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County Governments (Amendment) Bill
Changes how counties hire chief officers and approve their budgets.
Step 01
ParliamentChief Officers must be vetted by County Assembly committees.
Sponsored by Senator Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. Introduced on 5 February 2026. At this stage, Parliament debates and votes on the bill. The text above is the headline change that survived the floor.
- Sponsor
- Senator Mutula Kilonzo Jnr
- Introduced
- 5 February 2026
- Current stage
- Senate Concurrence
- Introduced in Parliament
- 5 February 2026
- Stage: Senate Concurrence
- Current
- Senate concurrence scheduled this session.
- Next
Step 02
Regulators & IndustryAnnual budgets need 2/3 majority for any supplementary above 10%.
Once signed, regulators (KRA, CBK, line ministries) draft the rules that turn this clause into something companies must follow. Industry players adjust pricing, contracts and systems before the rules hit the public.
- Clause 1
- Chief Officers must be vetted by County Assembly committees.
- Clause 2
- Annual budgets need 2/3 majority for any supplementary above 10%.
- Clause 3
- Establishes a county-level public participation fund.
- Draft regulations gazetted
- Week 1
- Industry consultations begin
- Week 2
- Compliance rules finalised
- Week 4
Step 03
Shops & Service ProvidersAffects All 47 counties, MCAs, county executive committee members.
This is where the law leaves paper and starts touching transactions. Shops, banks, hospitals, schools and service providers update their tills, forms and fees. You start seeing it on receipts and payslips.
- Who feels it
- All 47 counties, MCAs, county executive committee members.
- Media mentions
- 38 stories
- Systems & pricing updates roll out
- Month 1
- First receipts & payslips show changes
- Month 2
- Enforcement & spot-checks begin
- Month 3
Step 04
Your HomeSenate concurrence scheduled this session.
The final stop: your household budget, your phone, your kitchen. Senate concurrence scheduled this session. Public sentiment so far: 33% against, 67% in support.
- Public input window
- Past public input
- Sentiment against
- 33%
- Sentiment for
- 67%
- Full effect on household budgets
- Month 3
- First impact review by Parliament
- Month 6
- Statutory annual review
- Year 1
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