Malaba Municipality
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Malaba Municipality is the newest municipality in Busia 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 Busia County Government, His Excellency Hon Sospeter Odeke Ojaamog granted Malaba Municipality the Municipal charter on 27th March 2020. The municipality has a board duly constituted as per the Act and the Municipal Manager to operationalize its activities. The board members were gazetted on 14th November 2023
Our Vision:
is to expedite excellence in Land Management and Provision of Excellent, Affordable and Quality Housing for sustainable development.
Our Mission:
is to facilitate improvement of livelihoods of Kenyans through efficient administration, equitable access, secure tenure, sustainable management of land resource and access to adequate housing.
Our mandate is to administer and manage the municipality of Busia as per the municipality charter and urban areas and cities act.
The Municipality plays a major functional role as a gateway to Uganda and the central African countries. It is a major Commercial hub on this apart of the county. These Commercial activities include: - Hotels, Wholesale & Retail shops, Banks, Clearing and Forwarding offices. There are various Institutions both Public and Private – within Town ,There are small scale industrial activities such as bakeries, juakali among others.
MR .JULIAS TOM EKWENY CHAIRPERSON,
MALABA MUNICIPALITY
MRS. ROSE IDEWA,
VICE CHAIRPERSON
MR. ISHMAEL JOHN ORODI,
BOARD MEMBER
MR GEORGE ORIA ETYANG,
BOARD MEMBER
MR.DAVID OTIENO OKUKU,
BOARD MEMBER
MR.ROBERT IMAMAI,
BOARD MEMBER
HON .PETER ODIMA (CECM),
BOARD MEMBER
MR . FRANCIS ASOYONG -MALABA MUNICIPALITY MANAGER
JOB DESCRIPTION/DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MUNICIPAL MANAGER
Busia Municipality
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Busia town lies within two Divisions of Township in Busia Sub-county and Chakol in Teso Sub-county in Busia County. It has two Locations - Township location has two sub locations (Central Mjini and Mayenje) and Angorom location has three sub locations (Alupe, Agoloto andAmerikwai). Busia town is divided into two (2) county electoral units – Burumba and Angorom
Vision
To be a vibrant, sustainable and competitive gateway to Kenya with an edge in the areas of hospitality, safety, housing and efficient infrastructure
Our mandate is to administer and manage the municipality of Busia as per the municipality charter and urban areas and cities act.
The Municipality also serves as the headquarters of Busia County plays a major functional role as a gateway to Uganda and the central African countries. It is a major Commercial hub on this apart of the county. These Commercial activities include: - Hotels, Wholesale & Retail shops, Banks, Clearing and Forwarding offices. There are various Institutions both Public and Private – within Town e.g. Newly established Medical Training College, at Alupe and Busia Level 5 Hospital, KEMRI, KEFRI, Rehabilitation and Orphan Homes, Youth polytechnic etc. There are small scale industrial activities such as bakeries, juakali among others.
JOB DESCRIPTION/DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MUNICIPAL MANAGER
Mr. Patrick Oundo Wangalwa. He is the current Busia municipal board chairperson. |
Mrs. Mary Magero, and educationist by profession, is the current vice chairperson of Busia municipal board. |
Dr. George Kwedho is an accomplished engineer and member of Busia municipal board. |
Bro. John Kwoba is an experienced social worker and member of Busia municipal board. |
Mr. Khadondi Victor Elisha, is a renowned teacher and member of Busia municipal board. |
Ms. Connex Mwaro is an industrialist and member of Busia municipal board. |
Mr. Peter Omeri Oteba is a renowned economist and member of Busia municipal board. |
Mr. Nobert Wabwire Omanyo. The Municipal Manager and secretary to the board. |
Our key achievements include infrastructural development within the municipality from key built markets, bitumen roads, high mast lights, dust bins, bus parks, taxi parks and recreational parks and storm drains
Our future plans is to create more public markets, municipal master plan, more tarmac roads, public lights, expand our boundaries to cover MundikaBundokomi and OchudeKemodo Areas.
We also aim to expand sewerage systems, trailer park and general organization of municipality as per master plan and increase revenue streams that will include car parking fees and trailer fees. All these plans are geared towards establishing a 24-hour economy within our jurisdiction so as to improve the residents' quality of life.
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