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词条 Garissa County
释义

  1. Demographics

  2. County Cabinet

  3. County Assembly

  4. County Public Service Board

     Functions 

  5. Services and Urbanisation

  6. See also

  7. References

  8. External links

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Garissa County is an administrative County in the former North Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest urban area is Garissa. As of August 31, 2016, Garissa county had more than 260,000 Somali refugees in refugee camps at Dadaab, which is located in Garissa County.[2] The county has a population of 923,060, and a land area of about 45,720.2 km²

Demographics

Garissa County is mostly inhabited by ethnic Somalis. It has six constituencies:

  • Garissa Township Constituency
  • Fafi Constituency
  • Dadaab Constituency
  • Lagdera Constituency
  • Balambala Constituency
  • Ijara Constituency

County Cabinet

  1. H.E Ali Bunow Korane - Governor&91;3&93;
  2. H.E Hon. Abdi Dagane Muhumed - Deputy Governor
  3. Hon. Abdi Muhumed Ali - County Secretary
  4. Hon. Habon A. Maalim - Cabinet Secretary in charge of Energy,Environment and Tourism
  5. Hon. Ahmednadhir Omar Cabinet Secretary in charge of Health, Water and Sanitation
  6. Hon. Roble Nuno - Cabinet Secretary in charge of Finance and Economic planning
  7. Hon. Habiba Nasib - Cabinet Secretary in charge of Education, Youth, Polytechnics and Sports
  8. Hon. Adow Kalil Jubat - Cabinet Secretary in charge of Commerce and Cooperatives Development
  9. Hon. Mohamed Abdi Shalle - Cabinet Secretary in charge of Land,Housing Development and Public Works
  10. Hon. Issa Yarrow Kahin - Cabinet Secretary in charge of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries
  11. Hon. Zeinab Abdi Digale - Cabinet Secretary in charge of Children affairs, Social Welfare and Youth
  12. Hon. Issa Dubow Oyow - Cabinet Secretary in charge of Water and Irrigation
  13. Hon. Abdi Omar - Cabinet Secretary in charge of Transport and Infrastructure

County Assembly

According to the new Constitution that was enacted in 2010,Garisaa County has an assembly whose members are elected from single member constituencies known as wards. There are also nominated members to ensure two-thirds gender rule is followed. There are six nominated members to represent marginalised groups (persons with disabilities, and the youth) and a speaker who will be an ex-official member of the assembly.

A County Assembly member is elected for a term of five years. The Speaker is elected by the assembly members from among people who are not members of the Assembly. The Speaker presides over all sittings of the assembly and in his absence is deputised a deputy speaker who is elected from members within the assembly. The County assembly exercises an oversight over the County Government and makes laws that are necessary to ensure the smooth performance of the county government.

County Public Service Board

According to the new Constitution, a County Public Service Board shall consist of:

(a) a chairperson nominated and appointed by the county governor with the approval of the county Assembly.

(b) not less than three but not more than five other members nominated and appointed by the county governor, with the approval of the county assembly.

(c) a certified public secretary of good professional standing nominated and appointed by the governor with the approval of the county assembly who shall be the secretary to the board.

The appointment of the members of the County Public Service Board shall be through a competitive process.

Functions

The functions of the County Public Service Board shall be, on behalf of the county government, to— {{cn|date=April 2015}}

(a) establish and abolish offices in the county public service;

(b) appoint persons to hold or act in offices of the county public service including in the Boards of cities and urban areas within the county and to confirm appointments;

(c) exercise disciplinary control over, and remove, persons holding or acting in those offices as provided for under this Part;

(d) prepare regular reports for submission to the county assembly on the execution of the functions of the Board;

(e) promote in the county public service the values and principles;

(f) evaluate and report to the county assembly on the extent to which the values and principles referred to in Articles 10 and 232 are complied with in the county public service;

(g) facilitate the development of coherent, integrated human resource planning and budgeting for personnel emoluments in counties;

(h) advise the county government on human resource management and development;

(i) advise county government on implementation and monitoring of the national performance management system in counties;

(j) make recommendations to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, on behalf of the county government, on the remuneration, pensions and gratuities for county public service employees.

Local authorities (councils)
AuthorityTypePopulation*Urban pop.*
Garissa Municipality 65,881 50,955
Garissa County County 264,058 14,820
Total - 329,939 65,775
{{smaller|* 1999 census. Source:  {{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}}}
Administrative divisions
DivisionPopulation*Pop. density*Area (km²)Headquarters
Balambala 13,071 7 1867,3
Benane 13,381 16 836,3 Benane
Bura 13,009 2 6504,5
Central 70,791 82 863,3 Garissa
Dadaab 103,671 29 4505,9 Dadaab
Danyere 8,652 8 1081,5
Jarajila 50,455 6 8409,2
Liboi 17,140 5 3428,0 Liboi
Modogashe 14,656 7 2093,7 Mado Gashi
Sankuri 11,713 6 1952,2
Shant-Abak 13,329 4 3332,3
Total 329,868 - 34874,2 -
{{smaller|* 1999 census. Sources: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070616215050/http://www.cck.go.ke/html/final_annex1_cover_status.pdf]
}}

Services and Urbanisation

{{Bar chart
| float = center
| title = Stats for Garissa County
| table_width = 70
| bar_width = 50
| data_max = 100
| label_type = County
| data_type = {{center|Status for the County (Percent)}}
| label1 = Urbanisation | data1 = 23.5
| label2 = Literacy | data2 = 52.4
| label3 = Attending School (15-18 Yrs) | data3 =43.9
| label4 = Paved Roads | data4 = 0
| label5 = Good Roads | data5 = 54.1
| label6 = Electricity Access | data6 = 11.6
| label7 = Poverty Rate | data7 = 49.2
| caption = {{resize|88%|Stats for the County}}

}} Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130221174536/http://kenya.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/profiles/Garissa_Dec2011%2023.pdf USAid Kenya]

See also

{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
  • Bahadale
  • Colbio
  • Dardesa
  • Digira
  • Dueadera
  • Fafsula
  • Garissa massacre
  • Haridfi
  • Higlet
  • Igria
  • Ilkabere
  • Kolbio
  • Libat
  • Orbu
  • Rigmio
  • Sumat
  • Tukeli
  • Welaluit

}}

References

1. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/36672705/Kenya-Census-2009| publisher=Scribd.com | title=Kenya Census 2009 | accessdate=November 25, 2014}}
2. ^{{Cite web|title = UNHCR Refugees in the Horn of Africa: Somali Displacement Crisis|url = http://data.unhcr.org/horn-of-africa/region.php?id=3&country=110|website = UNHCR Refugees in the Horn of Africa: Somali Displacement Crisis|accessdate = 2016-09-07}}
3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.garissa.go.ke/the-executive-members.html | publisher=Garissa County Government | title=Members of the County Executive | accessdate=November 25, 2014 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319235855/http://www.garissa.go.ke/the-executive-members.html | archivedate=19 March 2015 | df=dmy-all }}

External links

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20110530074609/http://softkenya.com/county/garissa-county/ Garissa County
  • http://garissaonline.usclargo.com
  • http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6UFDTX?OpenDocument
  • http://www.aridland.go.ke/districts.asp?DistrictID=4{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081121063151/http://www.terranuova.org/articoli/transboundary-environmental-project Various articles by Terra Nuova from their Transboundary Environmental Project in Garissa and Ijara District]
{{First and second-level administrative divisions of Kenya}}

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