Lodwar|May 25, 2026
(Public Communication and Media Relations)
The County Department of Finance and Economic Planning has concluded the mid-term review of its 2023-2027 County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP).
The five-day event gave County Directors and staff an opportunity to build on past lessons and offer recommendations to improve in the remaining CIDP years and beyond.
On the first day of the review, the Deputy County Secretary, Joseph Nyanga, underscored the importance of the Mid-Term Review in evaluating the county’s progress against the CIDP III programmes and projects.
“CIDP remains the county’s central development blueprint, guiding priorities, resource allocation, and the overall development direction. I therefore, call on all the Departments to provide accurate and verifiable data, progress reports aligned to implementation matrices, and findings drawn from monitoring and evaluation systems to support evidence-based planning and decision-making,” Nyanga said.
He further noted that during the review, the team should assess what has been achieved, identify projects that are on track or delayed, understand the causes of implementation gaps, and evaluate the efficiency of resource utilization across Departments.
Francis Lokwar, Director of Planning shared the MTR guidelines to Directors and staff from all the County Departments, terming the guidelines as systematic approach to assess institutional capacities and identify the gaps in delivering planned targets and fulfilling goals.
“The CIDP mid-term review aims to contribute to a better understanding of the progress achieved in implementing our CIDP, determine whether we are achieving transformational results, and later make recommendations about improvements that will strengthen performance,” Lokwar stated.
He also outlined the period under review ranges (FY’2023/2024 to mid FY’2025/2026), CIDP programmes and projects, key development players, and stakeholders.
Moreover, Lokwar urged the review team to use the “traffic light system,” Green for targets achieved, Yellow for on-track, and Red for off-track..
Speaking on the last day, the Planning Director asked Directors to highlight major challenges, summarize key lessons learnt, outline cross-cutting issues impact programmes, and flag emerging issues that might affect the second half of CIDP implementation.
The attendees were drawn from the nine sector working groups established in 2023.
