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Local authorities of Kenya

Summary

Local authorities in Kenya are the bodies controlling local governance in urban areas in Kenya.

From the 2013 general elections onwards Kenya will have three classes of local authorities: City'forms, Municipality, and Town authorities. Subject to the Urban Areas and Cities Act of 2011, there are four authorities with city status: Nairobi, the national capital, Mombasa, Kisumu and Nakuru. Municipalities and towns are other forms of urban authorities and are generally named after their central town.

Local authorities usually differ from divisional and constituency boundaries used by the state administration.

Under the former act of parliament local authority administration consisted of a mayor, town clerk and councillors. The number of councillors depended on population and area of each authority and they were elected by the public during the Kenya general elections held every five years or by-elections held in between. Authorities were divided into wards and each ward elects only one councillor. Wards have often common boundaries with administrative locations.

Compared to many other countries, local authorities in Kenya were weak and are shadowed by state run administration.[1] However, during the international Africities summit held in Nairobi September 2006, the Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki promised to strengthen local authorities.[2]

Under Kenya's new devolved system of government, the elected councils were dissolved and are set to be replaced by boards, in the case of city councils, and administrators, in the case of municipal and town councils, appointed by the county governments.[3][4]

List of local authorities in Kenya edit

These are the local authorities, dissolved in 2013, that operated under the old local authorities act.

Nairobi County edit

Kiambu County edit

Kirinyaga County edit

Nyandarua County edit

    • Ol Kalou town council
    • Nyandarua county council

Nyeri County edit

Murang'a County edit

Kilifi County edit

Kwale County edit

Lamu County edit

Mombasa County edit

Taita-Taveta County edit

    • Taita-Taveta county council
    • Taveta town council
    • Voi municipality

Tana River County edit

    • Tana river- Hola
    • Tana delta- Garseni
    • Tana north - Bura

Embu County edit

Isiolo County edit

Kitui County edit

Makueni County edit

Machakos County edit

Marsabit County edit

Meru County edit

Tharaka-Nithi County edit

Garissa County edit

Mandera County edit

    • Mandera town council
    • Mandera county council

Wajir County edit

  • Gucha District
    • Ogembo town council
    • Gucha county council
    • Nyamarambe town council
    • Nyamache town council
    • Tabaka town council

Homa Bay County edit

    • Homa Bay municipality
    • Homa Bay county council

Kisii County edit

  • Kisii Central District
    • Kisii municipality
    • Gusii county council
    • Keroka town council
    • Suneka town council
    • Masimba town council

Nyamira County edit

    • Nyamira town council
    • Nyamira county council
    • Nyansiongo town council

Kisumu County edit

    • Kisumu municipality
    • Kisumu county council

Migori County edit

Siaya County edit

Baringo County edit

Bomet County edit

Elgeyo Marakwet County edit

Kajiado County edit

    • Kajiado town council
    • Olkejuado county council

Kericho County edit

Laikipia County edit

Nakuru County edit

Nandi County edit

Narok County edit

Samburu County edit

    • Maralal town council
    • Samburu county council

Trans-Nzoia County edit

    • Kitale municipality
    • Nzoia county council

Turkana County edit

    • Lodwar municipality
    • Turkana county council
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Uasin Gishu County edit

West Pokot County edit

Bungoma County edit

Busia County edit

Kakamega County edit

Vihiga County edit

    • Vihiga municipality
    • Vihiga county council
    • Luanda town council

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Samuel O. Owuor, B. Charlery, M. Chretin and B. Schaffner: Urban planning and management in small and medium-size towns In: Les Cahiers d’Afrique de l’Est – Supplementary Issue, 23–48, September 2006
  2. ^ Africities summit 2006 Archived 14 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ End of era for 175 local authorities, http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Councils-dissolved-to-pave-way-for-counties/-/1056/1666572/-/yxrawg/-/index.html
  4. ^ THE URBAN AREAS AND CITIES ACT, http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTAFRICA/Resources/257994-1335471959878/Urban_Areas_and_Cities_Act_2011.pdf

External links edit

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20110103012703/http://www.localgovernment.go.ke/
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20071103080803/http://www.algak.net/
  • http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf[permanent dead link]

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