Chapter Eleven - Part 2. County Governments

Article 176. County Governments

There shall be a county government for each county, consisting of a county assembly and a county executive.

A county assembly consists of members elected by the registered voters of the wards.

Each county assembly shall have a speaker elected by the county assembly from among persons who are not members of the assembly.

The executive authority of the county is vested in, and exercised by, a county executive committee.

The county governor shall be directly elected by the voters registered in the county.

Parliament shall enact legislation providing for the procedure of removal of a county governor.

If a vacancy occurs in the office of county governor, the deputy county governor shall assume office as county governor.

A county executive committee may prepare proposed legislation for consideration by the county assembly.

National legislation shall provide for the governance and management of urban areas and cities.

The legislative authority of a county is vested in, and exercised by, its county assembly.