GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 8554

IT IS notified for general public information that the Governor of the County Government of Kisii, has established a committee to be known as the County Pending Bills Committee. The purpose of the Committee is to bring to finality the problem of pending bills claimed against the County Government. It is further notified for information that upon publication of this notice any person with any claim or pending bill against the erstwhile Kisii County should, within twenty-one (21) days of the publication of this notice, submit claims or bills to the committee for consideration. This applies where such claims have been submitted prior to this notice or not. The Committee shall consist of— Josphat Onyiego Atandi — (Chairman) Joan Linda Nyagengo Chripinus Ibalai Nelson K. Mageto Raymond Mugambi (Eng.) Reuben Nyakundi Bikeri Secretariat to the Committee County Secretary County Attorney Finance Sector The Chairman and other members of the committee shall, prior to embarking on their duties, subscribe to the declaration prescribed in the Schedule. The terms of reference of the committee shall be to: (a) scrutinize and analyse all existing stock of County Government of Kisii pending bills, with a view to making appropriate recommendations to the County Treasury for payment or otherwise. (b) develop a clear procedure and criteria for dealing with existing County Government pending bills. (c) identify cases where there may have been corrupt, fraudulent and false claims against the County Government and make appropriate recommendation to the relevant Government/State departments. (d) prepare a payment priority list of all cleared payments taking into account the need for equitable treatment of the creditors and of the cash-flow realities of the County Government. (e) develop a system to ensure that future escalation of pending bills within the County Government is avoided, and (f) perform any other function incidental to the foregoing or as may be provided by the Auditor General. In the performance of its functions the committee: (a) shall hold such number of meetings- at such places and such times as the committee shall consider necessary for the proper discharge of its mandate; (b) may consult with the Governor on any matter within its mandate; (c) shall have access to reports of any previous investigations relevant to its mandate; (d) shall, as it considers appropriate, carry out or cause to be carried out such studies or research as may inform the committee on its mandate; (e) may submit monthly progress reports to the Governor; and (f) subject to the foregoing, they shall have all the independence necessary for carrying out its function or expedient for the proper execution of its mandate, including the power to regulate its own procedure without being the subject of control by any other authority. The Committee shall: (a) within (1) one month, after scrutiny and analysis of the County Government's stock of pending bills, (or such longer period that the Governor may authorize) submit to the Governor a report recommending to the Treasury settlement or otherwise of the pending bills. (b) within (12) twelve months submit to the Governor a final report detailing a system geared towards ensuring that future escalation of pending bills within the County Government is avoided and on the streamlining of the procurement processes within the County Government. (c) submit as appropriate, interim reports to the Governor as the committee may find fit and necessary or as the need arises and (d) in consultation with the Governor. have the power to co-opt or to appoint committees as it deems fit only for specialized aspects of its terms of reference. The Secretariat of the Committee: The Secretariat of the Committee shall be based at the County Headquaters and shall be responsible to the committee for— (a) providing appropriate background briefing to the Committee; (b) preparing the Committee's reports and disseminating any information deemed relevant to the Committee; and (c) undertaking research and liaising with the relevant National and County Government Departments and any other institution in order to gather relevant information necessary for informing the Committee. Schedule NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST DECLARATION do confirm that in consideration for my appointment as Chairperson/Member/Secretary of the Committee on the Finalisation of Pending Bills and Audit of Procurement Processes, I have no conflict of interest whatsoever arising in my professional or personal capacity. I further confirm that I have no personal interest whether direct or indirect in any of the pending bills cases likely to be subject to review or investigation under this assignment. I confirm that I have not engaged in any act of commission or omission, in the past or present that would render me unfit in any professional, moral, legal or ethical way from carrying out any duties under this assignment/contract. In this regard. I wish to confirm that: (a) I have never been convicted of any criminal offence. True/Not True, (b) I am not, and have never been, adjudged or declared bankrupt. True/Not True. (e) I have a valid current professional practicing certificate and have no pending complaint against me before any professional body. True/Not True. (d) 1 am not under, and know of nothing in my past or present, which may bring me under investigation by the Police, the Ethics and Anti.Corruption Commission or the Kenya Revenue Authority. True/Not True, (e) That no firm in which I have or has an Interest In, has ever been blacklisted by the Controller and Auditor=General, the County Government of K1s11 or by any other public body, True/Not True. (1) In eases of any other kind of business, firm or entity, that the same applies equally to all my business partners, colleagues and associates, True/Not True, If the answer to any of the above questions Is Not True provide details below, Issued under the Hand end Seal of the Governor of the County Government of Kisil at Kish this day of 5th September, 2019: Dated the 5th September; 2019, JAMES E. O. ONGWAE, (30V0flitff, ki811 County, GAztl-rt NtittC_u NO. $555 THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT (No. 3 of 2012) ISSUE OF A PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE WHEREAS (1) John Mwenda Rutere, (2) Raphael Mwiti Rutere and (3) Rosemary Inombaabu Mwiti Rutere, all of P.O. Box 28769, Nairobi in the Republic of Kenya, are registered as proprietors lessees of all that piece of land known as L.R. No. 21984/26, situate in the City of Nairobi in the Nairobi Area, by virtue of a certificate of title registered as I.R. No. 96265/1, and whereas sufficient evidence has been adduced to show that the said certificate of title has been lost, notice is given that after the expiration of sixty (60) days from the date hereof, I shall issue a provisional certificate of title provided that no objection has been received within that period. Dated the 13th September, 2019. C. J. MAROA, Registrar of Titles, Nairobi.