he County Annual Development Plan for the financial year 2024/2025 is the second Annual Development Plan that will implement the third generation of the County Integrated Development Plan 2023-2027. This is in pursuant to section 125 and 126(1) of the Public Finance Management Act (2012) that emphasises preparation of the Annual Development Plan as a link between the CIDP and the overall budgeting Process. It outlines the county’s development priorities in line with programme based planning and budgeting with clear objectives, outputs and outcome indicators, to guide the implementation and monitoring of projects and programmes in each department and agencies of the County Government. This ADP will enhance the prudent allocation of resources as envisaged in the government policy on expenditure prioritization to achieve the transformative development agenda of making Meru Happy, spearheaded by H.E. Hon. Bishop Kawira Mwangaza. This CADP FY 2024/2025 clearly aligns not only with the CIDP 2023-2027 but also with other planning frameworks such as the Kenya Vision 2030, the Medium-Term Plan IV, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Agenda 2063. Comprehensive consultation process with all the County Departments and Agencies has characterized the preparation of this CADP where keen attention has been given to the transformative, ongoing and new projects captured in the CIDP 2023-2027.