An Overview of Finance and Economic Planning Department
Finance and Economic Planning is a department established under Section 103 of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act for the purposes of monitoring, evaluating and overseeing the management of public finances and economic affairs of the county. The Directorates in the department include: Accounting Services, Internal Audit Services, Revenue Services, Planning Services, Budget Services, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Supply Chain Management Services. All these sections play a key role in facilitating operations and the implementation of County Government projects and programmes.
The department overall goal is to formulate and coordinate county development programmes as well as tracking development results towards accelerated socioeconomic development through effective economic planning, resource mobilization, allocation and efficient management of public resources.
Vision
To be excellent in county economic planning and public finance management
Mission
To contribute towards accelerated socio-economic development through
effective economic planning, resource mobilization and allocation and efficient management of public resources.
Department Mandate
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Effective Economic Planning, Budgeting, Policy formulation and Socioeconomic management and tracking of results.
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Effective finance Management and Making Treasury work.
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Institutional strengthening and good governance.
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Mobilization, Public Private Partnership and allocation of financial resources
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Create excellence in delivery of service
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To optimize revenue collection
The Department is headed by Hon. Wilson Cheserek, and is made up of two main Sections headed by Chief Officers Gikono Kiptoo leading Finance and revenue Management and Michael Ng’etich in charge of Economic Planning.