Article 176 (Chapter Eleven) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 establishes County Governments consisting of a County Assembly and a County Executive. The Chapter further sets out the roles, functions and other matters relating to the membership and operations of the County Assembly. Article 185 of the Constitution provides for the legislative authority of County Assemblies, vesting the legislative authority of a county and the exercise of that authority in its County Assembly. The Assembly has powers to make any laws that are necessary for, or incidental to, the effective performance of the functions and exercise of the powers of the County Government under the Fourth Schedule. Bomet County covers an area of 2037.4 Km2 and is divided into five (5) Sub-Counties (Constituencies), with the 25 wards, 67 locations and 176 sub-locations.