Elgeyo Marakwet County Approved Budget Mwananchi Edition FY 2018-19

OVERVIEW

Elgeyo Marakwet County is one of the County Governments in Kenya created under the new two-tier governance system, i.e. national and county systems created by the Constitution enacted in 2010. The County Government started implementing its mandates in March 2013 as per the provisions of the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution which came into effect in August 2010. The county has operationalized these constitutional requirements and other legal provisions including the Public Finance Management, Act 2012, County Government Act, 2012, Urban areas and Cities Act, 2012 amongst other legislations. These provisions requires periodic preparation of various planning documents; County Integrated Development Plan (CIDPs), Spatial Plans, Urban Areas and Cities Plan, Sectoral Plans, Annual Development Plans (ADPs) and Budget Estimates.
The county government is composed of two arms; the Legislature and the Executive. The Legislature is composed of the Speaker, one elected member from each of the county’s twenty Wards, nominated members representing special interest groups and staff led by the County Assembly Clerk. The Legislature’s roles are; representation, oversight, and legislation. The role of the Executive arm is to implement laws, policies and plans relating to the county mandates, with the aim of achieving county development targets.
The Executive is organized into twelve departments based on their mandates. Ten of these departments are headed by County Executive Committee Members (CECMs) while two are the Office of the Governor and Executive Administration and the County Public Service Board. For appropriate planning approaches, budget considerations, harmony in coordination and synergy in resource mobilization strategies, all departments have been classified into five sectors. These sectors are; (1) Infrastructure, (2) Social Protection and Empowerment, (3) Health, water and Sanitation, (4) Productive and Economic Sector, and (5) Public Administration and Governance. Each of these sectors has a vision, mission and a set of programmes to deliver on their mandates and development objectives.