(1)A subcounty, municipal, town, city division and municipal division council shall have a speaker and deputy speaker elected by the council from among members of the council.

(2)The speaker and deputy speaker shall be elected through a secret ballot.

(3)The returning officer shall convene and preside at a meeting for the election of the speaker under this section.

(4)At the election of a speaker and deputy speaker the person who gets a majority of votes of all the members of the council shall be declared elected speaker or deputy speaker respectively.

(5)If during the election of speaker or deputy speaker only one name is nominated, that person shall be declared elected speaker or deputy speaker, respectively.

(6)The provisions of section 11(6), (7), (10), (13) and (14) shall apply to lower local government speaker and deputy speaker.

(7)The provisions of section 11(9) shall apply for the removal of a lower local government speaker and deputy speaker except that the Minister or his or her representative shall be substituted by the returning officer.

(8)The speaker and deputy speaker under this section shall be part-time and shall only be paid allowances in accordance with Schedule 3 to this Act.