The County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP) in Kenya is one of the major types of county plans in Kenya. It is a five-year plan that counties prepare to guide their development activities. Therefore, it is important to understand how to analyse a County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP).
The Public Finance Management Act stipulates that no county should allocate or spend its funds without a planning framework. The County Executive should develop the county plans. Thereafter, the County Assemblies should approve these county plans according to the law.
The County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP) should contain the strategic midterm priorities of the county governments. These are usually the priorities for the county during the tenure of a county government (5 years).
The County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP) should contain information on development priorities that inform the annual budget process, particularly the preparation of annual development plans, the annual county fiscal strategy papers, and the annual budget estimates.
