Section 67 of County Governments Act: Appointments to be in writing

Subject to the relevant legislation, the County Public Service Board shall, for a specified period, maintain a record of all applications received in response to advertisements inviting applications...

(1) In selecting public officers for re-designation, the criteria for appointment asprescribed under this Part shall apply. (2) A public officer shall not be re-designated to hold or act in a public...

(1) The provisions of this Act and regulations or procedures made under this Act that apply to appointments shall also apply to promotions. (2) If a public officer has been promoted, the head of...

(1) If the relevant authority fails to confirm an appointment of a public officerinitially appointed on probationary terms, and the term has lapsed with or without an extension, the officer shall...

(1) The power to deploy a county public officer within a department shall vestin the relevant county chief officer. (2) The power to deploy a county public officer from one department to another...

(1) The national government shall put in place measures to protect its public officers on secondment to the counties from loss or disadvantage with respect to pension benefits, gratuity or other...

The County Public Service Board shall regulate the engagement of persons on contract, volunteer and casual workers, staff of joint ventures and attachment of interns in its public bodies and offices....

If it comes to the attention of the County Public Service Board that there is reason to believe that any process or decision under this Part may have occurred in an irregular or fraudulent manner, the...

(1) In exercising its disciplinary powers, the County Public Service Board shall observe the principles of natural justice. (2) No public officer may be punished in a manner contrary to any provision...

(1) Any person dissatisfied or affected by a decision made by the County Public Service Board or a person in exercise or purported exercise of disciplinary control against any county public officer...

(1) A county public officer desirous of resigning from office may do so in writing addressed to the lawful appointing authority for the public office. (2) The resignation letter shall be delivered to...

A person may retire from the county public service— (a) on attainment of the mandatory retirement age prescribed under the relevant legislation or policy or as agreed upon between the county public...

The mandatory retirement age for a county public officer generally or for any category of public officers, shall be prescribed by policy of the national government.

(1) A county public officer may retire from the county public office on the ground of ill health if— (a) the concerned county chief officer considers that the public officer is incapable, by reason...

(1) If more than one county public officers, holding similar public offices are tobe retired on the ground of abolition of office but one or more public officers is to remain in office, the concerned...

(1) If a county chief officer, after having considered the report of the complaint against a public officer and it is apparent that it is desirable to retire the officer on the ground of public...

(1) The County Public Service Board may retire a public officer if— (a) the officer’s contractual terms and conditions of service provide for a special retirement clause and has fallen due;...

A public officer retired under this Act shall be entitled to apply for a review against the decision on account of— (a) fresh material facts which, with due diligence, could not be presented when the...

(1) The County Public Service Board may delegate, in writing, any of its functions to any one or more of its members and the county secretary, county chief officer, sub-county or Ward administrator,...

Citizen participation in county governments shall be based upon the following principles— (a) timely access to information, data, documents, and other information relevant or related to policy...

(1) Citizens have a right to petition the county government on any matter under the responsibility of the county government. (2) Citizen petitions shall be made in writing to the county...

County government authorities, agencies and agents have a duty to respond expeditiously to petitions and challenges from citizens.

(1) A county government may conduct a local referendum on among other local issues— (a) county laws and petitions; or (b) planning and investment decisions affecting the county for which a petition...

The county government shall facilitate the establishment of structures for citizen participation including— (a) information communication technology based platforms; (b) town hall...

(1) There is established, for each county, a board to be known as the County Development Board, consisting of the following persons— (a) the member of the Senate for the county elected under Article...

The operational expenses in respect of the County Development Board shall be provided for in the annual estimates of the revenue and expenditure of the respective county government.

Any person who knowingly and unlawfully obstructs, hinders, undermines or prevents the County Development Board from discharging its functions under this Act commits an offence and is liable, on...

(1) The provisions of this Part shall apply with necessary modifications to all decentralized units of the county. (2) The governor shall submit an annual report to the county assembly on citizen...

Public communication and access to information shall be based on the following principles— (a) integration of communication in all development activities; (b) observation of access to information by...

A County government shall use the media to— (a) create awareness on devolution and governance; (b) promote citizens understanding for purposes of peace and national cohesion; (c) undertake advocacy...

(1) A County government shall establish mechanisms to facilitate public communication and access to information in the form of media with the widest public outreach in the county, which may...

(1) Every Kenyan citizen shall on request have access to information held by any county government or any unit or department thereof or any other State organ in accordance with Article 35 of the...

A county government, public and private organisation and private individual, shall observe the following principles— (a) protection of marginalized and minority groups from discrimination and from...

(1) The principles of civic education are intended to promote— (a) empowerment and enlightenment of citizens and government; (b) continual and systemic engagement of citizens and government;...

(1) The purpose of civic education under this Act is to have an informed citizenry that actively participates in governance affairs of the society on the basis of enhanced knowledge, understanding and...

(1) Subject to subsection (2), each county shall implement an appropriate civic education programme and establish a civic education unit in this regard. (2) For purposes of subsection (1), there...

Subject to section 100, County legislation shall provide the requisite institutional framework for purposes of facilitating and implementing civic education programmes under this Part.

The principles of planning and development facilitation in a county shall— (a) integrate national values in all processes and concepts; (b) protect the right to self-fulfilment within the county...

The objectives of county planning shall be to— (a) ensure harmony between national, county and sub-county spatial planning requirements; (b) facilitate the development of a well-balanced system of...

(1) A county government shall plan for the county and no public funds shall be appropriated outside a planning framework developed by the county executive committee and approved by the county...

(1) A county planning unit shall be responsible for— (a) coordinating integrated development planning within the county; (b) ensuring integrated planning within the county; (c) ensuring linkages...

(1) Cooperation in planning shall be undertaken in the context of the law governing inter-governmental relations. (2) County plans shall be based on the functions of the county governments as...

(1) To guide, harmonize and facilitate development within each county there shall be the following plans— (a) county integrated development plan; (b) county sectoral plans; (c) county spatial plan;...

(1) There shall be a five year county integrated development plan for each county which shall have— (a) clear goals and objectives; (b) an implementation plan with clear outcomes; (c) provisions for...

(1) A County department shall develop a ten year county sectoral plan as component parts of the county integrated development plan. (2) The County sectoral plans shall be— (a) programme...

(1) There shall be a ten year county GIS based database system spatial plan foreach county, which shall be a component part of the county integrated development plan providing— (a) a spatial...

(1) For each city and municipality there shall be the following plans— (a) city or municipal land use plans; (b) city or municipal building and zoning plans; (c) city or urban area building and...

(1) A county executive committee may by a resolution, introduce a proposal to amend the county’s integrated development plan. (2) A proposed amendment under subsection (1) to a county’s...

(1) A county’s integrated development plan shall— (a) inform the county’s budget which shall be based on the annual development priorities and objectives referred to in section 103 of this Act and...

(1) Development of nationally significant development projects within counties shall be preceded by mandatory public hearings in each of the affected counties. (2) Projects under subsection (1)...