Section 5 of County Governments Act: Functions of county governments

(1) As an entity exercising constitutional authority, a county government shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and shall have all the powers necessary for the discharge of its...

(1) Each of the county governments shall be located in the respective physical location set out in the Third Schedule. (2) A County Assembly may, by a resolution supported by at least two-thirds of...

(1) In addition to the members who are elected under Article 177(a), and thosewho are nominated under Article 177(b) of the Constitution, a county assembly shall comprise— (a) six nominated members...

(1) A county assembly shall not be fully and duly constituted for first sitting after a general election unless all the members provided for under paragraph (b) and (c) of Article 177(1) of the...

(1) The county assembly shall— (a) vet and approve nominees for appointment to county public offices as may be provided for in this Act or any other law; (b) perform the roles set out under Article...

(1) A member of a county assembly shall— (a) maintain close contact with the electorate and consult them on issues before or under discussion in the county assembly; (b) present views, opinions and...

(1) There shall be in each county assembly a leader of the majority party anda leader of the minority party. (2) The leader of the majority party shall be the person who is the leader of the largest...

(1) A speaker of a county assembly may be removed from office by the county assembly through a resolution supported by not less than seventy five percent of all the members of the county...

(1) There shall be a county assembly service board for each county assembly. (2) The county assembly service board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal. (3) The...

(1) There shall be a clerk of the county assembly, appointed by the county assembly service board with the approval of the county assembly. (2) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a...

(1) A county assembly— (a) may make standing orders consistent with the Constitution and this Act regulating the procedure of the county assembly including, in particular, orders for the proper...

(1) A person has a right to petition a county assembly to consider any matter within its authority, including enacting, amending or repealing any of its legislation. (2) Each county assembly shall...

No civil or criminal proceedings may be instituted in any court or tribunal against a member of a county assembly by reason of any matter said in any debate, petition, motion or other proceedings of...

The national law regulating the powers and privileges of Parliament shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to a county assembly.

(1) The official languages of a county assembly shall be Kiswahili, English and Kenyan sign language and the business of the county assembly may be conducted in English, Kiswahili and Kenyan sign...

The quorum of a county assembly is one third of all the members of the county assembly.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in the Constitution, in this Act or in other legislation, any question proposed for decision by the county assembly shall be determined by a majority of the members of...

(1) A county assembly shall exercise its legislative power through Bills passed by the county assembly and assented to by the governor. (2) A Bill may be introduced by any member or committee of the...

A Bill introduced in the county assembly shall be identified by a title placed at the beginning of the Bill and the title shall include the subject matter of the statute to be enacted.

A Bill shall be published by including the Bill as a supplement in the county Gazette and the Kenya Gazette.

(1) The Speaker shall, within fourteen days, forward a Bill passed by the county assembly to the governor. (2) The governor shall within fourteen days after receipt of a Bill— (a) assent to the...

(1) A legislation passed by the county assembly and assented to by the governor shall be published in the county Gazette and Kenya Gazette within seven days after assent. (2) Subject to subsection...

(1) There shall be not more than one thousand four hundred and fifty electoral Wards for purposes of the election of county assembly members. (2) For purposes of the first general elections under the...

(1) The electorate in a county ward may recall their member of the county assembly before the end of the term of the member on any of the grounds specified in subsection (2). (2) A member of a county...

(1) A recall under section 27 shall be initiated by a petition which shall be file with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and which shall be— (a) in writing; (b) signed by a...

(1) Where a member of the county assembly is to be recalled under section 27,the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission shall frame the question to be determined at the recall...

(1) The governor shall take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation as set out in the Schedule to this Act before assuming office. (2) Subject to the Constitution, the governor...

The governor— (a) may, despite section 40, dismiss a county executive committee member at any time, if the governor considers that it is appropriate or necessary to do so; (b) shall dismiss a county...

(1) The deputy governor shall take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation asset out in the First Schedule to this Act before assuming office. (2) The deputy governor shall deputize for the governor...

(1) A member of the county assembly may by notice to the speaker, supported by at least a third of all the members, move a motion for the removal of the governor under Article 181 of the...

The county executive committee shall exercise the executive authority— (a) in accordance with the Constitution and relevant national and county legislation; (b) for the well-being and benefit of the...

(1) The governor shall, when nominating members of the executive committee— (a) ensure that to the fullest extent possible, the composition of the executive committee reflects the community and...

(1) In addition to the functions provided under Article 183 of the Constitution,a county executive committee shall— (a) supervise the administration and delivery of services in the county and all...

A county executive committee shall— (a) monitor the process of planning, formulation and adoption of the integrated development plan by a city or municipality within the county; (b) assist a city or...

A person appointed as a member of the county executive committee under Article 179 of the Constitution shall take the prescribed oath or affirmation of office provided in the First Schedule to this...

(1) The members of the county executive committee are individually and collectively accountable to the governor in the exercise of their powers and performance of their duties and...

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Governor may remove a member of the county executive committee from office on any of the following grounds— (a) incompetence; (b) abuse of office; (c) gross...

(1) The deliberations of all meetings of the county executive committee shallbe recorded in writing. (2) The quorum of a meeting of a county executive committee shall be more than one half of its...

(1) When a general election is held for a county government, the outgoing county executive committee shall remain in office until a new county executive committee is constituted after the...

A county government may, pursuant to Article 156(4) of the Constitution request the Attorney-General to represent the county government in court or in any other legal proceedings to which the county...

(1) There is established for each county the office of the county secretary who shall be secretary to the county executive committee. (2) The county secretary— (a) shall be competitively sourced...

(1) The governor shall— (a) nominate qualified and experienced county chief officers from among persons competitively sourced and recommended by the County Public Service Board; and (b) with the...

(1) The county executive committee shall determine the organization of the county and its various departments, and for that purpose may— (a) establish, continue or vary any department, and determine...

(1) The county executive committee shall design a performance management plan to evaluate performance of the county public service and the implementation of county policies. (2) The plan shall...

(1) Subject to subsection (3), the functions and provision of services of each county government shall be decentralized to— (a) the urban areas and cities within the county established in accordance...

The structures and functions of urban areas and cities shall be as is provided for in the Urban Areas and Cities Act (No. 13 of 2011).

(1) There shall be established at the level of each sub-county the office of the sub-county administrator. (2) The sub-county administrator shall have qualifications and knowledge in administration...

(1) There is established for each Ward in a county the office of the Ward administrator. (2) The Ward administrator shall have professional qualifications and technical knowledge in administration...

(1) There is established the office of village administrator for each village unit established in a county. (2) A village administrator shall have professional qualifications and technical knowledge...

(1) There is established, for each village unit, a village council comprising— (a) the village administrator who shall be the chairperson of the village council; and (b) not less than three and not...