Kilifi County First County Integrated Development Plan 2013-2017 : Towards A Globally Competitive and Prosperous Kenya

Abstract

Kilifi County is one of the six counties in Coast region. The county lies between latitude 20„and 4 0„South, and between longitude 39 05„and 400 14„East. It borders Kwale County to the south west, Taita Taveta County to the west, Tana River County to the north, Mombasa County to the south and Indian Ocean to the east. The county covers an area of 12,609.7Km2 . It has seven administrative sub-counties namely;Kilifi south,Kilifi north, Ganze, Malindi, Magarini, Kaloleni and Rabai. It is sub-divided into seven PoliticalConstituencies namely Kilifi North, Kilifi South, Ganze, Malindi, Magarini, Kaloleni and Rabai. The CIDP articulates medium term policies and objectives which are further translated into short term strategies, programmes and projects to be implemented under the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). The latter is part of the financial reforms to strengthen financial discipline, accountability and efficient and effective delivery of services to the people. The transitional authority in conjunction with ministry of devolution and planning formulated guideline to be followed during the preparation of this crucial document. The county government through the office of executive member in charge of finance and planning wasresponsible for financing the entire exercise and overall coordination. The ministry of planning, through the office of county development planning office organized the consultative forums at both sub county and ward levels for the purpose of consulting the public to give their inputs to the document.