Basic Education Act

26. Roles of County Government

Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force

26. Roles of County Government

(1)The roles of the county government shall include the provision of funds required for the development of the necessary infrastructure for institutions of basic education and training used for conducting early childhood education, childcare facilities, homecraft centres and village polytechnics.

(2)Pursuant to Article 187 of the Constitution, the national government may, upon request and with agreement between both governments, transfer its functions relating to infrastructure development of primary schools and secondary schools to a county government.

(3)Where the national government transfers its functions to a county government under subsection (2), it may also allocate conditional grants to that county government to cater for the additional responsibilities arising from the transfer.[Act No. 3 of 2021, s. 70.]

Case law referring to this provision

Seventh Day Adventist Church (East Africa) Ltd v Minister for Education & 3 others (Civil Appeal 172 of 2014) [2017] KECA 751 (KLR) (3 March 2017) (Judgment)

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Source: Kenya Law