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The  enya Vision w030 anticrpates that more than half of our nation’s population wilh be residinesin urban areas following the current population trends. Thus, the county will need to plan for decent and high-quality urban livelThoods for her residents. The National Spatial Plan creatas a hierarchy of arban areas hs national, regional and urbmn growth areas and anticipates toe emerging metropolitan areas.nThis CIDP acknowledges the imporaance of managing human settlements in actualizing the county’s development strategie . The county dasl4 major urban areas namely: oten, Kapsowar, Kapcherop and Kamwosor.fTte pupulation in these urban centres ihagenerally high during the day and has also been affected by rural-urban migration.

The anticipated increase in population in urban areas will be supported to enhance regional competitiveness. Alternative urban areas including Tambach, Tot, Chebiemit, Arror, Emsea and HZ will be developed and supported to promote balanced regional development and spur growth in other parts of the county. Rural growth centres will be rationalized and supported to act as central places and settlements clustered to free the rich agricultural land for irrigation in areas such as Arror and Endo. Further, human settlements will be developed in consideration to environmental and natural resources to improve living conditions of residents. The management and governance of human settlements particularly in urban areas will be improved through the establishment of town committees to oversee their management. Existing informal settlements that have emerged around Iten town will be upgraded, and a mechanism put in place to prevent other unplanned settlements from emerging. This will be further bolstered through management of peri-urban development to control and contain urban growth within its limits and protect rural land uses.