16-456: Kajiado County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. As of 2019, Kajiado county spanned an area of 21,292.7 km, with a recorded population of 1,117,840. The county borders Nairobi and to its south it borders the Tanzanian regions of Arusha and Kilimanjaro . The county capital is Kajiado town but the largest town is Ongata Rongai . Its main tourist attraction
32-412: A number of nominated members as is necessary to ensure that neither male nor female members constitute more than two-thirds of the assembly. There will also be six nominated members to represent marginalised groups (persons with disabilities, and the youth) and a county assembly speaker who will be an ex officio member of the assembly. County woman representative A county women representative
48-471: A separate election for the deputy governor but shall declare the running mate of the person who is elected county governor to have been elected as the deputy governor. Each county will be run by an executive committee, consisting of: Uniquely among democracies, Kenyan law requires governors to have a recognised university degree. The counties each have an assembly whose members are elected from single-member constituencies known as wards. There may also be
64-474: Is 1:26,094, Public Health Staff is 1: 7,619, and the nurse population ratio is 1: 1,068. Source A total of 2,419.2 km of road network cover the county, of which 1,111.9 km is covered by earth surface, 932.3 km is murram surface and 375 km is covered by bitumen. There are 11 Post Offices with 4,105 installed letter boxes, 3,220 rented letter boxes and 885 vacant letter boxes. Trade and commerce There are one hundred trading centres in
80-619: Is a member of the National Assembly of Kenya who represents each one of the 47 counties in an at-large seat reserved for female members. The county women representatives serve in the national assembly alongside the 290 members elected from the constituencies , 12 nominated members and the Speaker of the National Assembly . The role of Women's Representative was created by the current Constitution of Kenya , which
96-486: Is deputised by Martin Moshisho Martin. Phillip Salau Mpaayeiwas is serving his second term as the senator and was elected in 2017. Janet Marania Teyiaa is the second women representative for the county and was also elected in 2017 on a Jubilee Party ticket. Kajiado has 811 ECD centres, 568 primary schools, 124 secondary schools, 18 tertiary institutions and 7 polytechnics. Source The doctor population ratio
112-494: Is wildlife. Kajiado County has a total population of 1,117,840 people, of which 557,098 are males, 560,704 are females, and 38 intersex people. There are 316,179 households with an average size of 3.5 people per household and a population density of 51 people per square kilometre. Source Religion in Kajiado County Kajiado County is divided into 5 sub-counties and 25 Wards with Kajiado West being
128-618: The 2010 Constitution of Kenya as the new units of devolved government . They replaced the previous provincial system . The establishment and executive powers of the counties is provided in Chapter Eleven of the Constitution on devolved government, the Constitution's Fourth Schedule and any other legislation passed by the Senate of Kenya concerning counties. The counties are also single-member constituencies which elect members of
144-587: The general elections in March 2013 . The counties' names are set out in the First Schedule of the Constitution. Under the new constitution, Kenya is now divided into 47 counties for administrative purposes. They are grouped below according to the former province they were separated from, with their areas and populations as of the 2009 and the 2019 census: Abbreviations County governments are responsible for county legislation (outlined in article 185 of
160-676: The Committee on Implementation and Oversight of the Constitution proposed abolishing the role after the next general election. While the Constitution of Kenya requires that no more than two thirds of the National Assembly or the Senate be of the same gender, this requirement has not been met. In 2017 the High Court ruled that the two houses had failed to perform their constitutional obligation. Despite attempts to introduce new legislation to ensure increased representation of women in parliament, this situation has not been resolved. Following
176-413: The Constitution of Kenya), executive functions (outlined in article 183), functions outlined in the fourth schedule of the constitution of Kenya, functions transferred from the national government through article 187 of the constitution of Kenya, functions agreed upon with other counties under article 189(2) of the constitution of Kenya, and establishment and staffing of a public service (under article 235 of
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#1732791781955192-486: The Constitution of Kenya). The functions of governments assigned to counties by the fourth schedule of the Constitution of Kenya are: Counties are mandated by the 2010 constitution of Kenya to enact legislation and laws that ensures management and controls of fire fighting. The county governor and the deputy county governor are the chief executive and deputy chief executive of the county, respectively. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission shall not conduct
208-542: The Senate, and special woman members to the National Assembly . As of 2022, there were 47 counties whose size and boundaries were based on 1992 districts . Following the re-organization of Kenya's national administration, counties were integrated into a new national administration with the national government posting a county commissioner to each county to serve as a collaborative link with national government. County governments were established in all 47 counties after
224-1155: The county. Tomato, Cabbage, Kales and Banana are mainly grown for horticulture production. Crops grown for cereal production include maize, sorghum millet, beans, cowpeas and greengrams. Some of the tubers grown are sweet potatoes, cassava, Irish potatoes. The three main livestock kept are cattle, sheep, goats and they are kept for meat, offal, raw fats, fresh hides and skins. Stats for the County Source: USAid Kenya Some Northern areas of Kajiado County bordering Nairobi are within Greater Nairobi metro. Urbanisation by County within Nairobi Metro Source: OpenDataKenya Poverty level by County Source: OpenDataKenya Worldbank 2°00′00″S 36°52′00″E / 2°S 36.8667°E / -2; 36.8667 Counties of Kenya The Counties of Kenya ( Swahili : Kaunti za Kenya ) are geographical units created by
240-453: The largest and Kajiado North Sub-county being the smallest in terms of area in km. Kajiado is subdivided into five sub-counties with 25 county assembly wards across the county. All the five constituencies have 5 county assembly wards each. There are 17 divisions which is further subdivided into 101 locations and 212 sub-locations. Source Joseph Jama Ole Lenku is the governor serving his second term after being elected in 2017 and 2022. He
256-466: Was adopted in a referendum in 2010 , in order to increase the representation of women in parliament. Prior to the 2010 constitution there were fewer than 20 female members in the Kenyan parliament. The first woman representatives were elected in the 2013 Kenyan general election . The women representatives are elected by all registered voters in the county they represent, not only female voters. In 2019
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