County Governments Act

This Act may be cited as the County Governments Act.

Contains the phrase "the holder of the office of county chief officer in a county department; or" as part of the interpretation section.

Provides for matters necessary or convenient to give effect to Chapter Eleven of the Constitution pursuant to Article 200 of the Constitution.

Lists the county symbols (flag, coat of arms, public seal), requires development and approval processes for county symbols, references applying to the College of Arms, aligns county symbol usage with national law, and prohibits county symbols from being the same as or similar to national symbols.

County governments are responsible for functions assigned to them by the Constitution or an Act of Parliament, including making county legislation, exercising executive functions, performing functions assigned in the Fourth Schedule, receiving transferred functions, agreeing functions with other counties, and establishing and staffing their public service; a county government may seek assistance from the Kenya Law Reform Commission for county legislation development or reform.

County governments are corporate bodies with powers to contract, acquire land, delegate functions, form companies or contract others, enter partnerships, and must ensure efficient, effective, inclusive and participatory performance.

Section 6A sets (1) county governments' locations as given in the Third Schedule; (2) allows a County Assembly to transfer the county headquarters by a two‑thirds resolution and Parliament approval; (3) requires public participation before such a resolution; and (4) requires the county Governor to confer urban area status to the county seat under the Urban Areas and Cities Act.

Each county assembly must have a leader of the majority party and a leader of the minority party; the majority leader is the leader of the largest party or coalition and the minority leader is the leader of the second largest party or coalition.

Sets grounds and procedure for vacation of the office of speaker, including grounds for removal, requirements for motions, notifications and response timelines, suspension of duties pending resolution, a right for the speaker to appear and a 14-day consideration period by the county assembly.

The deputy speaker's office is vacated if the office holder vacates under Article 194 of the Constitution, or if the county assembly passes a resolution supported by at least two‑thirds of its members.

Section establishes the county assembly service board, names its composition, states the clerk is its secretary, requires certain appointed members to serve part-time, and lists events when membership ends and when appointees remain until replacement.

The county assembly service board appoints the clerk of the county assembly with the approval of the county assembly; candidate qualifications are listed; the clerk's functions follow section 19 of the County Assembly Services Act; the clerk is an authorized officer; remuneration is set by the county assembly service board on advice of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission.

Section 14 lets a county assembly make standing orders and establish committees, and requires it to ensure every member is appointed to at least one committee.

A person is entitled to petition a county assembly to consider matters within the assembly's authority, including enacting, amending or repealing its legislation.

Section 16 has been deleted.

Section 17 deleted by ActNo. 6 of 2017, s. 39.

Sets Kiswahili, English and Kenyan sign language as the official languages for a county assembly and states rules on which language versions prevail and how proceedings are recorded.

The quorum of a county assembly is one third of all its members.

Questions in the county assembly are decided by a majority of members present and voting; the speaker has no vote; members must declare interests and must not vote where they have a pecuniary interest.

County assemblies exercise legislative power by passing Bills which must be assented to by the Governor; money Bills have special introduction and recommendation rules and list categories of money matters.

A Bill introduced in the county assembly must have a title at the beginning that includes the subject matter of the statute to be enacted.

A Bill must be published as a supplement in the county Gazette and the Kenya Gazette.

The Speaker must forward Bills passed by the county assembly to the Governor within 14 days; the Governor may assent or refer the Bill back; if amended the Speaker must re-submit within 14 days; in certain two-thirds re-passage situations the Speaker must re-submit within 7 days and the Governor must assent within 7 days; failure to act results in deemed assent.

County legislation assented by the Governor must be published in the county Gazette and Kenya Gazette within seven days of assent; it generally comes into force on the 14th day after publication in the Kenya Gazette unless the law specifies a different date or time; legislation conferring a direct benefit on members of the county assembly comes into force after the next general election, except for interests members have as members of the public.

Specifies membership composition of the county assembly (six nominated members; the speaker as ex officio), requires that county assembly reflect community and cultural diversity and adequate minority representation, and requires the nominated-member number be reviewed to match the number of Wards determined by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission under section 26(3)(a).

A county assembly must not be fully constituted at its first sitting after a general election unless all members required under Article 177(1)(b) and (c) have been nominated and their names published in the Gazette.

The place of first sittings is set out in the Third Schedule; the first sitting of a new county assembly must occur within thirty days of full constitution; otherwise a county assembly may hold sittings anywhere in the county and may start them at any time it appoints.

The county assembly must perform roles including vetting and approving nominees to county public offices; performing roles under Article 185; approving the county budget and expenditure; approving county borrowing; approving county development planning; and performing other roles set out in the Constitution or legislation. If the county assembly fails to enact required legislation, corresponding national legislation shall apply with necessary modifications until the county assembly enacts the required legislation.

Members of a county assembly must maintain contact with and represent the electorate, attend assembly sessions and committees, link the assembly to public service delivery, provide professional expertise on issues, and be sworn in on the first sitting; they must not perform executive functions or deliver services as if county officers.

County assemblies must elect a deputy speaker from among their members; the deputy speaker must preside when the speaker is absent; if both are absent, members must elect one of themselves to preside.

Section 26 limits total electoral Wards to 1,450 and directs the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to delimit Wards so that each county has at least ten Wards (for the first general elections), no county has fewer than twenty-five Wards, reviews finish at least twelve months before county assembly elections, new boundaries take effect if an election is within twelve months of review completion, and the Commission must consult and consider specified factors and population-deviation limits.

The electorate in a county ward may recall their county assembly member before the end of the term on specified grounds, subject to timing limits.

Sets requirements and time limits for petitions to recall a ward representative, including petition form, supporter thresholds, verification and timelines for notice and election.

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission must frame the recall question (requiring a yes/no answer), assign a symbol for each answer, voting is by secret ballot, recall decided by simple majority; if removal occurs the Commission must conduct a by-election and the recalled member may run.

Integrate communication into all development activities.

Objective: create awareness on devolution and governance.

Section 95 lists county communication channels and requires the county government to encourage and facilitate other mass communication means including traditional media.

Kenyan citizens have a right to request and obtain information held by county governments and other State organs; county governments must designate an office to ensure access, must enact county legislation (subject to national law), and such county legislation may impose reasonable fees for access.

Protects marginalized and minority groups from discrimination and from any discriminatory treatment based on characteristics such as language, religion, culture, national or social origin, sex, caste, birth, descent or other status.

Lists functions and responsibilities of a county Governor, including executing constitutional and legislative functions, appointing and assigning county executive duties, submitting plans and reports, chairing the executive committee, representing the county, and promoting governance and citizen participation.

The Governor may dismiss a county executive committee member.

The deputy Governor must deputize for the Governor and may be assigned other county executive responsibilities; when acting under Article 179(5) the deputy Governor must not exercise the Governor's powers to nominate, appoint or dismiss, and the Governor must not delegate those functions to the deputy Governor.

If the Governor-elect cannot assume office, the deputy Governor-elect must be sworn in as acting Governor on the day the Governor-elect would have been sworn in.

The deputy Governor must, within fourteen days from the date the office of Governor became vacant, take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation in the First Schedule before assuming office.

Vacancy in the office of deputy Governor; the section text reads: "Section 32C. Vacancy in the office of deputy Governor Section dies;"

Sets the process and timing for filling a deputy Governor vacancy: the County Executive must nominate within 14 days and (with county assembly approval) appoint; the county assembly must consider and resolve a motion within 14 days or is deemed to have approved it; nominee must be eligible for election as Governor; defines when a deputy Governor is considered to have served a full term.

A county assembly member may move to remove a Governor if supported by at least one-third; the speaker must notify the Speaker of the Senate within two days; the Senate may investigate, appoint an eleven-member special committee, and, if a majority of county delegations uphold charges, the Governor ceases to hold office.

Exercise of executive authority in accordance with the Constitution and relevant national and county legislation.

A member of the county executive committee must not hold any other State or public office.

The county executive committee must supervise county service administration and delivery, perform functions conferred by the Constitution or national legislation, and carry out incidental functions; it also has power to determine its programme and committee members must observe integrity and disclose interests.

The executive committee must monitor the process of planning, formulation and adoption of the integrated development plan by a city or municipality within the county.

A person appointed as a member of the county executive committee must take the prescribed oath or affirmation of office before assuming office.

Members of the county executive committee must be individually and collectively accountable to the Governor when exercising their powers and performing their duties and responsibilities.

Sets grounds for removal and a process: the county assembly appoints a five-member select committee to investigate; the committee must report within ten days; the member may appear and be represented; if substantiated the county assembly votes on dismissal, the speaker delivers the resolution to the Governor, and the Governor shall dismiss the member.

Records must be kept of deliberations; quorum, voting majorities and public access rules are set for county executive committee meetings.

After a county government election the outgoing county executive committee must remain in office until a new county executive committee is constituted, and the constitution of that new committee must be finalized within twenty-one days of the swearing-in of the county assembly members.

A county government may request the Attorney-General to represent the county government in court or other legal proceedings, except in criminal proceedings; this is pursuant to Article 156(4) of the Constitution.

Section 44 establishes the office of county secretary, sets minimum qualifications, requires a Governor-appointed selection process, defines appointment and removal procedures, fixes a five-year term (renewable once), makes the county secretary an ex officio (non-voting) member of the County Executive Committee, and allows resignation on thirty days' written notice.

Section 45 requires nomination of qualified county chief officers recommended by the County Public Service Board and, with county assembly approval, their appointment; it makes the office part of the county public service, assigns responsibilities to report to the county executive committee member, designates the county chief officer as the authorized officer for delegated powers, permits the Governor to re-assign a county chief officer, and lists death, resignation by written notice to the Governor, or removal under applicable terms or written law as endings of office.

The County Executive Committee decides how the county is organised, including creating, varying, abolishing and naming departments, and must ensure departments are responsive, accountable, performance-oriented and aligned with county policies.

The county executive committee must design a performance management plan to evaluate county public service performance and policy implementation; the Governor must submit annual performance reports of the county executive committee and public service to the county assembly; the plan and reports are to be public documents.

Decentralized units in a county include urban areas and cities, sub-counties (constituencies), Wards, village units (as determined by the county assembly), and other units a county government may determine.

Structures and functions of urban areas and cities are governed by the Urban Areas and Cities Act (Cap. 275).

Establishes the office of sub-county administrator and sets qualifications, appointment by the County Public Service Board, listed functions, delegated powers under section 86, and responsibility to the county chief officer.

Each Ward in a county has an established office of Ward administrator; the Ward administrator must have professional qualifications and be competitively appointed, performs listed functions (policy development, service delivery, community development, infrastructure maintenance, county public service duties, delegated powers under section 86, and coordinating citizen participation), and is responsible to the sub-county administrator.

Establishes an office of village administrator for each village unit; village administrators must have professional qualifications and technical knowledge, perform specified functions (including coordinating participation in governance and building administrative capacity), may exercise delegated functions under section 86, are appointed by the County Public Service Board, and are responsible to the relevant Ward administrator.

The village council includes the village administrator as Chairperson and between three and five competitively appointed village elders; elders must meet specified eligibility criteria and shall be paid an allowance determined by the county assembly.

Section 54 sets out county-level decentralization structures, establishes a consultative forum for each county (chaired by the Governor or specified alternates), permits that forum to carry out additional county-legislated functions, requires the Governor to chair other county committees established under specified constitutional articles, and requires the Governor to receive regular briefings from the county security committee.

Provides for evaluation and reporting on the extent to which the values and principles in Articles 10 and 232 of the Constitution are complied with in the county public service.

Each county must have its own county public service.

Establishes the County Public Service Board as a body corporate with perpetual succession and a seal.

Section 58 sets out the composition, membership numbers, secretary appointment, qualifications, term length, part‑time service, grounds for removal, election of a vice‑Chairperson, and gender requirement for Chairperson and vice‑Chairperson of the County Public Service Board.

Sets the procedure for nominating and appointing members of a county public service board, including appointment of a selection panel by the Governor (with county assembly approval), panel composition, timelines for meetings, advertising and nomination steps, and dissolution of the panel.

The County Public Service Board must perform specified functions including creating/abolishing county public service offices; appointing and disciplining staff; preparing and publishing reports to the county assembly; promoting and reporting on national values and principles; advising on human resource matters; and recommending pay matters to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission.

The county public service board must be independent and must not be subject to direction or control by any other person or authority.

Sets criteria for creating county public service offices and requires the County Public Service Board to consider limits on personnel emoluments when funding is determined; requires heads of department to submit written requests complying with the section's conditions.

The County Public Service Board must follow due process (including removal or retirement and principles of natural justice) before abolishing an office, except where the officer has been re-deployed.

The County Public Service Board may, on its own motion and taking into account this Part, establish or abolish any county public service office; if it intends to do so it must submit a proposal to the county assembly via the county executive committee member; it must give the concerned county chief officer an opportunity to make representations; if an established office remains unfilled for twelve months it is abolished and the Board is not required to decide to abolish it.

The County Public Service Board has the power to make appointments, including promotions, to offices in the county public service, subject to the Constitution or legislation.

Acting appointments to public office must meet prescribed qualifications; acting appointments may only be made by the lawful appointing authority and must be for a specified period; delegation or deployment is allowed in limited circumstances and must meet competence and non‑undermining conditions; the County Public Service Board must take corrective action if contrary appointments occur.

When making appointments, factors to be considered include constitutional values and principles, prescribed qualifications, candidate experience, diversity of expertise, conduct and integrity, ethnic representation at entry level (at least thirty percent), open and transparent recruitment, and individual performance.

When a public office is to be filled, the County Public Service Board must invite applications by advertisement and other communications so as to reach as wide a population of potential applicants as possible.

An appointment or assignment of a duty in a county public service is not valid unless it is evidenced in writing.

The County Public Service Board must keep a record of all applications received in response to advertisements for a specified period, subject to relevant legislation; that record may be inspected by any person.

Each county public service board must promote equal opportunity, eliminate discrimination, and implement strategies (including affirmative action and diversity measures) to ensure fair appointment processes in the county public service.

Section 68B. Collection and analysis of information on county public service Section collect information and conduct an analysis of the county public service in order to determine the degree of the underrepresentation of persons in marginalized groups in each occupational group in the respective county public service; and

Each county public service must prepare and implement a public service employment equity plan to eliminate ethnic imbalance and implement section 65(1)(e); the county public service board must consult specified stakeholders and ensure implementation and achievement of employment equity.

County public service boards must establish and maintain county public service employment equity records about the county public service and the implementation of employment equity by the board.

Report the measures taken by the board during the reporting period to implement employment equity and the results achieved.

If a public officer is re-designated, the officer shall not in any way suffer reduction in remuneration.

The head of department must release a promoted public officer to take up the promotion within sixty days after the date of the promotion; if not released the officer stands released upon lapse of sixty days. If a promoted officer fails to take up the promotion the promotional decision lapses after sixty days and the officer reverts to the prior office.

If the relevant authority does not confirm a public officer appointed on probation when the probationary term lapses (with or without extension), the officer is confirmed in the appointment on the due date.

The section vests the power to deploy a county public officer in specified county officials.

Sets obligations and limits on secondments: the national government must protect and (unless agreed otherwise) pay seconded staff; seconded officers may revert to their prior posts under certain conditions; County Public Service Boards must refuse secondment if not in the officer's or county service's interest and must not allow secondment without considering representations.

The County Public Service Board must regulate engagement of contract, volunteer and casual workers, staff of joint ventures and interns in its public bodies and offices.

Revoke the decision on irregularity of process.

The County Public Service Board must follow principles of natural justice when exercising disciplinary powers; public officers must not be punished contrary to the Constitution or any Act; county government or other lawful disciplinary authorities retain the power to retire officers on grounds of public interest; the county government, county chief officer or other lawful authority may interdict, suspend or take interlocutory decisions even where criminal proceedings are pending.

Persons dissatisfied with certain county public service decisions may appeal to the Public Service Commission; appeals must be in writing and made within ninety days, and the Commission may entertain late appeals where it considers circumstances warrant.

County public officers may resign in writing to the lawful appointing authority; resignation takes effect 30 days after the resignation letter; a person who has resigned may rejoin in accordance with appointment provisions.

Retirement is triggered by reaching the mandatory retirement age prescribed by legislation or policy, or as agreed between the county public officer and the appointing authority.

The national government (by policy) prescribes the mandatory retirement age for county public officers generally and for any category of public officers.

When a public officer is considered for retirement or requests retirement on grounds of ill health, the concerned county chief officer must (a) initiate the retirement process and (b) require a medical board examination; the County Public Service Board shall decide whether to call the officer to retire and may retire the officer if ill health prevents attendance and the authorized officer submits the case.

When some but not all holders of similar county public offices are to be retired because the office is abolished, the concerned county chief officer must inform those officers and invite representations; after receiving or failing to receive representations the county chief officer must forward the case and a recommendation to the County Public Service Board, which will decide whether to retire an officer and may issue directions if further justification is needed; the Board must not retire any officer on abolition grounds without written evidence that the office has been abolished.

The County Public Service Board must decide promptly whether a public officer should be retired on grounds of public interest, and if further inquiry is necessary it must issue directions to the county chief officer.

Before retiring a public officer under this section (except for voluntary retirement or retirement under contractual terms), the County Public Service Board or other lawful authority must give the officer a reasonable opportunity to make representations on the intended retirement.

Entitlement to apply for review when there are fresh material facts which, with due diligence, could not be presented when the decision was initially made.

The County Public Service Board may, in writing, delegate any of its functions to specified county or local officers and administrators.

timely access to information, data, documents, and other information relevant or related to policy formulation and implementation;

Citizens may petition the county government on matters under its responsibility; petitions must be in writing; county legislation must give further effect to this section.

County government authorities, agencies and agents must respond expeditiously to petitions and challenges from citizens.

Two kinds of matters may be subject to a local referendum: (a) county laws and petitions, and (b) planning and investment decisions affecting the county if a petition signed by at least twenty five percent of registered voters in the referendum area is raised.

Establishes modalities and platforms for citizen participation, including information communication technology based platforms.

Establishes County Development Boards, lists membership, sets functions including consultation on development plans and budgets, sets quorum and meeting frequency, and specifies timelines for constitution after elections or commencement.

The respective county government must include the operational expenses for the County Development Board in its annual estimates of revenue and expenditure.

Any person who knowingly and unlawfully obstructs, hinders, undermines or prevents the County Development Board from discharging its functions commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one million shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.

Part applies (with necessary modifications) to all decentralized county units; the Governor must submit an annual report to the county assembly on citizen participation; regulations under section 135 and County legislation may give full effect to this Part.

Counties must implement a civic education programme and establish a civic education unit; a national design and framework will determine curriculum content; national and county governments must facilitate implementation; county programmes must involve registered non-state actors as prescribed by regulations.

County legislation must provide the requisite institutional framework to facilitate and implement civic education programmes, subject to section 100.

Section 98 sets out principles for civic education: (1)(a) empowerment and enlightenment of citizens and government; (1)(b) continual and systemic engagement of citizens and government; and (1)(c) values and principles of devolution in the Constitution. Section 98(2) prohibits dissemination of other content under civic education except as provided under section 100.

The purpose of civic education under this Act is to have an informed citizenry that actively participates in governance on the basis of enhanced knowledge, understanding and ownership of the Constitution.

Integrate national values in all processes and concepts.

Ensure harmony between national, county and sub-county spatial planning requirements.

County governments must prepare county plans; planning frameworks must integrate multiple planning dimensions; the county government must designate planning authorities; all authorities must include non-state actors to promote public participation.

The designated planning authority in the county must organise for effective implementation of the planning function; Section 105(1)(a)–(f) lists planning-related responsibilities including coordinating integrated development planning, ensuring linkages with national planning, citizen engagement, data management, and establishing a GIS-based database.

Section 106 requires planning cooperation under the law on inter-governmental relations, directs that county plans be based on county government functions and national policies, requires county plans to consider financial viability of development programmes, and requires county planning to provide for citizen participation.

County plans must serve as the basis for all budgeting and spending in a county.

The county integrated development plan must set out clear goals, an implementation plan with outcomes, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting mechanisms, and must include information on implementation, investments and development initiatives, maps or references to them, and financial projections and strategies.

County departments must develop ten-year county sectoral plans as part of the county integrated development plan; the county executive must review them every five years and the county assembly must approve them; plans are reviewed every five years and updated annually.

County spatial plans must contain specified spatial and development content; each plan must be developed by the county executive committee and approved by the respective county assemblies; plans must be reviewed every five years with revisions approved by the county assemblies.

City or municipal land use and building plans are binding on all public entities and private citizens in the city or municipality; each plan must be reviewed every five years with revisions approved by the respective county assemblies.

A county executive committee may introduce a proposal to amend the county integrated development plan; the county assembly must consider and approve or reject proposed amendments; a person ordinarily resident in a county is not precluded from proposing an amendment.

The county integrated development plan must inform the county’s budget and be used to prepare action plans; it also specifies performance measures including percentages of households with access to basic services, the percentage of capital budget spent on identified projects, the number of jobs created by local economic initiatives, and the plan’s financial viability.

Projects described in subsection (1) must, after mandatory public hearings, be considered and either approved or rejected by the county assembly.

Each county assembly must develop laws and regulations to ensure effective citizen participation in county development planning and performance management, and those laws and guidelines must adhere to minimum national requirements.

County governments and their agencies must deliver services within their designated area of jurisdiction; counties must deliver services while observing principles including equity, efficiency, accessibility, non-discrimination, transparency, accountability, sharing of data and information, and subsidiarity.

A county government must carry out regular reviews of the delivery of services to seek improvement.

Counties may enter agreements with national government bodies or other counties to provide or receive services; each county must have a shared services platform aligned to national policies, standards and norms.

Citizens’ Service Centres must act as the central office for county public services and the Governor must ensure appropriate ICT is used at those centres to provide timely, efficient services to county citizens.

County governments and agencies delivering services in the county must adopt and implement a tariffs and pricing policy for public services.

The ministry or government department in charge of intergovernmental relations must provide support to county governments to enable them to perform their functions and carry out a set of assessments, reports, consultations and capacity‑building measures; the Cabinet Secretary must seek Parliament's approval before assuming functions and must notify the county of any intervention and the measures and period required to fix problems.

Grounds for suspension in an emergency arising out of internal conflict or war.

Allows a person to petition the President to suspend a county government (requires supporter signatures); sets steps for reporting, commission inquiry, Senate consideration, and possible suspension up to ninety days.

While a county government is suspended the county assembly is prorogued; assembly leadership and members stay in office with half benefits; pending bills without assent expire and must be re‑introduced after suspension; committees are dissolved and reconstituted when suspension ends; suspension ends if the Senate terminates it, after 90 days, or when IEBC publishes a county assembly election notice in the Kenya Gazette.

When a county government is suspended, the county executive committee's functions are taken over by an interim county management board; during suspension the Governor, deputy Governor and members of the executive committee receive half of their benefits.

The President must appoint an Interim County Management Board by Gazette notice; the President appoints the Chairperson with Senate approval; the Cabinet Secretary responsible for intergovernmental relations appoints the other members (3–5) with Senate approval and appoints the board secretary; the Board may co‑opt up to three specialist members.

Section 127 sets out functions, powers and procedural rules for the Interim County Management Board, including powers to summon persons and documents, require information, receive evidence, issue written instructions; obligations for the Board to report within ninety days; Cabinet Secretary to provide staff; entitlement to allowances for Board members; prohibitions on suspended county government members exercising oversight; and immunity for Board members acting in good faith.

The President must, by notice in the Gazette, dissolve an Interim County Management Board when the new county government comes into office after elections under Article 192(6) of the Constitution.

The Senate may terminate a county government's suspension; a Senator may move such a motion; the Speaker must refer the motion to a select committee which must report within ten days; if the motion is supported by a majority of county delegations the suspension ends, the Interim County Management Board is dissolved, and local officers resume functions and benefits.

Elections for a suspended county must be held within ninety days of suspension; the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission must cause elections for the Governor and county assembly in the affected county in accordance with the Elections Act (Cap. 7).

County governments' funds and financial management must follow the law relating to public finance; procedures for budgeting, borrowing powers and grants management must follow that law.

All members, officers and staff of a county government must subscribe to an existing pension scheme for officers and staff of local government, subject to transitional provisions.

Certain county officials and persons acting under county direction are exempt from personal civil liability for acts done in good faith while executing duties; persons not so exempt who misuse funds contrary to rules must be accountable and make good any loss.

The Cabinet Secretary may make regulations, including for all county governments or any class of county governments and further units of decentralization; regulations made under this section must be tabled before the Senate for approval and do not take effect until that approval is obtained.

Section 137 assigns responsibility to specified Ministries and the Commission to design, coordinate, implement and ensure appropriate content of civic education, and requires those Ministries to build county capacity for civic education.

Section 138 protects certain public officers' terms of service from disadvantage, restricts removal except under existing terms or law, allows improvements to terms, requires appointed officers to discharge duties, and tasks the transition body to facilitate staff redeployment.