This County Annual Progress Report (CAPR) being prepared by the Economic Planning department. The report presents a full financial year review of budget performance for FY 2016/17. It is prepared in fulfilment of the County Government Act Article 102 (h) on principles of planning and development facilitation in a county which shall provide a platform for unifying planning, budgeting, financing, Programme implementation and performance review. It also seeks to fulfil Article 104 (1) (r) of the Public Finance Management Act on reporting regularly to the county assembly on the implementation of the annual county budget.

The report presents the status of budget execution by Embu County Government during the period July 2016 to June 2017. It offers useful insight to the County Executive as well as the County Assembly on utilization of funds at the departmental level. The county executive is able to evaluate its achievement against set targets while the county assembly will be in a position to leverage on the report in oversight role. It also provides a platform for the public to evaluate county performance on budget implementation by the county government to enhance transparency and accountability as provided for in the Public Finance Management Act.