Samburu County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province, Kenya which covers an area of roughly 21,000 km2 (8,000 mi2) in northern Kenya where the Samburu, Turkana and many other tribes live.

It stretches north from the Wuaso Ng'iro River to the south of Lake Turkana.

[6] The Samburu County Government is headed by Governor Jonathan Lati Leleliit who won the Samburu County's gubernatorial race in the 2022 general elections under the United Democratic Alliance (UDA).

He succeeded the former governor, Moses Lenolkulal, who retired after two terms in office.

[9] A member of the national Jubilee party, Lenolkulal was the first governor following Kenya's devolution to county administrations.