GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY

It is the duty of the County Executive committee, comprising of the governor, the deputy governor and ten other members to draft the details of the proposed legislation with no bias. The public servants in the county governor’s office participate in preparation of the proposed law. The county executive committee then presents the proposed legislation to the county Assembly. The members of the county assembly are then free to make their contributions to the bill during the discussion and debate that follows. Amendments and improvements may be proposed to the bill at this stage. The recommendations are incorporated If the members are in favour of the bill, and if it is in conformity with the National Government legislation, then it is approved to become a by-law of the county government RELATED POSTS IMPORTANCE OF SOIL STRUCTURE     7 CHARACTERISTICS OF EQUATORIAL CLIMATE    7 ADVANTAGES OF WETLANDS     7 FACTORS INFLUENCING MASS WASTING  ...

  The vastness (big size) of the Turkish Empire led to the success of the Greek war of independence by 1832. From the 14 th up to the close of the 18 th centuries, Turkey had built a very large and powerful empire which the Sultan could not effectively control. At the peak of its power, the empire stretched from the boarders of Austria and Russia in the North through Asia Minor, Syria and North Africa including Algeria, Libya, Tunisia and Egypt. In the Balkan Peninsular, it controlled Rumania, Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria and the Albanians. Thus, as the Sultan attempted to concentrate on one group, he gave way for others to revolt successfully. This therefore enabled the Greeks to stage a successful revolt. The support from the foreign powers led to the success of the Greek War of Independence. For example, Russia mobilized support for the Greek cause across all the Slav people and through the popular forum of Pan-Slavism . Russia also provided sanctuary for the Greek nationalists th...

  There was a cultural revolution in Libya; Ghadafi started by prohibiting all the imported ways of life like smoking, prostitution, and drinking Alcohol among others, this was in a bid to model the Libyan society to the original Islamic principles. Arabic was re-installed as the official language in Libyan schools and offices. This was revitalized and enabled a number of people to access the civil and employment sectors. A new political ideology was put in place that is the 3rd universal theory or Islamic law ‘’Sharia” This was to counteract the influence of socialism and capitalism in Libya. There was formation of the revolutionary command council; it was headed by Muammar Ghadafi who wished to re-assert Libya’s independence against any sort of external influence. He began by resisting the spread of capitalism in Libya and also declared Jihad to any anti-Islamic state, especially Israel. Nationalization of foreign enterprises. Ghadafi declared all Italian, American or British bus...

  The Suez Canal is an artificial water way connected to the Red sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It was constructed in 1869 such that by 1875 the French and the British had significant shares for example the British government under Prime Minister Benjamin had bought shares worth 400,000 pounds giving Britain about 43% of the Suez Canal company stock. By 1956 a question now arose over the ownership of the Canal between Britain and France, Israel and Egypt yet Egypt under Gamal Abdel Nasser wanted effective control over all Egyptian resources. Real war started in October 1956 when Israel attacked Egypt in the Sinai and Gaza strip. He then got full backing from Britain and France and when Nasser attacked foreign forces in Suez Canal military show down had started. The following were the causes of suez canal crisis. After the success of the Egyptian revolution in 1952 Nasser wanted to delink Egypt from Western Europe interference and therefore the failure of the foreigners (Israel, Bri...