Local authorities of Kenya
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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, 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]- Nairobi city
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]- Kilifi town council
- Kilifi county council
- Mariakani town council Malindi District
- Malindi municipality
- Malindi county council
Kwale County
[edit]- Kwale town council
- Kwale county council
Lamu County
[edit]- Lamu county council
Mombasa County
[edit]- Mombasa municipality
Taita-Taveta County
[edit]Tana River County
[edit]- Tana river- Hola
- Tana delta- Garseni
- Tana north - Bura
Embu County
[edit]- Mbeere District
- Mbeere county council
Isiolo County
[edit]- Isiolo county council
Kitui County
[edit]- Kitui municipality
- Kitui county council
- Mwingi District
- Mwingi town council
- Mwingi county council
Makueni County
[edit]- Wote town council
- Makueni county council
- Mtito Andei town council
Machakos County
[edit]Marsabit County
[edit]Meru County
[edit]- Meru Central District
- Meru municipality
- Meru county council
- Meru North District (Nyambene District)
- Maua 0796845615municipality
- Myambene county council
Tharaka-Nithi County
[edit]- Meru South District
- Tharaka District
- Tharaka county council
Garissa County
[edit]- Garissa municipality
- Garissa county council
- Ijara District
- Ijara county council
Mandera County
[edit]- Mandera town council
- Mandera county council
Wajir County
[edit]- Wajir county council
Homa Bay County
[edit]- Homa Bay municipality
- Homa Bay county council
Kisii County
[edit]Nyamira County
[edit]- Nyamira town council
- Nyamira county council
- Nyansiongo town council
- Gucha District
- Ogembo town council
- Gucha county council
- Nyamarambe town council
- Nyamache town council
- Tabaka town council
Kisumu County
[edit]- Kisumu municipality
- Kisumu county council
Migori County
[edit]- Kuria District
- Kehancha municipality
- Migori District
- Rachuonyo District
Siaya County
[edit]- Suba District
- Mbita Point town council
- Suba county council
- Bondo District
- Bondo town council
- Bondo county council
Baringo County
[edit]- Baringo District
- Kabarnet municipality
- Baringo county council
Bomet County
[edit]- Bomet municipality
- Bomet county council
- Buret District
Elgeyo Marakwet County
[edit]- Keiyo District
- Marakwet District
- Marakwet county council
Kajiado County
[edit]Kericho County
[edit]- Koibatek District
- Eldama Ravine town council
- Koibatek county council
Laikipia County
[edit]Nakuru County
[edit]- Nakuru city
- Nakuru County Council
- Naivasha municipality
- Molo municipality
- Gilgil municipality
Nandi County
[edit]- Kapsabet municipality
- Nandi county council
- Nandi Hills town council
Narok County
[edit]- Narok town council
- Narok county council
- Trans Mara District
- Trans Mara county council (Kilgoris)
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
Uasin Gishu County
[edit]- Eldoret municipality
- Wareng county council
- Burnt Forest town council
West Pokot County
[edit]- Kapenguria municipality
- Pokot county council
- Chepareria town council
Bungoma County
[edit]- Mount Elgon District
- Mount Elgon county council
Busia County
[edit]- Busia municipality
- Busia county council
- Funyula town council
- Nambale town council
- Port Victoria town council
- Teso District
- Malaba town council
- Teso county council
Kakamega County
[edit]- Butere/Mumias District
- Lugari District
- Lugari county council
Vihiga County
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Africities summit 2006 Archived 14 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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
- ^ 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]
