The County Annual Development Plan is a key instrument in the implementation of the Taita Taveta CountyIntergraded Development Plan 2013-2017, as provided for in section 104 of the County Government Act2012 and Public Finance Management Act 2012. The objective of the 2016/2017 Annual Development Planis to kick off the County Governments budgeting process by setting its medium term priorities. The CADPprovides details of the County Governments programs, setting out the major capital projects to beundertaken, goods and services to be acquired, performance indicators, and budgets, under each program.It also provides a description of how the County Government is developing its resources, and responding to itseconomic environment.This fourth CADP has been prepared based on experience accumulated in the execution of the successivebudgets, and the implementation of projects and service delivery activities, since 2013. The focus of the lasttwo plans has been on the implementation of Quick wins micro and medium size projects at communitylevel whose aggregate impact has been the transformation of the lives of the people of Taita Taveta. TheCounty Government has so far implemented over 400 projects in the water and irrigation sector; the healthsector; the education sector; the Agriculture Sector, the Livestock Sector; and the Fisheries Sector. The CountyGovernment has also established the DATU Sawazisha Fund and the Bursary and Education Loan Fund, withsignificant positive impact on the lives of the people of Taita Taveta. At the same time, the CountyGovernment has constructed markets, opened up roads and undertaken routine maintenance of existingroads. The provision of office space and transport to the implementing departments, which was a majorchallenge in the initial stages, has now improved, as the County Government has leased offices and purchasedadequate operation vehicles.This Plan articulates short term strategies, programs and projects to be implemented under the MediumTerm Expenditure Framework (MTEF) during the 2016/17 financial year. The priorities for the 2016/17Financial year, :-a) Increasing access to water for domestic, irrigation and improvement of sanitation.b) Ensuring food security and investing in value addition.c) Improvement of health cared) Empowerment of Youth, women, and vulnerable members of the community.e) Improving access to ECDE, Polytechnics and library services.f) Investing in physical infrastructure including ICTg) Promotion of tourism, trade and industryh) Promotion of livestock and fisheriesi) Land planning and managementj) Decentralization of servicesk) Environmental managementl) Enactment of enabling institutions (Policies and legal framework)The execution of the County Governments development agenda has however been faced with variouschallenges which include high expectations by residents, which exceed the total annual revenue, consistingof the share of national revenue and local revenue. The County Governments average annual revenuebetween 2013 and 2016 is ksh3.5 million. Other challenges include a high wage bill, shortage of staff in thecritical areas of health, livestock ,roads and public works departments , an unpredictable flow of funds fromthe National Treasury, and the delay by the National Assembly in enacting legislation to unlock the flow ofEqualization Fund.While this CADP will continue focusing on micro and medium-sized projects to address gender and intercounty inequalities, promote socio-economic development, and improve service delivery, the CountyGovernment has formulated Transform Taita Taveta 2020 strategy which focuses on mega projects with high, transformative impact. These projects require considerably high amount of resources and will require donorsupport as well as Public-Private Partnerships. These projects are in Water and Irrigation, Tourism, Industry,Manufacturing, and Heath sectors.This CADPs orientation is also takes advantage of ongoing major National Government projects. These are theStandard Gauge Railway, the Tarmacking of the Mwatate Taveta Road, Land Titling, the Expansion of IkangaAirstrip, the construction of Gemstone centre at Voi, the Agriculture Sector Development SupportProgram, the Disease-Free Zone program, a Proposed Kenya Pipeline depot, the construction ofTechnical Training Institutes, and security operations in the National Parks and adjacent areas to stamp outpoaching and illegal grazing. All these projects are expected to have positive impact on the socio-economicenvironment of the county.The Plan is divided into two chapters as follows:Chapter One: This provides a brief background of the County in terms of its area, administrativedivisions, main physical features, and settlement patterns. It also provides summarydata essential for making informed development planning decisions.Chapter Two: This sets out departmental priorities, strategies, programs and projects proposed forthe FY 2016/17.This Plan estimates that the County Government will require Kshs.6.85 Billion to drive its developmentagenda for FY 2016/17. These funds are expected to come from the equitable share from NationalGovernment, Local revenue conditional grants about from the National Government kshs 4 Billion andEqualization fund (2013/2014 -2016/2017) Kshs. 800 Million. The remaining will be sourced from donorsand Private-Public Partnership arrangement.The success of this CADP can only be attained with the cooperation of all stakeholders, who include theCounty Government, other elected leaders, NGOs, and the community. I therefore call upon all of them toselflessly play their respective roles as provided in the Constitution of Kenya as well as other relevant statutes.

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