Local elections were held in Taita-Taveta to elect a Governor and County Assembly on 4 March 2013. Under the new constitution, which was passed in a 2010 referendum, the 2013 general elections were the first in which Governors and members of the County Assemblies for the newly created counties were elected.

Les Menottes (known as Les Menottes (Tching Tchang Tchong)) is a song from the french rapper L'Algérino, the song was recorded in 2017 to Marseille and released on May 5, 2017 on YouTube, the song has 580 million views.

Taita-Taveta local elections, 2013