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Vihiga County Assembly Kenya VIHIGA COUNTY ASSEMBLY KENYA ‘Unemployment is the major challenge and reason why the majority of the residents of Vihiga County are living in poverty. I will ensure that we have job centres where our people will be able to access jobs. This will ensure that our people are recruited in their fields of specialisation.’ Governor Moses Akaranga Vihiga County is a county in the Geographically, a larger part of the former Western Province of Kenya. Its County is hilly terrain. It also has a good capital and largest town is Vihiga. The amount of forest cover such as the County borders Kakamega County to Kibiri Forest, which is an extension of VIHIGA Governor Moses Akaranga has an the north, Nandi County to the east, Kakamega Forest. open-door policy and has invited young Kisumu County to the south and Siaya people with problems to visit him in his County to the west. Economy office so that ‘they can find a solution to Agriculture is the main economic activity. issues facing them instead of engaging in The County has a population of crime’ 554,622 (2009 census) and covers an Crops planted include maize, millet, area of 563 km². bananas, avocados, sweet potatoes and cassava. Main economic activities include There are four major townships: tea farming, eucalyptus tree farming, Luanda, Majengo, Chavakali and Mbale sand and stone quarrying, dairy farming Town which serves as the administrative and horticulture. Apart from those in headquarters. The County has four formal employment most residents districts headed by district engage in informal trade, with Luanda commissioners and three sub-counties market being the largest in the region. headed by sub-county administrators. The Governor, Hon. Rev. Moses Education Akaranga heads the executive and is • Number of institutions: Primary 412; Josephat Musambayi, Clerk to the assisted by 10 cabinet secretaries and Secondary 214 Assembly other senior county staff. The County • School enrolment: Primary 180,112; Assembly is the legislative arm and is Secondary 38,413 headed by the Speaker, Hon. Daniel • Teacher to pupil ratio stands at 1:50 Chitwah and the Clerk Mr Josephat for public schools Musambayi. The Assembly Clerk is assisted in his duties by other assembly Health staff from different departments, Notable hospitals in the County include notably Administration, ICT and the Vihiga District Hospital, Emuhaya Hansard, Finance, audit and and the Hamisi Health Centres. Procurement. The Assembly is close to Majengo township along the Majengo- Contact Luanda road opposite Vihiga police station. Tel: +254 723 037 863 Email: [email protected] The Hon. Daniel C. Chitwa, Speaker Kenya KEY FACTS Joined Commonwealth: 1963 Population: 41,610,000 (2011) GNI p.c.: US$820 (2011) UN HDI 2011: world ranking 143 Geography Area: 582,646 sq km Coastline: 536 km Capital: Nairobi Kenya lies astride the equator, extending from the Indian Ocean in the east to Uganda in the west and from the United Republic of Tanzania in the south to Ethiopia and Sudan in the north. On the east and north-east it borders Somalia. The country is divided into eight provinces (Central, Coast, Eastern, Nairobi, North-Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Western). Constitution Status: Republic with executive President in March 2004 – would be subject to a national Legislature: Parliament of Kenya referendum. Draft constitutions were discussed at a series Independence: 12 December 1963 of constitutional conferences. The new constitution that was approved by the National Assembly in April 2010, The constitution in force until August 2010 had been endorsed by the electorate in the national referendum on 4 amended many times since the republic was formed in August 2010 and promulgated on 27 August 2010 December 1964. It provided for the unicameral National provides for reduction of the President’s power; abolition of Assembly consisting of 210 members directly elected every the post of Prime Minister (after the next election); an five years and 12 non-constituency members appointed by expanded National Assembly (to 350 seats); creation of a the President, plus the Speaker and Attorney-General. The Senate; significant devolution of power to new county multiparty system was introduced in December 1991. authorities (to be overseen by the senate); recognition of The President – directly elected and limited to two five-year faith courts; a bill of rights; and creation of a Supreme terms – is Head of State, head of the cabinet and Court, a new anti-corruption agency, and an independent commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and appoints the land commission to promote land reform. Vice-President and cabinet. However, under the These new provisions were to be implemented in a internationally-brokered power-sharing agreement, a grand timetable spanning up to five years, most provisions to coalition government, comprising President and the new come into force after the elections of March 2013. The post of Prime Minister, was established in March 2008. implementation process is being overseen by two bodies, A commission was set up in 2000 to draw up a new the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution constitution, which – following a constitutional court ruling and the Commission on Revenue Allocation. 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