Women on the shores of Lake Victoria./FAITH MATETE
The Lake Region Economic Blueprint, subtitled "A Better Life," represents an ambitious attempt to harness the potential of 10 Kenyan counties surrounding Lake Victoria—Bungoma, Busia, Homa Bay, Kakamega, Kisii, Kisumu, Migori, Nyamira, Siaya and Vihiga—into a cohesive regional development strategy.
Developed with support from Deloitte East Africa and the Ford Foundation and aligned with Kenya's Vision 2030, the document emerged in the mid-2010s as a response to the devolution ushered in by the 2010 Constitution.
