This is a brief compilation on the DISTRICT FOCUS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT.It contains information gathered from various sources and quoted direct.

District Development Committees were created in 1983 through the District Focus for Rural Development (DFRD) as a way to decentralize mobilization of resources, provision of public services and planning. The policy did however fail but the DDCs remained and continue to lead development planning and implementation at the district level.

Decentralization policy: Adopted in 1982, the decentralization policy is implemented in Kenya through the District Focus for Rural Development (DFRD). The District Commissioners (DCs) are responsible for implementing all government development programs and handling the related funding from the district to the grassroots level. The Development Committees, set up at the district, division and location levels, not only implement programs identified by the Government but also spearhead similar programs and recommend them to the Government for financial and technical support.

The District Focus for Rural Development (DFRD), adopted in 1983, was an attempt to coordinate development activities and service delivery at the district level. The DFRD has been until recently the key system for the planning, implementation and management of development activities. However, it has been argued that, “the DFRD was a mere dispersal of Central Government control outside the national capital without tangible transfers of powers to make decisions at local level” (Kenya Community Driven Development: Challenges and Opportunities, Report 24688, World Bank, June 27, 2002).
As a reaction to the failure of DFRD, there has been a renewed interest in the service delivery capacities of Local Authorities. The Kenya Local Government Reform Programme (KLGRP) is aiming to reverse the decline in Local