The National Dialogue Committee is about to recommend the creation of 11 new counties, raising the total to 58. This will have huge cost implications since it will create 11 new county administrations including governors, 11 new woman representatives, and 11 new senators. In the 1996 Constitution, Uganda had 34 districts (Uganda’s equivalent of counties) but in 2005 it started creating new districts. A similar increase would give Kenya almost 200 counties. So let’s just stick to the 47 counties prescribed in the 2010 ConstitutionLuckily the number of counties cannot be changed without a referendum.

Source: The Star September 08, 2023 22:32 UTC