County governments

Machakos County Government. Submit bids by 28 Oct 2026, 00:00 at DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND IRRIGATION by Written (Physical/Hard Copy).

The Bill establishes clear timelines for making statutory instruments, requires annual reporting to Parliament on compliance and outstanding instruments, empowers Parliament to direct completion of outstanding instruments, and requires outstanding statutory instruments to be made within eighteen months of the coming into force of the Act.

Provides for the equitable allocation of revenue raised nationally among county governments for the 2026/2027 financial year; transfer of allocations from the Consolidated Fund to County Revenue Funds; budget ceilings for recurrent expenditure; funding of transferred functions; reports on actual transfers; and use of the fourth determination of the basis of allocation of revenue among counties.

Provides for additional allocations to county governments for the 2026/2027 financial year, including conditional and unconditional allocations, and for their transfer from the Consolidated Fund to the respective County Revenue Funds and special purpose accounts.

Amends articles 99 and 193 of the Constitution and sections 24 and 25 of the Elections Act to disqualify a county governor, and a person who has held office as a county governor within the five years immediately preceding the date of election, from election to the Senate or a county assembly.

Provides a framework for ensuring minimum guaranteed returns in counties; establishes a county agricultural produce minimum guarantees committee in each county; and provides for assessment, publication, application, payment, suspension and cancellation of minimum guaranteed returns.

The Bill proposes mandatory publication of assented legislation at the county level; annual state of the county addresses before county assemblies; timelines for nomination and appointment of county executive committee members and county chief officers; appointment of new county public service boards after each general election; and a county public service audit.

Amends the Investment Promotion Act, Employment Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act, Affordable Housing Act, Land Act and Anti-Counterfeit Act to create a conducive environment for doing business; provide for registration and facilitation of foreign direct investment; recognise remote locations as workplaces; reduce affordable-housing timelines; and provide for disposal of counterfeit goods, penalties, fixed Board terms and quorum.

Amends the Forest Conservation and Management Act to make further provision for afforestation and reforestation of indigenous forest in Kenya and promote tree-planting in all counties; and amends the Climate Change Act to provide for setting and formulation of strategies to achieve national environment targets and annual carbon sequestration targets.

Revenue raised nationally in respect of the 2026/27 financial year shall be shared equitably among the national and county governments as set out in the Schedule: Kshs. 2,471,624,184,439 to the National Government, Kshs. 10,250,573,705 to the Equalisation Fund and Kshs. 420,000,000,000 as county equitable share.