The Kericho County Spatial Plan (2017-2027) seeks to organize and distribute population and development activities across the 2,569 square kilometers geographical area of the County to achieve its vision of “a sustainable agro-industrialized County fostering equitable socio-economic growth and environmental values”. The plan sets a framework for public sector action and private sector investment for the stated 10-year period legally mandated by the Constitution (2010), the County Government Act (2012) and the Physical Planning Act (1996). Though it is a medium to long term strategy, it also sets the direction for early projects to be implemented which will provide quick wins for improving the lives and livelihoods of the people of Kericho County. Central to Kericho County’s success in the future will be its ability to transform its predominantly raw-product, undifferentiated, low yielding and weak value chain agricultural-based economy to an agro-industrialized, market connected economy while at the same time securing the sustainable socio-economic well-being of its people

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County Planning, Infrastructure Development, Revenue Allocation, Topographic Characteristics, Demographic Changes