (BPS) which provide the basis for prioritization of the development agenda and an identification of the means and resources for their implementation. The County Fiscal Strategy paper has also been prepared with a broad overview of the financial year 2022/23 due to obvious political activities bearing in mind that this year has been dominated with political activities and transition of government both at the National and county level. With an alleviation of economic outlook both at the national and county levels, the CFSP 2023 is designed to position the county on a raising trajectory economic recovery path by stimulating economic activities in certain sectors of the local economy, particularly the productive sectors.