Muranga County Integrated Development Plan 2023-2027

Abstract

Murang’a County is one of the 47 Counties created under the Kenya Constitution 2010. It is located in the central region of the Republic of Kenya and lies between latitudes 0o 34’; 107’ South and longitudes 36o; 37o 27’ East. The county covers a total area of 2,558.8 Km2, and borders Nyeri to the North, Kiambu to the South, Nyandarua to the West, and Kirinyaga, Embu and Machakos counties to the East. Administratively, the county is divided into seven constituencies and 35 wards, with 9 sub counties, 32 divisions, 118 locations, 294 sub locations and 2,478 villages. The 2019 Population and Housing Census recorded a population of 1,056,640 persons in Murang’a County. The population growth rate is estimated at 1.2 percent per annum, with the number of people slated to rise to 1,108,594 in 2023, 1,135,521 in 2025 and 1,163,103 persons in 2027. The male-female sex ratio for the county is 49:51. During the plan period (2023-2027), the county targets to have an accelerated and all-inclusive economic growth, higher living standards, improved governance, efficient public service delivery and an enabling environment for the private sector to do business. The Plan is driven by a socio-economic agenda focusing on reducing inequalities in access to productive resources as primed in ‘the Bottom-up transformative economic model.