(2) A regional government shall offer and perform the following functions and
services—
(a)
secondary education and tertiary institutions except national universities
and other national institutions;
(b)
regional roads;
(c)
regional referral hospitals other than national referral hospitals and national
medical institutions;
(d)
coordination, monitoring and supervision of agriculture;
(e)
forests, other than, forests, national parks and wildlife reserves managed by
Government;
(f)
culture;
(g)
cultural and traditional lands;
(h)
promotion of local languages, crafts and antiquities;
(i)
water;
(j)
sanitation;
(k)
impose surcharge or cess and such tax must first be approved by the
Central Government;
(l)
functions and services surrendered voluntarily by a district council or
district councils; and
(m)
receiving copies of financial accountability of districts to the Central
Government to enable the regional government monitor and supervise the
implementation of Government programmes.
(3)
unless—
(a)
(b)
A district shall not enter into agreement to form a regional government
a proposal to that effect has been approved by a majority of two-thirds of
the members of the district council; and
the decision of the district council has been ratified by not less than twothirds of the sub county councils in the district.
(4)
A regional government shall be a body corporate with powers to sue and be
sued and to do all things a corporate body may do.
(5)
A regional government shall have political, legislative, executive,
administrative and cultural functions in the region.
3.
Boundaries of local government units. (Article 179)
(1)
Parliament has power to change boundaries of districts and create new
districts; however the change in boundaries and the creation of new districts must be
supported by the majority of all members of Parliament.
(2)
Parliament shall empower district councils to change boundaries of lower local
government units and create new local government units, within their districts.
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