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Is the post of County Commissioner supported by the constitution of Kenya?

Kenya's former President Mwai Kibaki promulgating the new Kenyan constitution Photo:courtesy

Chapter One Article 1 and 2 give all sovereign power of the nation to the people of Kenya and supremacy of the constitution respectively.

No person may claim state or exercise authority except as authorised in the Constitution. The Constitution creates institutions of governance and all positions must issue and flow from there.

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