Download Manual Mutoh Rj 4100 more. Local Government Reform Programme Background and introduction to LGRP On attaining independence in 1961, the then government of Tanganyika abolished the. With guidelines for planning and implementing Security Sector Reform (SSR). Key program area in support of. Local government authorities.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • Executive branch [ ] Main office holders Office Name Party Since 9 April 2013 9 April 2013 The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. As of the 2013 March general election, the has two requirements for any candidate to be declared winner: • to win at least 25% of the vote in a majority of Kenya's forty seven counties • to garner 50% + 1 vote of the total valid votes. If none of the candidates fulfills these requirements there is to be a runoff between the two contenders with the highest number of votes.

The is the running mate of the candidate that wins the presidential election whilst other cabinet members will be appointed, with the approval from the National Assembly, from outside Parliament. Between 2008 and 2013 Kenya was governed by a Grand coalition, established by a power sharing agreement, signed by then President and Prime Minister of the. That government featured the post of prime minister and ministers appointed to reflect political parties' relative strength in Kenya's 10th Parliament in which 's party, the was the largest party. Under the power-sharing agreement, each of the two major parties also nominated a deputy prime minister. The consists of a National Assembly and Senate.

The National Assembly, or Bunge, has 349 members, 290 members elected for a five-year term in single-seat, 47 women elected from each county, 12 members nominated by political parties in proportion to their share of seats won in the single-member constituencies, and an ex officio member: the speaker. There is also a senate with 67 members. 47 elected from counties acting as single member constituencies, 16 women nominated by political parties, a man and a woman representing youths and a man and woman representing people with disabilities. The speaker is an ex officio member. Kenyan Parliament Building Political parties and elections [ ]. Further information: The judiciary is divided into Superior Courts and Subordinate Courts. Superior Courts consist of: a chief justice, deputy chief justice (who are members of the Supreme Court), Supreme Court judges, High Court judges, and judges of Kenya's Court of Appeal (no associate judges) appointed by an independent Judicial Service Commission.

The Chief Justice and his or her deputy are nominated by the President from names selected by the Judicial Service Commission and voted by the National Assembly. Subordinates Courts are Magistrates Courts, Kadhi Courts and Courts Martial. The current chief justice is.

Administrative divisions [ ]. Further information: Under the 2010 Constitution, Kenya is divided into 47 (including the Cities of and ), each comprising a whole number of Parliamentary. Each county has an elected Assembly, whose members are elected from single-member wards. There are provisions for additional Assembly members to be appointed to improve the gender balance and to represent special groups such as persons with disabilities and youth. Each county is administered by an elected Governor and Deputy Governor, backed by an Executive Committee whose other members are drawn from the county assembly. Political conditions [ ]. A political parade in, held in July 2001 Since independence in 1963, has maintained remarkable stability, despite changes in its political system and crises in neighbouring countries.