Our Mandate

1. Maintain law and order and effective administration of Local Authorities to ensure national security.
2. Control the keeping and movement of livestock, slaughtering of animals, sale of meat, and enforce the disposal of diseased animals’ carcasses or meat that is unfit for human consumption.
3. Take measures for storage, market, and preservation of agricultural produce and prevention of agricultural produce, conservation of natural resources, and prevention of soil erosion.
4. Control the manufacture, storage, sale, and use of petroleum, fireworks gas, and other combustible or dangerous substances.
5. Provide and maintain supplies of clean water and establish water works and water mains.
6. Maintain public roads, streets, sanitary lanes, bridges, and watercourses and remove all obstacles thereof.
7. Establish and maintain sanitation and drainage systems to facilitate the removal of refuse and effluent.
8. Provide for the registration of births, marriages, deaths, clubs, and enumeration of persons or property connected with the administration of Council areas.
9. Establish and maintain colleges, schools, and day nurseries.
10. Prepare and administer schemes for community participation in development.
11. Establish and maintain a system of street lighting in public places.
12. Establish and maintain firefighting and prevention services to protect life, property, and natural resources from damage by fire.
13. Control persons and premises engaged in manufacturing, preparations, storage handling, sale, or distribution of food or drink including intoxicating substances.
14. Prohibit and control the use of land and erection of buildings in the interest of public health, and safe and orderly development of the Council area.