The Municipality of Kehancha is the newest municipality in Migori County created in line with the Urban Areas and Cities Act, 2011 with an intention to provide better services and distribute county resource to the residents. Upon satisfying the criteria needed to be classified as a municipality and in exercising the powers conferred in section 9(1) of the Urban Areas and Cities Act 2011 augmented by section 72 of the Interpretations and General Provisions Act (Chapter 2) and all other enabling provisions of law, the governor for Migori County Government, His Excellency Hon Dr. Ochilo Ayacko granted the Municipality the Municipal charter on 15th February 2023. The municipality has a board duly constituted as per the Act and the Municipal Manager to operationalize its activities. The Board is a corporate body with perpetual succession and a common seal. The board members were gazetted on 6th April 2023.
SCOPE
The municipality covers an area of 171.3 km2 and has a population of 100,433 persons according to Kenya National Population and Housing Census 2019. It covers 5 wards: Bukira East, Bukira Central, Gokeharaka/Getambwega and parts of Nyabasi West (Maeta Location, Nyabikongori and Kemakoba Sub-locations) and Masaba (Nyamagagana).
VISION
A functional, competitive, and sustainable municipality.
MISSION
To create an enabling environment for sustainable development, optimizing social economic
opportunities and efficient service delivery to municipal residents.
VALUES
- Integrity
- Transparency
- Accountability
- Meritocracy
- Stakeholder involvement
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Teamwork
- Professionalism
- Effective partnership
- Innovation
