Laikipia County Fiscal Strategy Paper 2014

Abstract

This is the first Laikipia County Fiscal Strategy Paper as guided by the Public Finance Management Act 2012 in conducting county finance, planning and economic development functions. The Strategy Paper seeks to realize a common future and priorities of the people of Laikipia as entrenched in the County Integrated Development Plan and the Second Medium Term Plan of the Vision 2030 for the Financial Year 2014/15. In addition it conforms to the direction of the 2014 Budget Policy Statement (BPS) as captured in the latter’s theme: “Economic Transformation for a shared prosperity”. More specifically, the CFSP recognises the challenges identified in the BPS and sets out to mitigate them. The county government of Laikipia is committed to improve the provision of public goods and services. Key pillars in the CFSP include: energy, road transport infrastructure, improved governance and public administration systems, health, education, agriculture and livestock development, water, tourism, industrialization, trade and enterprise development and land based natural resource management. These pillars are also reflected in the BPS through its five key pillars : Creating a conducive environment in the private sector; investing in agriculture transformation and food security; investing in first class infrastructure; shared prosperity and furthering of devolution for better service delivery.