PREAMBLE
WHEREAS—
Article 2(1) of the Constitution provides that the Constitution is the supreme law of the Republic of Kenya and binds all persons and all State organs at both levels of government;
Article 184 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 mandated parliament to enact legislation to provide inter alia the criteria for classifying areas as urban areas and cities, establishing the principles of governance and management of urban areas and cities and to provide for participation by residents in the governance of urban areas and cities within 1 year of the promulgation of the Constitution;
Parliament enacted the Urban Areas and Cities Act in the year 2011 which legislation had an effective date falling after the first elections held under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010;
Section 9 (1) of the Urban Areas and Cities Act, 2011, empowers the Governor, on the resolution of the County Assembly, to confer on a qualifying town, the status of a Municipality by grant of a Charter; Section 72 of the Interpretations and General Provisions Act allows for substantial conformity of any instruments required to be in a prescribed form under any statute in Kenya
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