The Nairobi City County is the creation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and successor of the defunct City Council of Nairobi. It operates under the auspices of the Cities and Urban Areas Act, The Devolved Governments Act and a host of other Acts.
The Nairobi City County is charged with the responsibility of providing a variety of services to residents within its area of jurisdiction. These include the services that were hitherto provided by the defunct City Council and the ones that have been transferred from the national government.
The former include Physical Planning, Public Health, Social Services and Housing, Primary Education Infrastructure, Inspectorate Services, Public Works, Environment Management while the latter include Agriculture, Livestock Development and Fisheries, Trade, Industrialization, Corporate Development, Tourism and Wildlife, Public Service Management.
To make Nairobi the city of order and dignity; Hope and Opportunities for all.
To provide affordable, accessible and sustainable quality services, enhancing community participation and creating a secure climate for political, social and economic development through the commitment of a motivated and dedicated team.
Accountability, transparency, excellence, accessibility, integrity, responsiveness, equity and team work.
The Nairobi City County, in execution of responsibilities and functions bestowed upon it by the above Acts has been divided into three arms as follows:
Led by The Governor and The Deputy Governor, The Executive arm of the County is charged with the responsibility of policy formulation. Within this arm is the County Public Service Board, the County Executive Committee, the City Inspectorate, County Investigations and Information Analysis departments,Disaster Management and Coordination Sector and a host of advisories.
The County Public Service Board is appointed by the Governor and is responsible for the determination of the county Human Resource needs recruitment and related Public Service functions. The board is under the charge of the chairman supported by various committee members.
The County Executive Committee, appointed by HE the governor, comprises ten members and is the highest policy making organ of the county. Each County Executive Committee Member is responsible for a sector of County operations namely:
It is the legislative arm of the County responsible for formulation of laws that are expected to regulate the conduct of activities in the county and to provide oversight. The legislature comprises of 85 elected and 42 nominated members of the county assembly who sit in the various committees of the county assembly.
Legislation is conducted through committees where bills are presented culminating in the plenary assembly where the bills are concluded before being signed into law by the Governor.
The Speaker is the head of the legislature and is expected to conduct all sittings of the county assembly, save for standing committee meetings.
This sector is responsible for policy formulation and leadership in the following areas;
Casinos and other forms of gambling
This sector is responsible for policy formulation and leadership in the following areas;
The Innovation and Digital Economy Sector functions include the following:
This sector is responsible for policy formulation and leadership in the following areas
This sector is responsible for policy formulation and leadership in the following areas:
This sector is responsible for policy formulation and leadership in the following areas:
This sector is responsible for policy formulation leadership in the following areas:
This sector is responsible for policy formulation and leadership in the following areas:
Implementation of national government policies on natural resources and environment including:
The Nairobi City County, as can be seen from the foregoing, is a service provision outfit larger in structure than the defunct City Council of Nairobi. The former bears more functions and responsibilities than the latter some inherited from the Council and others transferred from the national government.
This sector is responsible for policy formulation and leadership in the following areas:
The arm is mandated with Policy implementation and coordination
It is the legislative arm of the County responsible for formulation of laws that are expected to regulate the conduct of activities in the county and to provide oversight. The legislature comprises of 85 elected and 42 nominated members of the county assembly who sit in the various committees of the county assembly.
The Speaker is the head of the legislature and is expected to conduct all sittings of the county assembly, save for standing committee meetings.