Western Kenya CDD and Flood Mitigation Project

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The objective of the Western Kenya Community Driven Development and Flood Mitigation Project is to empower local communities of men and women to engage in sustainable and wealth creating livelihood activities and reduce their vulnerability to flooding. Progress towards achieving the project development objective (PDO) will be monitored through a set of indicators including: (a) Number of men and women actively participating in decision making at community and district levels; (b) Percent of community and youth investment projects rated satisfactory or better by participating communities; (c) Percentage increase in real income of households in project intervention areas; and (d) Percentage reduction of financial cost induced by average annual flooding in the Budalangi flood plain. The project has three major components as follows: (a) Community Driven Development (CDD). This component will support community-prioritized investment projects to improve livelihoods and build demand and capacity for local level development at community and district level. (b) Flood Mitigation. This component will address four aspects in the Nzoia and Yala River Basins: 1) catchment management to address catchment degradation which exacerbates flooding; 2) identification and preparation of mid-catchment multipurpose structural flood protection options; 3) immediate floodplain management options; and 4) establishment of a flood early warning system. (c) Implementation Support. Through support to research, market assessments, and advocacy work, this component will support the identification and development of new opportunities for economic growth in the region. This component will also fund the establishment and running of key coordination mechanisms in the Office of the President (OP), Ministry of State for Special Programs.