Governor of Nandi County

Governor of the Nandi County
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Incumbent Stephen Sang
Style	His Excellency (formal)
Member of	County Executive Committee Budget and Economic Forum Council of Governors County Policing Authority
Appointer	Direct popular vote in Nandi County
Term length	Five years renewable once
Inaugural holder	Dr. Cleophas Kiprop Lagat 27 March 2013
Salary	KSh. 13,340,000/= (US$140,421) annually[1]
Website	[1]

Deputy Governor of the Nandi County
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Incumbent Dr Yulita Cheruiyot since 27 March 2013
Style	Her Excellency (formal)
Member of	County Executive Committee
Appointer	Direct popular vote in Nandi County as running mate to Governor Candidate
Term length	Five years renewable once
Inaugural holder	Dominic Kimutai Chepyagan Biwott 27 March 2013
Salary	KSh. 8,750,000/= (US$92,062) annually[2]
Website	[2]

The office of the County Governor of Nandi is one of the State Offices in 47 devolved governments in 47 Counties of Kenya. The county governor and the deputy governor are the chief executive and the deputy chief executive of the county. The first Governor of Nandi is Dr. Cleophas Kiprop Lagat who was elected on 4 March 2013 General Election, directly by the registered voters in the county. His deputy is Dominic Chepyagan Biwott who was his running mate. Dr. Lagat appointed, on 3 June 2013, the following 10 County Executive Committee(CEC) Members to representing their departments, in the exercise of the powers conferred to him by Article 179 (2) (b) of the Constitution of Kenya as read with sections 30 (2) (d), (e) and 35 of the County Governments Act, 2012, and upon approval by the Nandi County Assembly in its session. He later on appointed Chief Officers for respective Departments who are by law the accounting and authorized public officers.