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Kakamega County Unveils Ambitious 2024 Fiscal Strategy to Spark Growth
Kakamega County has announced its 2024 County Fiscal Strategy Paper (CFSP), laying out a comprehensive development roadmap aimed at transforming key sectors over the next three years. The strategy aligns with national priorities, including Kenya Vision 2030 and global Sustainable Development Goals, and places strong focus on expanding healthcare, improving water and sanitation access, strengthening infrastructure, and modernizing agriculture. County officials say the plan is designed to spur job creation, enhance service delivery, and raise living standards for residents across all wards.
The plan comes at a time when the county faces notable fiscal challenges, including low own-source revenue, delayed disbursement of funds from the national government, and mounting expenditure pressures that have slowed past development efforts. Despite these obstacles, the county government remains optimistic, outlining targeted interventions to strengthen its economic base. Key pillars of the strategy include investment in health facilities, improved community healthcare programs, and increased supply of essential medical commodities. In agriculture—which remains the backbone of Kakamega’s economy—the county will support modernization through better extension services, enhanced access to inputs, agricultural mechanization, and establishment of dairy processing plants. Additional measures focus on wealth creation, such as developing industrial parks and aggregation centers, supporting cottage industries, revitalizing the sugar sector, and enabling the establishment of a motorcycle assembly plant to stimulate local manufacturing.
Reactions to the CFSP highlight its potential long-term impact on the county’s social and economic fabric. Education stakeholders have welcomed plans to upgrade early childhood development centres, hire more teachers, and expand bursary programs to support learners from low-income backgrounds. Communities also expect improvements in security, street lighting, sports infrastructure, and empowerment programs for youth, women, and persons with disabilities. Looking ahead, the county government says it will strengthen governance through ward-based development planning, leadership caucuses, and interfaith engagements, ensuring that development initiatives are community-driven and inclusive. If successfully implemented, the 2024 strategy could significantly accelerate Kakamega’s economic transformation and set the county on a trajectory toward sustainable and equitable growth.