Migori County Government

Our Mandate includes cultural activities, public entertainment and public amenities, Sports and facilities; Pre-primary education, village polytechnics, home craft centres and child care facilities.

Policies for Efficient and Effective Service Delivery
Tourism policy
Cooperatives and industrialization policy
Bills and Acts Enacted For Effective Service Delivery
County trade development bill 2015
County credit bill 2015
Trade licensing and market development bill 2015
County investment promotion draft bill 2015
Public Participation in Its Project Implementations
Dissemination of information to the public through the department of information and public communication
Involvement of market committees in identification of infrastructural needs of the respective markets and supervision of development projects implementation
Public participation in budget making process.
Sensitization of the public about their rights and roles in supervising projects being implemented in their areas.
Sustainability of the Projects
To educate and sensitize the public on the need, ownership and care of all projects
For continuity and sustainability of education the County is in the process of collaborating with board of management for various institutions.
Collaborating with Non state actors like banks, NGO’s through private public partnership
Risks / Challenges in the sector
Challenges:

Infrastructural constraints.
Limited local community participation in local tourism.
Inadequate information on local tourism.
Lack of security for accessing credits/loans  High default rates on loans.
Negative business attitudes / lack of entrepreneurship skills.
Inadequate work sites / spaces for business.
Lack/inadequate land for markets and business parks.
 

Mitigation measures:

Domestic tourism promotion and marketing through promotion of heritage sites like Thim-Lich
Sensitization of local community members about the benefits of tourism and the need to embrace domestic tourism.
Enacting county legislation to easy access to credit by a large cross- section of SMEs not currently covered.
Education and training of qualified loan applicants on best management practices before granting of loans.
Encouraging and facilitating the formation of SACCOS to harness savings among the SMEs and to provide a media for engaging external donor support programmes.
Construction of work sites / business facilities such as market sheds.
Creating / building collaborative effort with other relevant stakeholders like SMEA in the development of SMEs.
Approaches Used In Achieving County Desired Goals

Adhering to the CIDP developing departmental annual work plans and Performance Contracts
Ongoing M&E at departmental level on daily, weekly and monthly basis. Quarterly, biannual and annual appraisals.
Reports on projects and programmes are generated continuously to ensure accountability and effective delivery of service.