County Govts urged to involve professionals in making CIDPs
October 26, 2022
County Govts urged to
involve professionals in making CIDPs
THE 47 County Governments across the country have been urged
to fully involve professionals from different fields in coming up with their
County Integrated Development Plans {CIDPs}.
The Association of Consulting Engineers of Kenya {ACEK} says
this will ensure that the input of professionals from different fields are
include during the process of making the five-year County Integrated
Development Plan.
Addressing the delegates during the official opening of the Association
of Consulting Engineers of Kenya {ACEK}, the Association’s Chairman Engineer
Patrick Wambulwa said such a process should be done through public
participation in line with Article 10 of the Constitution on National Value and
Principles of governance.
He says such document should be prepared after a thorough
researched information is done and should never emanate from street opinions.
“If county governments engage various professionals in the
process of making their County’s integrated Development Plans, then the
professionals will be able to come up with credible information that will help
in coming up with proper documents for the Counties development projects under
the Annual Development Plan which is generated from the CIDPs,” Engineer
Wambulwa says.
Kisumu Governor Prof Anyang Nyong’o
who officially opened the three days Conference says Infrastructure is an enabler of Social
economic development of this country and engineers and infrastructure
development are inseparable.
“Indeed, this has been recognized in
all key documents from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the
international level, Africa Agenda 2063, and the Kenya Vision 2030 which was
development under my guidance when I was the Minister for Planning and National
Development,” Nyong’o says.
Nyong’o says the county government of
Kisumu has developed the County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP), which
guides its infrastructure development.
“In this County, engineers play a key
role in the planning, design and implementation of the infrastructure, as well
as in its operation and maintenance. As part of
our CIDP, engineers have heled us to undertake
the following infrastructure projects Beautification of Kisumu
Pedestrian Walk ways, Improvement of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Sports and
recreation Complex, Construction of a bus terminus at Nyamasaria Bus Terminus, Improvement
of youth Business Incubation and Innovation center, Construction of Fire
station and Disaster Management System and Construction of several modern
markets as well as the Improvement
of the 8kms Namba Kapiyo - Bodi - Asat 8 km from Gravel to Bitumen standard,”
Nyong’o adds.
Nyong’o
says the theme of the Association’s conference ‘Rethinking and Reshaping of the
Infrastructure Development Priorities in Africa’ seems to
have been well thought out hoping that it will help them realize the objective
of the gathering.
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