The Council Secretary shall be Chief Executive Officer for the District Council. The Office of the Council Secretary shall exist to provide leadership, guidance, strategic management arid coordination of all Council activities. It will interpret Government policies into implementable programs and projects.

The Office of the Council Secretary has an Internal Audit Section which is responsible for auditing Council finances and assets and preparation of Audit reports. In addition, the Section is responsible for ensuring that financial management and stores controls are put in place and adhered to. The Public Relations and Procurement Units also reports directly to the office of the Council Secretary.

  • Prepare and administer schemes for the encouragement of and participation in, community development;
  • Prohibit and control the development and use of land and buildings and the erection of buildings, in the interests of public health, public safety, and the proper and orderly development of the area of the local authority;
  • Establish and maintain farms and allotment gardens
  • Take and cause the taking of measures for the control of grass weeds and wild vegetation and for the suppression and control of plant and insect pests and diseases;
  • Maintain, protect and control local forests and woodlands;
  • Control the keeping and movement of livestock;
  • Establish and maintain ponds;
  • Establish and maintain grazing grounds;
  • Take measures for the destruction and control of bees and of dangerous animals and reptiles;
  • Control the slaughtering of animals where the meat is intended for human consumption;
  • Control the sale of meat under subparagraph
  • Disposal of diseased animals and carcasses whose meat is unfit for human consumption;
  • Establish and maintain abattoirs, cold storage facilities, and plans for the processing of by-products from abattoirs; and
  • Control the movement of the carcasses of animals.
  • Control persons and premises engaged in or used for the manufacture, preparation, storage, handling, sale, or distribution of items of food or drink;
  • Establish and maintain environmental health services;
  • Establish and maintain cemeteries, crematoria, and mortuaries,
  • Control the manufacture, storage, sale, and use of petroleum, fireworks, gas, and other combustible or dangerous substances
  • Take and require the taking of measures for the preservation and improvement of public health and the prevention and abatement of nuisances, including measures for the extermination of mosquitoes and other insects, rats, mice and other vermin.
  • Establish and maintain sanitary services for the removal and destruction of, or otherwise dealing with, all kinds of refuse and effluent, and compel the use of those services;
  • Establish and maintain public sanitary services
  • Manage refuse removal, refuse dumps, and disposal of solid waste
  • Establish and maintain offices and buildings for the purpose of transacting the business of the council and for public meetings and assemblies
  • Insure against losses, damages, risks, and liabilities which the council may incur
  • Maintain law and order and ensure local security and the good administration of the council.
  • Prohibit or control the collection of money from door to door and in streets and other public places
  • Preserve public decency
  • Prevent damage and trespass to property, whether public or private
  • Establish and maintain public information services; and
  • Advertise and give publicity to the advantages and amenities of the area of the local authority.
  • Registration of births, marriages, and deaths;
  • develop trading regulations
  • Preparing annual estimates of income and expenditure as well as the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF)
  • Levying, collection, and recovery of all general and special rates, personal or other levies or taxes
  • Remission or relief from any rates or taxes
  • Fixing and recovery of rents, charges, fees, dues, premiums, revenue, or other monies recoverable by Council
  • Investment of all funds under the Council as and when necessary
  • Acquisition by Council of shares or shareholding in companies or business undertakings
  • Facilitate preparation of the main valuation roll
  • Valuation for a rating or any other purposes
  • Real estate management
  • Explore possible areas of public-private partnerships (PPP).
  • Establish and maintain roads
  • Water supply
  • Exercise general control, care and maintenance of all public roads, streets, sanitary lanes and foot-walks forming part thereof, bridges, squares, ferries and water courses and to remove all obstacles therefrom;
  • Take measures for the promotion of road safety.
  • Prepare and administer schemes for the encouragement of and participation in, community development;
  • Establish and maintain a system of lighting in street, and other public places;
  • Establish and maintain firefighting and prevention services, and take and cause the taking of measures for the protection of life, property and natural resources from damages by fire;

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