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Explain SIX functions of local authorities in Kenya today:

Explain SIX functions of local authorities in Kenya today:

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- Providing public services required by local people in their areas of jurisdiction. These include educational facilities like schools and libraries, cattle dips, waters supply, roads e.t.c.
- They run social services like day care centres, social clubs, meal services and hostels e.t.c.
- Provision of housing facilities in Urban areas. They clear slum dwellings, build and manage new houses, provide sewarage, rubbish disposal, street lighting e.t.c.
- Providing recreation services like swimming pools, sports grounds, parks, museums, gardens, public films shows e.t.c.
- Are responsible for public health functions like food hygiene dispensaries, cleanliness in shops and offices, ortuaries, ambulance services, vaccination and immunisation programmes.
- Burying destitute persons who die within their areas of jurisdiction i.e no relatives to claim and bury them
- Regulating trading activities through provisions of markets, abattoirs, consumer protection, trading licenses and permits.
- Providing building regulation and protection. They approve building plans, provide fire control / services.
- Passing by – laws to regulate specific aspects of public life e.g prohibition of dumping rubbish in certain areas. By laws are approved by Local government.
- Providing job and training opportunities for people within their jurisdiction e.g councilors, administrators, clerks, labourers.
- It enhances participatory democracy as it affords the people to participate in the management of public affairs and their government through elected mayors, chairman and councilors.
- Assisting officers of the central government at district level to find solutions to local problems. They are better placed to determine the nature and complexity of local problems.
Gregorymasila1 answered the question on March 2, 2018 at 20:49

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