A team from the Second Kenya Informal Settlements Improvement Project (KISIP2), the World Bank and Baringo County, today convened a critical consultative meeting to address challenges surrounding the approved Local Physical and Land Use Development Plan (LPLUDP) for Katorong'ot Informal Settlement in Baringo County.

The meeting focused on aligning the plan with project goals, addressing implementation challenges, and charting a collaborative way forward.

In his remarks, KISIP2 National Project Coordinator George Arwa, underscored the importance of contract management within the intergovernmental participation frameworks, which are anchored in the financing agreement between the World Bank and the Government of Kenya. He emphasized that counties, bound by intergovernmental participation agreements, must adhere to these provisions, as must consultants executing activities in the settlements.

“The approved plan contradicts KISIP's goal of minimizing social disruption, necessitating amendments to align with the project's overarching framework documents,” noted Arwa, in his remarks read by Zenah Kurui, who chaired the meeting on

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