Elgeyo Marakwet County Fiscal Strategy Paper 2019

FOREWORD
Over the past few years, Elgeyo Marakwet has demonstrated the ability to manage the annual budget,
allocate resources, and create an economy that is conducive for progress and development. This is due to open and transparent budget preparation process.
This 2019 County Fiscal Strategy Paper (CFSP) is the Sixth to be prepared since the inception of County
Government of Elgeyo Marakwet. It sets out the county's priority programs to be implemented under the
2019/20–2021/22 Financial Years’ Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and aligns the
aspirations of the county to those of the national government as stated in the 2019 Budget Policy
Statement (BPS) and the “Big Four Plan”.
Development expenditures within the MTEF period will be shared out based on the parameters of EDA,
2015, to ensure social equitable distribution of resources across all wards. It adheres to the provisions of
the Public Finance Management (County Governments) Regulations, 2015 for effective public finance
management. Other factors are also put into consideration while doing the allocations. Such factors put
into consideration county-wide development agenda, that ensures development of the whole county, and
affects projects that are not tied to a single ward. Implementation of programs expounded in this CFSP is
expected to raise county economic efficiency and productivity and in turn, make our county competitive,
thus creating vast opportunities for productive jobs and securing livelihoods.