The Machakos County Governor is the chief executive of the Machakos and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the Republic of Kenya Constitution 2010.

It is a directly elected position, votes being cast by popular suffrage of residents of Machakos County.

The governor is responsible for enacting laws passed by the Machakos County Assembly.

[2] Machakos is one of the 47 devolved governments in the Republic of Kenya.

The current governor is a Wiper Democratic Movement-Kenya Alfred Mutua, who is also the inaugural holder of the office on 27 March 2013.