Nyeri County Spatial Plan 2020-2030

Abstract

The Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of Kenya confers the role of County planning to the County Governments. Additionally, the County Government Act of 2012 requires each County Government to prepare a ten-year GISbased County Spatial Plan (CSP) in respect of the entire County. The CSP is a framework for organizing and distributing local populations and activities desired to achieve both national and County development objectives. The CSP also aims to coordinate the implementation of sectoral projects and programs, to reduce the wastage of scarce resources and the duplication of efforts. The preparation process was guided by the; Constitution of Kenya, Kenya Vision 2030, and relevant policies and legislations for spatial development (such as the National Spatial Plan, National Land Use Policy 2018, National Land Policy 2009, and the CIDP (2018 - 2022). The preparation process was also informed by other various relevant Acts, including the County Government Act (2012), the Physical and Land Use Planning Act (2019), the Urban Areas and Cities Act (2019), the Environment Management and Coordination Act, the Water Act, the Land Act, the National Land Commission Act, the Forest Act, among others. Stakeholders’ meetings were held in all the wards in recognition of the fact that the ward has become an important Planning unit as far as the County Government Act of 2012 is concerned. In each ward, the participants were able to develop the vision for their ward, which were later merged to form the overall County vision.