School of the Built Environment

The Kwale District and Mombasa Mainland South Regional Development Plan is a long-term plan intended
to suggest a spatial framework for development of the region for a period of 30 years. It articulates
the aims of the Government of Kenya, local authorities and the citizens of Kwale and Mombasa Mainland
South. It also proposes strategies and policies intended to achieve those aims. The mandate to prepare the
plan derives from the provisions of the Physical Planning Act Cap 286 of the Laws of Kenya.
The Plan has been prepared in the context of the global goal of sustainable human settlement development
in an urbanizing world and Millennium Development Goals, 2000. It employs a participatory
approach to planning in appreciation of the local aspirations and resource realities and consists of the
written statement and graphical representation of the existing and proposed spatial structure. The following
paragraphs are an exposition of the mission statement, problem statement, vision, objectives,
methodology and the policy and legal context that set the stage for the rest of the document.