Meru County Annual Development Plan 2025/2026

Abstract

The Public Finance Management Act, 2012 provides for each County Government to prepare an Annual Development Plan (ADP) as one of the statutory documents obligatory in the annual budget preparation process. This is pursuant to Section 126 of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) 2012 and in accordance with Article 220 (2) of the Constitution. The ADP 2025/2026 provides a development framework with strategic interventions and programs that will guide the government in realizing its socio-economic transformation agenda. The ADP 2025/2026 is the 3rd annual implementation plan for the 3rd generation County Integrated Development Plan 2023-2027 themed ‘Making Meru Happy’. The government is focusing on building resilience across sectors to respond to economic shocks, climate change effects, and enhancing recovery from COVID-19. The development priorities in the plan are integrated with the existing global, national, and county blueprints namely; Kenya Vision 2030, MTP IV(BETA), Approved Meru County Integrated Development Plan 2023-2027, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Meru Vision 2040, and the County Spatial Plan. The priorities have also been aligned to the Governor’s manifesto and the development philosophy “Sustained Development” – the desire to do lasting and changing development for all. The theme being “making Meru happy”.