Approach to indicators
The County Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs) prepared by all counties to outline development priorities for a five year period (2018-2022) use data projected from the 2009 census and hence annual strategies and budgetary allocation is based on forecasted data. The plan has indicators for each of the sectors that county governments are primarily responsible for. The baseline and target values for these indicators are in PDF documents on the respective county websites along with downloadable progress reports at intervals ranging from yearly to every 2 to 3 years, according to the mode of operations of the individual county government.
The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) is the official government agency tasked with collecting, compiling, analysing and disseminating statistical data. The KNBS website has downloadable county statistical abstracts in PDF format which has data for indicators in the CIDP, however most of these documents are not up to date. At the time of writing this report, only Makueni and Laikipia counties have updated their statistical abstracts after 2015 on the KNBS website2.
County websites do not provide much programmatic data and where this data is publicly available, it can be incomplete, aggregated and without information on the methodology of data collection. Below is a sample of counties’ information provided on the respective county government websites (Kilifi, Mandera, Nakuru, Nandi, Samburu, Turkana, West Pokot, Isiolo, Nairobi, Makueni) at the time of writing this report:
The County Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs) prepared by all counties to outline development priorities for a five year period (2018-2022) use data projected from the 2009 census and hence annual strategies and budgetary allocation is based on forecasted data. The plan has indicators for each of the sectors that county governments are primarily responsible for. The baseline and target values for these indicators are in PDF documents on the respective county websites along with downloadable progress reports at intervals ranging from yearly to every 2 to 3 years, according to the mode of operations of the individual county government..
The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) is the official government agency tasked with collecting, compiling, analysing and disseminating statistical data. The KNBS website has downloadable county statistical abstracts in PDF format which has data for indicators in the CIDP, however most of these documents are not up to date. At the time of writing this report, only Makueni and Laikipia counties have updated their statistical abstracts after 2015 on the KNBS website.
County websites do not provide much programmatic data and where this data is publicly available, it can be incomplete, aggregated and without information on the methodology of data collection. Below is a sample of counties’ information provided on the respective county government websites (Kilifi, Mandera, Nakuru, Nandi, Samburu, Turkana, West Pokot, Isiolo, Nairobi, Makueni) at the time of writing this report:
Current data landscape
Mandera
(fact sheet for 2021)
Water and sanitation
• The percentage of the County’s population
being served through water trucking
• The population of rural population with access
to safe and reliable water services
• The population of urban population with access to safe and reliable water services
• The total population of the County with reasonable access to safe and reliable water services
• Water Security (in Cubic Metres/Capita/Year)
being served through water trucking
• The population of rural population with access
to safe and reliable water services
• The population of urban population with access to safe and reliable water services
• The total population of the County with reasonable access to safe and reliable water services
• Water Security (in Cubic Metres/Capita/Year)
Nakuru
Nandi
Samburu
Health (2019- 2020 report)
• Number of healthcare facilities at each level
• Number of ambulances
• Number of healthcare workers in each cadre
• Budgetary allocation
• Multiple indicators within:
• Communicable conditions
• Non-communicable conditions
• Violence and injuries
• Essential health care
• Access
• Quality and safety of care
• Service delivery
• Number of ambulances
• Number of healthcare workers in each cadre
• Budgetary allocation
• Multiple indicators within:
• Communicable conditions
• Non-communicable conditions
• Violence and injuries
• Essential health care
• Access
• Quality and safety of care
• Service delivery