The Constitution of Kenya, 2010

Chapter Eleven · Devolved Government

Article 178

Art.178

Speaker of a county assembly

(1)Each county assembly shall have a speaker elected by the county assembly from among persons who are not members of the assembly.

(2)A sitting of the county assembly shall be presided over by—

(a)the speaker of the assembly; or

(b)in the absence of the speaker, another member of the assembly elected by the assembly.

(3)Parliament shall enact legislation providing for the election and removal from office of speakers of the county assemblies.

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Text: Laws of Kenya: The Constitution of Kenya, 2010. Published by the National Council for Law Reporting (Kenya Law) with the Authority of the Attorney-General.

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