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development priorities


The following issues were prioritized by consensus at stakeholders’ workshop under the three pillars of the GPRS II. The prioritized issues were arrived at using the following criterion:
•    Impact of an issue on the larger proportion of the District population
•    The issue’s linkage effect on meeting basic human needs or rights
•    The multiplier effects of an issue on the local economy

The identified issues were therefore linked to the pillars of the GPRS II as presented below
  
Modernized Agriculture
  • Provision of irrigation facility
  • Provision of storage facilities
  • Provision of micro credit to farmers
  • Establishment of farm input stores Commerce and industry
  • Upgrading the skills of artisans
  • Provide support to traders
  • Promotion of tourism Support Services
  • Rehabilitation and improving farm tracks
  • Improved access to extension services
  • Construction of cold stores
  • Construction of market stalls
  • Provision of agro-processing equipment
  • Provision of farm machinery
  • Creating a database for agricultural development
  • Poverty profile
  • Education, Skills, Manpower and Sports Development
  • Rehabilitation of school infrastructure
  • Creating enabling environment that will attract and retain professionals
  • Construction of school blocks
  • Construction of community centres
  • Training and retention of teachers
  • Provision of teacher’s accommodation
  • Strengthening capacities of personnel of DA and Departments
 
Access to Health Care
  • •    Construction of CHPS compounds
  • •    Rehabilitation of existing health facilities
  • «   Provision of treated mosquito nets at subsidized prices
  • •    Increased supply of logistics at health facilities
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Creating enabling environment for effective HIV/AIDS prevention as well as mitigating the effects on the PLWHAs and their relations
  • Safe Water and Environmental Sanitation
  • •    Provision of aqua privy
  • •    Provision of potable water
  • «   Provision of garbage collection containers
  • Social Policy Framework for Main streaming Vulnerability and Exclusion
  • •    Provision of child development centres
  • «   Rehabilitation of existing child development centres
  • •    Provision of safety nets for the vulnerable and the excluded

Good Governance
  • Construction of permanent office block for the Area Council
  • Creating enabling environment for good local governance
  • Provision of adequate logistics for the council
  • Construction of a permanent Police Posts
  • Empowerment of women lo take-up leadership positions
  • Encourage women participation in local governance





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