Sessional Paper No. 04 of 1959 on the Development Programme 1960/63

Abstract

The development programme for the three years 1960/63 has been prepared on similar lines to the 1954/57 and the 1957/60 programmes, and it is not proposed to repeat general observations on the need for planning or on the past history of development in Kenya, both of which have been fully expounded in earlier Sessional Papers. It is sufficient to say that the main purposes behind the formulation of a capital budget on a three-year basis are continuity in planning, and the co-ordination and clarification of the objectives of such planning. In Chapter II a review is made of the country’s economy with particular reference to the changes in the 1954/58 period. Chapter III contains an estimate of the funds which the Government considers likely to become available to finance this development programme. In the first part of Chapter IV some of the factors which affect the various allocations within the programme are discussed, and the objectives of the programmes are outlined in the latter part, supported by Tables 10 to 13 setting out the gross and net allocations. Chapter V proceeds to break down the summary given in Chapter IV, into the detail of projects and schemes and for convenience a table of the financial allocations under each head is given at intervals in the text. Finally, Chapter VI deals with the recurrent implications of carrying out this programme of development.