County Governments Act in Kenya

(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 has been raised and duly signed by at least twenty five percent of the registered voters where the...

The county government shall facilitate the establishment of structures for citizen participation including— (a) information communication technology based platforms; (b) town hall meetings; (c) budget preparation and validation fora; (d) notice boards: announcing jobs, appointments, procurement,...

(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 98(1) (a) of the Constitution, who shall be the chairperson of the Board and convener of the Board's...

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 conviction, to punishment by a fine not exceeding one million shillings or imprisonment for a term not...

(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 participation in the affairs of the county government. (3) Regulations made under section 135 of this...

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 county media in accordance with Article 35 of the Constitution; and (c) observation of media...

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 on core development issues such as agriculture, education, health, security, economics, sustainable...

(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 include— (a) television stations; (b) information communication technology...

(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 Constitution. (2) Every county government and its agencies shall designate an office for purposes of...

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 treatment of distinction of any kind, including language, religion, culture, national or social...

(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; and (c) values and principles of devolution in the Constitution. (2) No other content may be disseminated...

(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 ownership of the Constitution. (2) The objectives of civic education are— (a) sustained citizens’...

(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 shall be established a national designand framework of civic education, to determine the contents of the...

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 communities and with responsibility to future generations; (c) protect and integrate rights and...

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 settlements and ensure productive use of scarce land, water and other resources for economic, social,...

(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 assembly. (2) The county planning framework shall integrate economic, physical, social,environmental and...

(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 between county plans and the national planning framework; (d) ensuring meaningful engagement of...

(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 specified in the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution and on relevant national policies. (3) County plans...

(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; and (d) cities and urban areas plans as provided for under the Urban Areas and Cities Act (No. 13...

(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 monitoring and evaluation; and (d) clear reporting mechanisms. (2) Each county integrated...

(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 based; (b) the basis for budgeting and performance management; and (c) reviewed every five years by the county...

(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 depiction of the social and economic development programme of the county as articulated in the integrated...

(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 zoning plans; (d) location of recreational areas and public facilities. (2) A city or municipal plans...

(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 integrateddevelopment plan shall be considered and approved or rejected by the county assembly in accordance with...

(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 the performance targets set by the county; and (b) be used to prepare action plans for the...

(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) shall, subsequent to the mandatory public hearings, be considered and approved or rejected by the county...

(1) Public participation in the county planning processes shall be mandatory and be facilitated through— (a) mechanisms provided for in Part VIII of this Act; and (b) provision to the public of clear and unambiguous information on any matter under consideration in the planning process,...

(1) A county government and its agencies shall have an obligation to deliver services within its designated area of jurisdiction. (2) A county shall deliver services while observing the principles of equity, efficiency, accessibility, non-discrimination, transparency, accountability, sharing of...