27-517: Homa Bay County is a county in the former Nyanza Province of Kenya . Its capital and largest town is Homa Bay . The county has a population of 1,131,950 (2019 census) and an area of 3,154.7 km. Lake Victoria is a major source of livelihood for Homa Bay County. It has 40 wards, each represented by an MCA in the Homa Bay county assembly located in Homa Bay town, which is the county headquarters. Homa Bay County has eight sub counties just like
54-838: A High Court ruling in September 2009, there were 46 legal districts in Kenya, excluding Nairobi which constituted a 47th district. Following the Kenyan general election, 2013 , these districts and Nairobi now constitute the 47 counties which will be the basis for rolling out devolution as set out in the 2010 Constitution of Kenya (district headquarters are in parentheses): Coast Province : North Eastern Province : Eastern Province : Central Province : Rift Valley Province : Western Province : Nyanza Province : All these 46 districts (plus Nairobi) have been replaced with 47 counties since March 2013, promoting them as
81-414: A limited organisation for providing public services locally. These remaining sub-counties are transitional and could be replaced by more efficient cooperative structures grouping the local services in organised cities and their surrounding towns, either for dedicated missions or for temporary plans; so they may be deeply reorganised or disappear at any time. The remaining sub-counties already do not match with
108-550: A little volcanic lake well known for its ancient origins and its undiscovered prehistoric sites that make it a Kenya safari tourist destination of the worldwide interest. The lake is known for seasonal migration of Flamingo birds from Lakes Bogoria, Natron and Nakuru National Park among other lakes from the rift valley. 0°41′00″S 34°27′00″E / 0.683333°S 34.45°E / -0.683333; 34.45 Counties of Kenya The Counties of Kenya ( Swahili : Kaunti za Kenya ) are geographical units created by
135-426: 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. Sub-Counties of Kenya Sub-counties , formerly known as Districts , are
162-471: 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
189-402: A total of 19 divisions, with 116 locations and 226 sub-locations. The county has eight electoral constituencies : Gladys Wanga is the current governor after being elected in the 2022 general elections that took place on August 9. Moses Otieno Kajwang ’ is the senator and was elected in 2015 in a by - election due to the death of his brother, Gerald Otieno Kajwang . He retained his seat in
216-410: Is appointed by the state to lead each sub-county. The sub-counties are further divided into divisions , locations and sub-locations. Districts were introduced in Kenya by the colonial government to ease control and management of the colony. The number of districts in Kenya through the colonial period varied. Headed by District Commissioners (DC), districts were the second level of administration after
243-831: Is covered by road network of 3225 km of which 1840 is covered by earth surface, 1240 km is gravel and 184 km is covered by bitumen. There are 13 postal services with 3,300 installed letter boxes, 1,605 rented letter boxes 1,695 vacant letter boxes. The county grows a variety of agricultural crops based on the ecological zones found in the county. Coffee, sugarcane, maize, beans, tobacco, dairy and fish farming in Rachuonyo subcounty. Maize, millet, pineapples, sorghum, sunflower and tomatoes are grown in Gwasi Hills of Suba. Millet, green grams, tobacco, sugarcane, pineapples, sisal are grown in Ndhiwa, Homa Bay town and Rangwe. Cotton
270-420: The 1963 Constitution of Kenya , apart from Nairobi , there were forty districts across the seven semi-autonomus regions of Kenya which later became to be referred as provinces. The districts were represented by a single member in the senate . Coast Region : North Eastern Region : Eastern Region : Central Region : Rift Valley Region : Western Region : Nyanza Region : Following
297-618: 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
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#1732773275720324-587: 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
351-588: The provinces . In 1962, as the colony was transitioning to self-rule, the colonial government redrew the districts and capped them at forty, in addition to the Nairobi Area . A bicameral parliament meant that the districts were to send one senator to the Senate . In 1966, the Senate was abolished by an amendment to the constitution, making the districts purely administrative. By 1992, one district had been eliminated, six more had been created by splitting some of
378-494: The 2017 General elections. Gladys Atieno Nyasuna Wanga is the second woman representative to hold the office after being elected in 2017. There are a total of 206 health facilities across the county of which 144 are public and 62 are private. Source The county has 1451 ECD centres of which are 991 public and 460 private. There are 1089 primary schools, 312 secondary schools, 50 youth polytechnic, 2 technical training institutions, 2 university colleges. Source The county
405-533: The City of Nairobi – constitute the 47 counties into which Kenya is now divided administratively, and they are also the 47 constituencies for the elections to the National Senate. All the former districts have disappeared (as well as the former 8 provinces whose devolution was transferred to the new 47 counties), and are now considered only as "sub-counties", without autonomy; they are used in urban areas for
432-413: 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
459-486: 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
486-561: The High Court decision in September 2009): In August 2009, however, the High Court of Kenya declared all districts created after 1992 illegal. The judge stated that the districts were created "in complete disregard of the law" . As a result, Kenya had only 46 legal districts (excluding Nairobi with its special constitutional status as the capital of the country). Following the March 2013 elections, these 46 districts – together with
513-497: The High Court outlawed 210 of them). The creation of new districts has been criticised by opponents for being waste of money and a populist attempt to please local residents. The government, however, say new districts bring services closer to the people and will provide security. The following list contains 208 districts, taken from a Kenyan government website in July 2009 (the list is incomplete, but their number stopped growing after
540-556: 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
567-499: The constituencies. Homa Bay County has a total population of 1,131,950 persons, of which 539,560 are males, 592,367 females and 23 intersex persons. It has 262,036 households with an average of 4.3 people per household. The county has a population density of 359 people per square kilometre. Source Religion in Homa Bay County The county has been subdivided into 8 sub-counties with 40 county assembly wards. There are
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#1732773275720594-472: The decentralised units through which government of Kenya provides functions and services. At national level, sub-counties take a more administrative function like security, statistical purposes, provision of government services, etc. Even though the sub-counties are divisions of counties, powers to create new national sub-counties lies with the national government. As of 2023, there are 314 sub-counties, compared to 290 constituencies. A deputy county commissioner
621-499: The existing districts. By the start of the 21st century more districts had been created, and by 2005, seventy two districts were in existence, and by 2010, Kenya had 265 districts. In 2009, the High Court declared all districts created after 1992 unlawful, though they remained functional. Under the former Constitution of Kenya, the Provinces of Kenya were subdivided into a number of districts ( wilaya ). In line with restructuring
648-595: The first level of administrative subdivisions of the country, and the 8 former provinces (which were the first level of subdivisions) have been dissolved. New districts started to be created by President Moi, and there were up to 57 districts in 2003 when President Kibaki first came into office. In early January 2007, 37 new districts were created by the government from the 14 former districts, rising their number to 70. Many more districts have been created since then, such that in July 2009 there were 254 districts (an up to 256 districts plus Nairobi on 20 September 2009, when
675-455: The national administration to fit with the devolved government system brought in by the 2010 Constitution, that came into full effect following elections in March 2013, the 8 provinces and their administrators and districts were replaced by County Commissioners at the county level, while former districts existing as of 2013 were re-organised as sub-counties, and had Deputy Commissioners appointed over them. At county government level, except for
702-660: The parts which fall under urban areas, sub-counties coincide with the constituencies created under article 89 of the Constitution of Kenya . In that case, constituencies are sometimes referred to as 'sub-counties' at county management level, but defer significantly from the sub-counties at national level. The sub-counties have a sub-county administrator, appointed by a County Public Service Board. The sub-counties or constituencies in this case are further divided into wards and villages. The county governments are mandated to appoint administrators in both decentralised levels. As per
729-495: Was grown in Rachuonyo and central Mbita before the collapse of the cotton industry. There are efforts that are underway to revive cotton farming across the county. Some of the animals kept in the county include dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, hair goats, dairy goats, meat pigs, rabbit and poultry. The county is also a tourist attraction center because of the mysterious lake found in Karachuonyo constituency, Lake Simbi Nyaima,
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