About The Council of Governors
The Council of County Governors (COG) is a non-partisan organization established under Section 19 of the Intergovernmental Relations Act (IGRA 2012). The Council of Governors comprises of the Governors of the forty-seven Counties. main functions are the promotion of visionary leadership; sharing of best practices and; offer a collective voice on policy issues; promote inter – county consultations; encourage and initiate information sharing on the performance of County Governments with regard to the execution of their functions; collective consultation on matters of interest to County Governments.
What We Do
COG provides a mechanism for consultation amongst County Governments, share information on performance of the counties in execution of their functions, facilitate capacity building for Governors, and consider reports from other intergovernmental forums on national and county interests amongst other functions (Section 20).Our Mission
To deepen devolution through coordination, consultation, information sharing, capacity building, performance management, and dispute resolution.Our Vision
Prosperous Counties that are drivers of socio-economic growth and development and quality service delivery.Our Values
Collaboration and Partnership, Integrity, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Innovation, Professionalism
Our Motto
48 Governments, 1 Nation
PRESS STATEMENT FOLLOWING A FULL COUNCIL MEETING
Fellow Kenyans,
Members of the Press,
Introduction
In accordance with the Intergovernmental Relations Act 2021, we have just concluded our Council meeting to discuss pertinent issues affecting County Governments. We hereby address you on some of the critical deliberations from our meeting.
In Health;
1. Establishment of Authorities without consultations with the Counties
We note with utmost concern that the following Authorities were established by the Ministry of Health through executive orders issued by the Former President a few months preceding the August 9th General Elections.
• The Kenya National Public Health Institute Order of 2022
• National Syndemic Diseases Control Authority and;
• Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority
Further, this continues to be a trend whereby the National Government creates institutions to undertake devolved functions. The Council calls for the audit of all laws that had been passed before the inception of devolution in 2013 and also post-2013- with a bid to align those to the devolved system of governance.
2. Management and transition of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) staff
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