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the former Local Authorities, which the county governments have now replaced. Most of the remaining devolved functions were formally transferred to all county governments in August 2013. The Constitution envisaged that functions would be transferred gradually over a three-year period, as county governments developed the capacity to assume them.
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Introduction. Devolution is one of the major changes that the Constitution adopted by Kenyans at the referendum held on 4th August 2010 and promulgated on 27th August 2010 has made to the arrangement of government in Kenya. It is a unique and new experience to a majority of Kenyans.
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Section. PART I—PRELIMINARY. 1–Short title and commencement. 2–Interpretation. 3–Object and purpose of the Act. 4–County symbols. PART II—COUNTY GOVERNMENTS. 5–Functions of county governments. 6–Powers of county governments. PART III—COUNTY ASSEMBLY. 7–Membership of the county assembly. 8–Role of the county assembly.
6.3 Powers of National and County Government in Kenya and Africa The powers are functions of the National and County Government in Kenya, and Africa may be conceptualized and problematized using a three pronged typology.
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accountability of, local governments. This chapter examines local governance in Kenya from the perspective of administrative law. It seeks to determine how local units of governance, namely the erstwhile local authorities and the county governments that have succeeded them, make and apply rules, and adjudicate disputes.
balances. Some of these are captured in the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 in terms of the powers of the National and 47 County Governments.2 Similar provisions are found in the relevant constitutions and statutes or regulations of Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, US3 and UK. The Fourth Schedule has been in debate
