Local Government Act - Kenya Law Reports

168 CAP. 265 Local Government
[Rev. 2010
be kept as the local authority may direct.
6. He shall have the duty of ensuring that the business of the local
authority is carried out with order, regularity and expedition in accordance
with the by-laws, regulations, resolutions and standing orders of the local
authority.
7. He shall have the responsibility for the general correspondence of
the local authority.
8. Where any document will be a necessary step in legal proceedings
on behalf of the local authority, he shall sign such document unless any written
law otherwise requires or authorizes, or the local authority shall have given the
necessary authority to some other person for the purpose of such proceedings.
9. He shall have the conduct of such negotiations on behalf of the local
authority as the local authority may require.
10. He shall have the responsibility for conveying decisions of the local
authority to officers of the local authority relating to their work and conduct.
11. He shall, where legally qualified so to do, give general legal advice
to the local authority, and, whether legally qualified or not, to officers of the
local authority on questions arising with regard to their official duties and
obligations.
12. He shall be responsible for conducting all ballots and all proceedings
necessary for determining any question by lot.
Part II—Chief Financial Officer (s. 130)
1. He shall be the accountant, paymaster and collector and financial
adviser of the local authority.
2. He shall advise the local authority and its committees and
subcommittees on all matters on which his advice is necessary, including
financial orders or regulations and the standing orders and local government
legislation so far as financial matters are concerned.
3. He shall attend, either personally or by his nominee, all meetings
of the finance committee of the local authority and other committees where
business with financial implications may be transacted.
4. He shall be responsible for the organisation of the finance department
and for the organization of the financial arrangements in all other departments
of the local authority.
5. He shall be responsible to the local authority for the maintenance
of the local authority’s accounting system and for the supervision of all the
financial records of the local authority, wherever kept.