Speaker of a county assembly
Each county assembly elects a speaker from outside its members. The speaker presides over sittings, or another elected member does if the speaker is absent; Parliament must legislate on electing and removing speakers.
The official text
(1) Each county assembly shall have a speaker elected by the county assembly from among persons who are not members of the assembly.
(2) A sitting of the county assembly shall be presided over by—
(a) the speaker of the assembly; or
(b) in the absence of the speaker, another member of the assembly elected by the assembly.
(3) Parliament shall enact legislation providing for the election and removal from office of speakers of the county assemblies.
Summaries and answers are a plain-English guide written by Iam254, not legal advice. The official text is what counts. Official text: Constitution of Kenya, 2010, Kenya Law (National Council for Law Reporting), legislation as at 3 September 2010. It has not been amended since.