Kenyan County Leagues

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Kenyan County Leagues
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Country Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Confederation CAF
Promotion to Provincial Leagues
Relegation to District Leagues
Domestic cup(s) President's Cup

The Kenyan County Leagues were the fourth tier in the Kenyan football league system. They had a promotion and relegation system with the Kenyan Provincial League and the Kenyan District League, and were divided into several interconnected county divisions that spanned over the counties of Kenya. They were scrapped at the end of the 2013 season in line with the introduction of a new six-tier system by the Football Kenya Federation on 10 July 2013. [1]

The Kenyan football league system is a series of several interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Kenya.

Counties of Kenya a type of administrative territorial entity in Kenya and a type of constituency to its federal legislature

The counties of Kenya are geographical units envisioned by the 2010 Constitution of Kenya as the units of devolved government. The powers are provided in Articles 191 and 192, and in the fourth schedule of the Constitution of Kenya and the County Governments Act of 2012. The counties are also single member constituencies for the election of members of parliament to the Senate of Kenya and special women members of parliament to the National Assembly of Kenya. As of 2013 general elections, there are 47 counties whose size and boundaries are based on the 47 legally recognised Districts of Kenya. Following the re-organisation of Kenya's national administration, counties were integrated into a new national administration with the national government posting county commissioners to represent it at the counties.

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References

  1. Amos Abuga (10 July 2013). "New FKF soccer Structure to be implemented next year". MichezoAfrika.com. Retrieved 11 July 2013.