Nyandarua County is one of the County Governments in Kenya created under the new two-tiergovernance system, i.e. national and county systems created by the Constitution enacted in 2010.The County Government started implementing its mandates in March 2013 as per the provisionsof the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution which came into effect in August 2010. The countyhas operationalized these constitutional requirements and other legal provisions including thePublic Finance Management, Act 2012, County Government Act, 2012, Urban areas and CitiesAct, 2012 amongst other legislations. These provisions requires periodic preparation of variousplanning documents; County Integrated Development Plan (CIDPs), Spatial Plans, Urban Areasand Cities Plan, Sectoral Plans, Annual Development Plans (ADPs) and Budget Estimates.The county government is composed of two arms; the Legislature and the Executive. TheLegislature is composed of the Speaker, one elected member from each of the countys twentyfive Wards, nominated members representing special interest groups and staff led by the CountyAssembly Clerk. The Legislatures roles are; representation, oversight, and legislation. The roleof the Executive arm is to implement laws, policies and plans relating to the county mandates,with the aim of achieving county development targets.The Executive is organized into ten departments based on their mandates. They are headed byCounty Executive Committee Members (CECMs) with an exception of the County PublicService Board. For appropriate planning approaches, budget considerations, harmony incoordination and synergy in resource mobilization strategies, departments have visions, missionsand a set of programmes to deliver on their mandates and development objectives.

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