Trans Nzoia County Annual Development Plan 2016/2017

Abstract

Trans Nzoia County is one of the forty seven (47) counties in Kenya. The county borders the Republic of Uganda to the West, Bungoma and Kakamega Counties to the South, West Pokot County to the East and Elgeyo Marakwet and Uasin Gishu Counties to the South East. It covers an area of 2,496 Km2. The county has five constituencies namely Endebess, Cherangany, Saboti, Kwanza and Kiminini and a total of 25 Wards. The 2009 Population and Housing Census enumerated a total of 818,757 persons in the County. Of these 407,172 were male and 411,585 female. The inter-censal growth rate was 3.7 percent between 1999 and 2009 which is above the national average of 3.0 percent. The population for the County in 2015 is projected to be 1,022,277persons of which 508,383 are male and 513,893 are female. The County Annual Development Plan (CADP) took cognisance of the existing legislations and policy documents. According to PMF Act 2012 section 126 (1) Article 220(2) of the Constitution part (a)-(g) explains how thee Annual Development Plan is prepared in line the County’s development blue print, the Kenya Vision 2030, its Medium Term Plans, the Constitution of Kenya, various Acts and International Commitments like the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)