APRM • SECOND COUNTRY REVIEW REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA Figure 2: Kenya County Governments Devolved Structure Republic Of Kenya Legislature or Parliamnet National Assembly National Executive Judiciary Transition Authority Superior Courts Sub-ordinate Courts Senate National & County Government Summit & the Council of County Governors Common Citizens Learned Citizens County Governments County Assemblies County Execitives County Security Committee Intergovernmental Relations Forums Institutional Relationships are: • • • • Executive Accountability Work Policy Guidance Boards of Cities/ Municipalities County Assemblies Service Board County Service Board Common Citizens Source: Gabriel Lubale, An Introduction to the County Governments of Kenya, 2012, p.55. 84. Broadly speaking, institutionalization of the county system remains an unfinished task, with structural weaknesses manifesting in the governance architecture, reflecting the haste and enthusiasm with which the experiment was embraced initially and at the transitional period without enough attention being paid to putting in place appropriate structures and procedures for sustainable governance. 85. The result includes an additional list of challenges for county governance: • Persistence of nepotism and corruption in appointments and procurements, worsening in-group and out-group tensions, including ethnic tensions, at the local level; | 79 |