2015 Makueni County Fiscal Strategy Paper (2015)

FOREWORD
The Makueni 2015 County Fiscal Strategy Paper is the second to be prepared and reaffirms the
broad policies and strategies in the 2014 CFSP. The CFSP sets out the priorities of the County in
the medium term as outlined in the County Integrated Development Plan (2013-2017), aligned
with the Second Medium Term Plan of the Vision 2030 and the County Government’s
transformational agenda .
The fiscal strategy paper recognizes the reality of scarce resource and the fact that there is need
to invest on high impact programmes within a framework of sustainable development. The
county faces many challenges among them poor infrastructure, water resources, access to
healthcare, poor road network, environmental degradation market access, unemployment,
insecurity among others. To address this challenges the government presents this fiscal strategy
paper on the basis of laying a solid foundation for faster socio-economic development and
sustainable growth.
The CFSP outlines the key government interventions in the next fiscal year. The emphasis will be
on allocating resources to programs that support the County Government’s agenda of socio-economic transformation. Emphasis would be geared towards improving the living standard of
Makueni Citizenry through ensuring each household earns at least Kshs 500/day; reduce the
absolute poverty by 26% by 2017; reduce the social inequalities and reduce youth and women
unemployment.
The County government will continue to invest in four development priorities;

• Water Sector Development:; Harvesting Water for Socio-Economic development; Kutwwiikany’a Kiw’u .
• Social Sector Development; focusing on Gender, Health and Education sectors’ development.
• Infrastructural Development; Road network, Financial Intermediation and Inclusion
• Industrial/Economic Zoning; clustering the county into areas of specific intervention and
focus
Governance and accountability in the management of public resources remains key in the
implementation of planned programmes.
Monthly and quarterly Budget expenditure reports will be submitted to the executive by the
budget and expenditure section. This will enhance adherence to the budget estimates and ensure
value for money is realized.
ALIDAN MBINDA
COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER - FINANCE & ECONOMIC PLANNING