Makueni County Annual Public Participation Report FY 2017-2018 (2018)

Introduction

The Annual Public Participation Report is a constitutional obligatory document that accounts for the practice of decision making processes and the involvement of stakeholders in the development of the County within a particular year. This is in accordance to the compliance with Section 92 of the County Government Act, 2012 which stipulates that the governor is required to submit an annual report on public participation to the County Assembly for every Fiscal Year. It provides a summary of documentation on how the devolution of powers to the people of Makueni is management and coordination through public participation and civic engagement in development and governance processes under the constitution of Kenya, 2010: Public Finance Management Act, 2012 and the County Government Act, 2012.
The Annual Public Participation Report, therefore, contains the public participation activities, outcomes, levels of public participation in decision making processes including, community planning, budgeting, policy development and implementation, number of civic education forums carried out and opportunities that promote capacity of communities in decision making, sovereignty and the exercise of their power. The report summarizes the integration of community needs/priorities in the county plans, budgets, policies and implementation. It highlights the challenges experienced in the FY and documents the strategies that the county Government is putting in place to improve the public participation model of the county.
The report was developed at the end of the FY 2017/18 and contains information provided by the public during the Annual Public Participation Evaluation carried out at the end of the FY.