County Assembly

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The County Assembly is the legislative arm of a county government in Kenya, responsible for making laws, approving budgets, and providing oversight over the county executive.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
County Assembly canonical 4
Members of County Assemblies 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
organ of county government
branchOfGovernment legislative branch
budgetRole approves county budget estimates
authorizes expenditure through appropriation laws
debates county budget estimates
composedOf Members of County Assembly
country Kenya
electionSystem first-past-the-post for ward representatives
party list proportional representation for special seats
elects Deputy Speaker of the County Assembly
Speaker of the County Assembly
hasCommittee budget and appropriation committee
public accounts and investments committee
sectoral committees
select committees
hasMemberType nominated Members of County Assembly
ward-elected Members of County Assembly
hasPower amend county legislation
approve county appropriation bills
approve county development plans
approve county finance bills
enact county legislation
exercise oversight over county executive committee
exercise oversight over county public service
impeach a county governor (subject to constitutional procedures)
repeal county legislation
vet nominees for county executive committee
vet nominees for county public offices where required by law
hasReservedSeatsFor persons with disabilities
women
youth
headOfBody Speaker of the County Assembly
jurisdiction county government in Kenya
languageOfProceedings English
Kiswahili
legalBasis Constitution of Kenya 2010
County Governments Act, 2012
mayUseLanguage local languages as provided by standing orders
meetsAt county headquarters
oversightOf County Executive Committee
County Governor
linked to: County Executive

County Public Service Board
partOf county government in Kenya
primaryFunction approval of county budgets
lawmaking at county level
oversight of county executive
representation of county residents
representationUnit ward
termLength 5 years

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Narok County Government hasBranch County Assembly
County Governments of Kenya hasComponent County Assembly
subject linked to: County Governments
County Governments of Kenya legislativeBody County Assembly
subject linked to: County Governments
Kenyan general elections includeElectionOf Members of County Assemblies
linked to: County Assembly
Kericho County Government hasBranch County Assembly