Laikipia County Fiscal Strategy Paper 2016

Abstract

This County Fiscal Strategy Paper for the FY 2016/17 sets out the county's priority programmes to be implemented in the FY 2016/17 as outlined in the County Annual Development Plan 2016/17 and the Second Medium Term Plan of the Vision 2030. In addition it conforms to the direction of the 2016 Budget Policy Statement (BPS) at the national level as captured in the latter’s theme: “Sustaining Economic Prosperity for all Kenyans”. More specifically, the CFSP recognises the challenges identified in the BPS and sets out measures to mitigate them. The County Government of Laikipia is committed to improved service delivery to the public. Key pillars in the CFSP include: water access, health services, road transport infrastructure, agriculture and livestock development, trade and enterprise development, land based natural resource management, education services, public administration systems and tourism. These pillars are also reflected in the BPS through its five key pillars: Creating a conducive business environment for job creation; Investing in sectoral transformation to ensure broad based and sustainable economic growth with a major focus on agricultural transformation to ensure food security; Infrastructure expansion to facilitate economic transformation in transport, logistics, energy and water; Productive sectoral policies towards agricultural transformation, manufacturing, tourism and sports; Investing in social sectors for quality and accessible health care services, quality education as well as strengthening the social safety net to reduce the burden on households and promote shared prosperity; and further consolidating gains made in devolution in order to provide better service delivery and enhanced economic development.