Medium-term plan defines the way forward for Kenya

In December 2016, the Ministry of Devolution and Planning embarked on the preparation for the Third Medium-Term Plan (MTP3), which outlines Kenya’s development focus for the next five years (2018- 2022). The key drivers of the MTP3 include the achievement of 10 per cent GDP growth, and assuring Kenya’s transition into a middle-income economy.

Medium-Term Planning is a constitutional process to inform budgetary spending in five-year phases. To ensure adequate representation and expertise across economic, social and political pillars, the MTP integrates the input of external stakeholders in the private sector, youth, and international organisations through working and thematic groups. Following the August elections, the draft MTP3 will assimilate the winning party manifesto in order to ensure that the incoming government adopts a well-informed and representative agenda for development. The final MTP3 will then be launched by the incoming head of state in December, and become operational in January 2018.