MPs in ambitious push to increase number of counties to 58

National Assembly during a previous Special Sitting. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The push for additional counties has gained momentum, with 26 Members of Parliament calling for the division of some of the 47 counties provided under the current constitution to create 11 more counties.

The legislators, led by the Additional Counties Caucus chairman Kuria East MP Marwa Kitayama, are seeking to establish Kuria, Teso, Mount Elgon, East Pokot, Mwingi, Gucha, Suba, Ijara, Nakuru West, Wajir South, and Nyambene as additional counties.

During a press conference at Parliament buildings yesterday, the 26 legislators said they have submitted a memorandum to the National Dialogue Committee, saying the Committee of Experts had provisionally adopted the former districts as a basis for creating the 47 counties, which should now be reconsidered.