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1 Kenya Vision 2030 GOVERNORS TOOL KIT electricity stability transport hospitals education technology

2 Trans Nzoia County Trans Nzoia County MARCH

3 TRANS NZOIA COUNTY Governor: Deputy Governor: Senator: Women Representative: Patrick Khaemba Stanley Kiptoo Kenei Tarus Henry Ole Ndiema Mikis Dorothy Cherop MPs Kwanza Endebess Saboti Kiminini Cherangany Ferdinand Wanyonyi Robert Pukose David Wafula Lazaro Chris Wamalwa Wesley Korir 3

4 Economic Pillar - Moving the economy up the value chain VISION 2030 PROJECTS Development of Five SME Parks. Underutilized parks Social Pillar - Investing in the people of Kenya. Training of engineers and technicians Rehabilitation and protection of indigenous forest in five water towers Develop a County Sports Stadia Rehabilitation of County Health Facilities to Offer Integrated and Comprehensive Healthcare Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) mainstreaming by training school committees PTAs, BOGs in management of Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary education for managing school resources and teachers Establish county EMIS/EFMIS Political Pillar - Moving to the future as one nation Macros & Enablers Establish Housing Technology Centres in Each Constituency Implementation of the national value policy by ensuring it is incorporated in county strategic plan Rural Electrification programme Construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of rural roads 4

5 ENABLERS & MACRO CROSS CUTTING PROJECTS ACROSS COUNTIES Kitale-Webuye road Kitale-Kainuk road Eldoret-Juba road ICT Infrastructure to develop broad band wireless infrastructure CHALLENGES 1. Lack of sufficient funds 2. Land acquisition disputes and compensation problems 3. Lack of sufficient technical expertise for construction and maintenance 4. Fragmented population distribution in some areas hampers rural electrification 5. High connection fee for rural electrification 6. Vandalism of power lines 7. Low uptake 8. Low capacity GOVERNOR S INTERVENTION/WAY FORWARD Ensure funding Development of an elaborate plan for knowledge transfer through internships and industrial attachment Allocate land and sensitize community on importance of projects for ownership Ensure protection of public land Ensure community participation and public private partnership Provide free way leaves for rural electrification and roads construction Ensure enactment of land reforms that encourage organized group settlements for rural electrification Encourage establishment of a revolving fund to fund connection to electricity Encourage private sector participation Enhance capacity building for ICT uptake 5

6 SOCIAL & POLITICAL PILLARS CHALLENGES a) EDUCATION SECTOR 1. Inadequate funding 2. Bureaucratic procurement procedures 3. Low teacher pupil ratio 4. Limited infrastructure for ICT adoption, especially lack of electricity in most rural schools b) HOUSING SECTOR 1. Lack of suitable local building materials technology 2. Low private sector delivery of houses for low income groups 3. High cost of building materials leading to low levels of investment in housing 4. Resistance by illegal informal settlers occupying land meant for physical and social infrastructure development. 5. Limited skills on appropriate building materials and technology at the constituency level 6. Old and dilapidated housing technology equipment in the Youth Polytechnics. c) HEALTH SECTOR 1. Inadequate funding to support planned rehabilitations of health facilities 2. Limited capacity in procurement building and supervision 3. Inefficient supply chain management system 4. Matching supply of skilled human resources with the high rising demand for public health services, compounded by high population growth rate 5. Lack of data and information on community health d) ENVIRONMENT SECTOR 1. Uncoordinated efforts towards conservation and management of resources. 2. Inadequate funding e) GENDER, YOUTH AND VULNERABLE GROUPS 1. Lack of building sites for youth empowerment centres 2. Inadequate funds to support youth and sports projects 3. Inadequate number of qualified instructor in the youth polytechnics 4. Acquisition of land for country sports stadium 6

7 5. Limited capacity in procurement procedures for infrastructure projects 6. Lack of public awareness on youth enterprise development fund and women enterprise fund 7. Culture and traditional beliefs that impend gender equality 8. Insufficient disaggregated data on different categories of vulnerable groups. f) Labour and employment sector 1. Low linkages between industry needs and vocation training institutions 2. Mismatch between the skills posses by the job seekers and those required by industries CROSS CUTTING PROJECTS ACROSS COUNTIES National Value System PPP frameworks Training needs Procurement Financial Management Systems and Management Information Systems (MISs) Cascading Vision 2030 Through social networks, and service delivery systems there will be need to develop a component that articulates implementation of the National Values Policy. Specific responsibilities as per Fourth Schedule: Control of drugs and pornography Develop comprehensive PPP frameworks for projects at county level PPP frameworks: Training for relevant staff to enhance capacity at County level is key for all counties. Adopt a common approach to procurement at county level, including local communities participating and building local entrepreneurship skills. Installation of these systems is vital for effective planning and delivery. County Governments need to influence the structuring of the information so that it is relevant to them as well as serving the national Government. County Development Plans must mirror the Vision 2030 and the MTP2, while making clear the resource base of the County and its comparative advantage. 7

8 ECONOMIC PILLAR CROSS CUTTING PROJECTS ACROSS COUNTIES 1. Fertilizer Cost Reduction Initiative. (National) 2. Deepening of Capital Markets Capital Markets Master Plan. (National) 3. International Financial Services Centre. (National) 4. Training of Engineers and Technicians. (National) 5. Transformation KIRDI. (National) 6. Natural Products Initiative. (National) 7. Development of Niche Tourism Products. (National) 8. Under-utilized Parks Initiative. (National) CHALLENGES AND WAY FORWARD Project Challenges Way Forward Development of Five SME Parks Training of engineers and technicians Underutilized Parks Availability of funds for the parks. Low funding. Lack of training facilities and polytechnic Lack of awareness on the tourism potentials Establish vocational training institutes and polytechnics Allocate land for the SME parks Develop a tourism strategy 8

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