Siaya County Integrated Development Plan 2023-2027

Abstract

The County Integrated Development Plan 2023-2027 is a policy blueprint that will guide development in the county for a period of five years. Development priorities, programmes and projects in the next five years will be geared towards the realisation of the overarching theme of, “Economic Transformation for Shared Growth’’. This will contribute towards the achievement of the Nyalore Manifesto, The Kenya Vision 2030 and its Fourth Medium-Term Plan 2023-2027 as well as Sustainable Development Goals. To realize this, the plan has adopted an agriculture driven development model that will address food and nutrition insecurity, low household incomes and high unemployment by restructuring and revamping agriculture into a vibrant industry. The contribution of Siaya to the GDP was estimated at 1% equivalent to Ksh. 15.4 billion. Out of Ksh. 15.4 billion, Agriculture accounts for 60% which is equivalent to Ksh. 9.2 billion (Gross County Product Report 2021). This statistic indicates that despite agriculture being the economic mainstay in Siaya, its contribution to the national GDP remains low. To address this challenge, this Plan will focus on a paradigm shift in the development of the agricultural sector from simple increase of output production to improvement of the productivity frontier. This shift will contribute to improvement of household incomes by 30% and create 20,000 jobs annually thereby doubling the contribution of agriculture to Ksh 20 billion of the County GDP. A market system program using the roads - urban centres - Ecocity - value chain firms - hub model, to be organised and developed around town centres. Bondo town to be developed for aquaculture, Yala for dairy and milk processing, and Ugunja for avocado fruit, distilling industrial plant and apiculture industry, Madiany for cotton and fruit processing, Usonga for Rice processing and Ukwala for textile factory and groundnut processing.