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Section 48 of County Governments Act: Decentralized units

    

(1) Subject to subsection (3), the functions and provision of services of each county government shall be decentralized to—
(a) the urban areas and cities within the county established in accordance with the Urban Areas and Cities Act (No. 13 of 2011);
(b) the sub-counties equivalent to the constituencies within the county established under Article 89 of the Constitution;
(c) the Wards within the county established under Article 89 of the Constitution and section 26;
(d) such number of village units in each county as may be determined by the county assembly of the respective county; and
(e) such other or further units as a county government may determine.
(2) If the constituency or part of a constituency falls under urban areas or cities, that constituency or part of the constituency, as the case may be, shall be considered as falling under subsection (1)(a).
(3) In establishing a village unit under subsection (1)(d), a county assembly shall take into account the—
(a) population size;
(b) geographical features;
(c) community of interest, historical, economic and cultural ties; and
(d) means of communication.
(4) A county assembly shall enact legislation to provide for the delineation and establishment of the village units in the county.
(5) Nothing in this Part may be construed as precluding the county government, through county legislation, from adjusting the units created under subsection (1) for purposes of further decentralizing its functions and provision of its services in accordance with Article 176(2) of the Constitution.

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