The Council derives its mandate from the Local Government Act which lists the following as overall functions of Local Authorities:
- 🔹 Maintain law and order and effective administration of Local Authorities to ensure national security
- 🔹 Control the keeping and movement of livestock, slaughtering of animals, and sale of meat
- 🔹 Enforce disposal of diseased carcasses or unfit meat
- 🔹 Take measures for storage, market, preservation of agricultural produce, and prevent soil erosion
- 🔹 Control petroleum, fireworks, gas, and dangerous substances
- 🔹 Construct and maintain roads, bridges, watercourses, and remove obstacles
- 🔹 Maintain sanitation and drainage systems
- 🔹 Register births, marriages, deaths, and enumerate property
- 🔹 Establish and maintain schools, colleges, and nurseries
- 🔹 Promote community participation in development
- 🔹 Provide street lighting and public safety lighting
- 🔹 Offer firefighting and fire prevention services
- 🔹 Control production, storage, and sale of food and alcohol
- 🔹 Regulate land use and construction standards
- 🔹 Demolish unsafe buildings and non-compliant structures
- 🔹 Maintain public amenities such as parks, gardens, and open spaces
- 🔹 Operate hospitals, clinics, and health services
- 🔹 Provide cemeteries, crematoria, mortuaries, and burial services
