Meru County Governor Peter Munya has been elected the new chairman of the Council of Governors (CoG). Governor Salim Mvurya of Kwale County retained his deputy chairman post while Kakamega County Governor Wycliffe Oparanya was elected whip.
Mr Munya replaced Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto whose term has expired today, while Oparanya took over from Bungoma Governor Ken Lusaka.
Besides being the spokesman for the 47 governors, a position which accords one unrivalled political clout across the country, the CoG chairman is also in charge of the council’s fund contributed to by the county governments and donor organisations and believed to run into hundreds of millions of shillings.
While in law the President is the one mandated to chair the Governors’ Summit that brings together the leaders of the National and County Governments, in practice, the CoG boss co-chairs the sessions with the Head of State.
He also co-chairs the Intergovernmental Budget Executive Council headed by the Deputy President.
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