Governor of Machakos County | |
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since 25th of Aug 2022 | |
Residence | Machakos Town |
Term length | 5 years, Renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Her Excellency Governor Wavinya Ndeti |
Formation | March 27, 2013 |
Salary | kshs.13,340,076 PA [1] |
Website | www |
The Machakos County Governor is the chief executive of the Machakos and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the Republic of Kenya Constitution 2010. It is a directly elected position, votes being cast by popular suffrage of residents of Machakos County. The governor is responsible for enacting laws passed by the Machakos County Assembly.[2]
Machakos is one of the 47 devolved governments in the Republic of Kenya. The current governor is a Wiper Democratic Movement-Kenya Alfred Mutua, who is also the inaugural holder of the office on 27 March 2013.
A person may be nominated [3] as a candidate for an election under Kenya Elections Act 2012 only if that person—