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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ