The County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP) is prepared by all counties to guide development over a five-year period. The Public Finance Management Act provides that no public funds shall be appropriated outside a county’s planning framework. The 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.

In preparing the CIDPs, county governments are required to consult with citizens and stakeholders. Effective participation requires a level of preparation on the part of citizens for them to propose the most responsive and viable programmes. Good budget proposals should justified using data from credible institutions and or community experiences as regards state of service delivery in their locality as compared to globally accepted standards. Inequalities that exist from one County/ Sub- county/ Ward/ Location to another should also be cited and affirmative actions proposed to redress them.