{"id":10488,"date":"2023-06-05T13:55:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T13:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/?page_id=10488"},"modified":"2026-04-26T07:28:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T07:28:44","slug":"functions-and-responsibilities-of-a-county-governor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/?page_id=10488","title":{"rendered":"Functions and responsibilities of a County Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10488\" class=\"elementor elementor-10488\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6eb26f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6eb26f7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1) The governor shall take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation as set out in the Schedule to this Act before assuming office.<\/p><p>(2) Subject to the Constitution, the governor shall \u2013<\/p><p>(a) diligently execute the functions and exercise the authority provided for in the Constitution and legislation;<\/p><p>(b) perform such State functions within the county as the President may from time to time assign on the basis of mutual consultations;<\/p><p>(c) represent the county in national and international fora and events;<\/p><p>(d) appoint, with the approval of the county assembly, the county executive committee in accordance with Article 179(2)(b) of the Constitution;<\/p><p>(e) constitute the county executive committee portfolio structure to respond to the functions and competencies assigned to and transferred to each county;<\/p><p>(f) submit the county plans and policies to the county assembly for approval;<\/p><p>(g) consider, approve and assent to bills passed by the county assembly;<\/p><p>(h) chair meetings of the county executive committee;<\/p><p>(i) by a decision notified in the county gazette,<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6beaf91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6beaf91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed25637\" data-id=\"ed25637\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87dfd4b elementor-position-inline-start elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"87dfd4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" icon-pdf\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCounty Government Act, 2012\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-67b482e\" data-id=\"67b482e\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0efdb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0efdb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"33\" data-end=\"197\"><strong data-start=\"89\" data-end=\"155\">County\u2019s online Feedback and Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM)<\/strong> available at <strong data-start=\"169\" data-end=\"196\"><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/grm\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"171\" data-end=\"194\">www.nyandarua.go.ke\/grm<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p><p data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"595\">This platform allows you to submit compliments, complaints, queries and <strong data-start=\"342\" data-end=\"407\">track the progress and status of your submission in real 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Through the system, you can conveniently <strong data-start=\"450\" data-end=\"594\">follow up on your feedback, provide additional information, and continue engaging with County officials regarding the same or other issues<\/strong>.<\/p><p data-start=\"597\" data-end=\"780\"><strong data-start=\"597\" data-end=\"677\">To use this service, you will be required to create an account on the system<\/strong>, which will enable you to securely submit and <strong data-start=\"724\" data-end=\"779\">track your feedback through your personal dashboard<\/strong>.<\/p><p data-start=\"782\" data-end=\"1053\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The system provides a <strong data-start=\"894\" data-end=\"943\">structured and transparent engagement process<\/strong>, enabling you to <strong data-start=\"961\" data-end=\"1052\">monitor responses and maintain a record of your interactions with the County Government<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-364d503 elementor-button-info elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"364d503\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/nyandarua.go.ke\/grm\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-share\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Feddback System <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Functions and responsibilities of a County Governor 1) The governor shall take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation as set out in the Schedule to this Act before assuming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10488","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10488"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20619,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10488\/revisions\/20619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}