Jukumu Letu iMOP Evaluation

In May, CRECO with support from Hivos under the Jukumu Letu Initiative began implementing the project ‘Promoting Citizens and CSO’s Effective participation in Governance at the County and National Levels’ in three (3 counties namely; Marsabit, Baringo and Kitui

Can County Assembly Members Dismiss County Executive Members?

Section 40 of the County Governments Act gives the Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) the authority to petition the Assemblies in order to have any county executive dismissed from office. Supported by at least one-third of all the members of the county assembly, any assembly member can propose a motion requiring the governor to dismiss a county executive committee member. more

KCA Holds Training Workshop on Media and Devolution in Turkana County

March 14, 2015

Kenya Correspondents Association (KCA)  concluded a two -day workshop for journalists based in Turkana County aimed at strengthening their capacity to generate quality and issue-based media content on Devolved Governments in Kenya. The workshop, which was held in Lodwar Town on March 12-13, 2015, brought together more than 30 journalists from different media outlets based in the county. The journalists were taken through intensive training sessions which focused on understanding the Devolved system of Government, the gains and emerging threats to the implementation of devolution and a discussion on a recent study on the impact of Devolution on selected counties done by the Constitution Reform Education Consortium (CRECO).

THE AMENDED SECURITY LAW

Under the guise of giving the government the tools to fight insecurity, the amended laws gives government wide and unchecked discretion in defining what constitutes a threat and taking measures to mitigate against it. It cuts a large swathe through constitutionally guaranteed rights to privacy, fair trial, assembly, information, expression and thought as well as freedoms from arbitrary detention and even torture, in a misguided attempt to respond to rising incidents of insecurity including terrorist attacks. This atrocious piece of legislation is just the culmination of a long period of Kenyan elites undermining the foundations of liberal democracy in Kenya. 

LAWS RELATING TO DEVOLUTION IN KENYA

1. The County Governments Act No.17 of 2012

The County Governments Act, 2012, is an Act of Parliament that gives effect to Chapter Eleven of the Constitution (on Devolved Government); to provide for county governments' powers, functions and responsibilities to deliver services and for connected purposes. The Act received presidential assent on 24th July, 2012. It came into operation upon the final announcement of the results of the first elections under the New Constitution in March 2013.

Get your copy of the County Governments Act, 2012 here.

 2. The Public Finance Management Act, 2012

The Public Finance Management Act, 2012, is an Act of Parliament that provides for;

(i) the effective management of public finances by the national and county governments; 

(ii) the oversight responsibility of Parliament and County Assemblies; 

(iii) the different responsibilities of government entities and other bodies; and 

(iv) for connected purposes.

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How to Ensure Quality Services in Devolution

How to Ensure Quality Services in Devolution
  
By Ndung'u Wainaina

One of the critical features of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 is the creation of a devolved co-operative system of governance dismantling the old oppressive and skewed centralised government the country has had since 1964. It further repealed the sessional policy paper 10 of 1965, which was a defining moment in the country’s political economic development and continue to influence policy making. A generic of this policy paper is the much-taunted Vision 2030, which has to be reviewed to comply with constitutional order.

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Senate Special Committee Final Report on Kericho County Governor

Senate Special Committee Final Report on Kericho County Governor Impeachment Probe. The report was tabled in the house by the 11-member committee which was appointed by the senate to look into the allegations leveled against Governor Paul Chepkwony. Red more