Cap. 363 Art. 37ARegional Councils.

(1) There shall be six regions as established in the Eleventh Schedule.

(2) (a) Each Regional Council shall be chaired by a Chairman to be elected from among all Councillors of the localities forming that Region.

(b) A candidate is eligible to contest for the office of President of the Region if he is a resident in a locality forming part of the same region or is an elected councillor in a Local Council which forms part of that region, or is the President in office up to the date of the opening of nominations for the election.

(c) Each Mayor forming part of that Region shall appoint its representative to form part of the Regional Council.

(d) The Regional Deputy Chairman shall be appointed from among the members of the Regional Council appointed by the Local Councils.

(e) The President of the Region and the President of the Association shall not be councillors, and if a councillor in office is elected to any of such offices, he shall resign from being a councillor.

(3) The Regional Council is another level of Local Government.

(4) The geographical distribution of the regions as established in the Eleventh Schedule shall be officially recognized by any entity whether governmental or not.

(5) The Regional Council shall appoint a person to act Executive Secretary to the same Council.

(6) Any change of a locality from one region to another may be made by the Minister after consultation with the Local Councils Association and shall be effected after considering the geographical aspect, the total population in each region and the number of Local Councils in each region. (7)The functions of Regional Councils shall be those established by the Minister by regulations to be made following consultation with the Local Councils Association.

(8) The Regional Councils may also make bye-laws according to articles 34, 35, 36 and 36A which shall apply mutatis mutandis to the making of such bye-laws.

(9) The Regional Councils shall be appointed for such time as provided for in the Local Councils (Association) Regulations.

(10) The Minister may also by regulations establish the practice and procedure relating to the working of the Regional Council.

(11) The Presidents of the Regional Committees whose mandate expires in 2022 will continue to retain such mandate even if any one of them is not elected as a councillor in the Local Elections held on 25 May 2019:

Provided that the Regional Presidents whose mandate expires in 2022 shall renounce to the office of councillor if they are re-elected to the council in the local elections held on 25 May 2019, in the event that the Regional Presidents want to hold the office of Regional Council Presidents, such condition to resign shall not be applicable to the President of the Association and the members of the Association elected from the general list:

Provided further that the provisions mentioned in the proviso of this article shall be with effect from 24 June 2019.

(12) Each year the Minister responsible for finance shall allocate a provision under the Appropriation Act which will serve for the exercise of the functions of Regional Councils. The amount appropriated shall be established according to a formula determined by regulations issued by the Minister.