County towns need new guidelines to plan better for growth

When the Narc government assumed the country’s leadership in 2003, it launched the Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and Employment Creation (ERS) 2003-2007 which saw the economy grow from a miserable 0.6 percent in 2002 to the 7.0 percent mark reported in 2007.

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita grew from $377 (2002) to $570 (2007) in the same period. It is notable that a significant concentration of the economic growth was generated in the cities and urban areas, with Nairobi contributing the bulk of this at about 60 per cent.