Machakos County Assembly
| Machakos County Assembly | |
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| 1st Assembly | |
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| Type | |
| Type |
County Legisture of the County Assembly
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| Houses | 1 |
| Leadership | |
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Bernard Mung'ata, WDM-K
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 57 |
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Political groups
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Party constitution WDM-K (32) CCU (6) Jubilee (1) Other Parties (18) |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
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Last election
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4 March 2013 |
| Motto | |
| kyaa kimwe kiyuaa ndaa | |
| Meeting place | |
| Machakos County Assembly , Machakos, Kenya | |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
A Machakos County Assembly is the forum through which the people of Machakos participate in the making of laws, formulation of policies for taxation, budgeting, and the establishment of the Machakos County public service.
Through the same forum, the people maintain surveillance and oversight on how they are governed; while the Machakos County Executive gives an account of its operations in governing the Machakos County.
Membership of Machakos County Assembly is constituted according to provisions in Section 177 (a), (b), (c) and (d) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 ; and Section 7 (1) and (2) of the County Governments Act, 2012.
A Machakos County Assembly is composed of both elected and nominated Members. The process for the election and nomination, including how the stakeholders participate are set out in the 2010 Constitution of Kenya and statutes - County Governments Act, 2012, Political Parties Act, 2010 and Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Act, 2011.
Machakos County Assembly consists of-
a)Members elected by the registered voters of the Wards, each Ward constituting a single member Constituency, on the same day as a general election of Members of Parliament, being the second Tuesday in August, in every fifth year.
b)The number of Special Seat Members necessary to ensure that no more than two-thirds of the Membership of the Assembly are of the same gender
c)The number of Members of Marginalised Groups, including Persons with Disabilities and the Youth, prescribed by an Act of Parliament; and
d)The Speaker, who is an ex officio member
The Members contemplated in clause (b) and (c) above shall, in each case, be nominated by Political Parties in proportion to the seats received in that, election in that county by each Political Party under paragraph (a) in accordance with Article 90.
The filling of Special Seats under clause (b) shall be determined after declaration of elected Members from each Ward.
Machakos County Assembly is elected for a term of five years.
Machakos County Assembly exercises and executes the mandate, role and function by the sovereign power to participate in governance, delegated to them under Section 1 (2), (3) and (4) of Constitution of Kenya 2010.
On the basis of the current philosophies and practices of governance and from Constitution of Kenya 2010 and pertinent statutes, the mandate, role and function of the County Assemblies in Kenya are:
i)They are the home of and executer of the legislative authority of a County by making and unmaking laws to facilitate the due execution of the powers and functions of a County Government under existing statute
ii)They exercise oversight over all issues and matters of governance, especially, the operation of the County Executive Committee and all organs of the County Executive
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