GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 11929

pursuant to Article 174 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. It is located within the North Rift Valley region and its headquarters is located at Eldoret town. It extends between longitude 34o 50’ East and 35o 37’ West; latitude 0o 03’ South and 0o 55’ North and has a high altitude of 2164.67m (7101.94ft). It borders Trans Nzoia County to the North, Elgeyo Marakwet County to the East, Baringo County to the South East, Kericho County to the South, Nandi County to the South West and Kakamega County to the North West. It covers a total of 3,345.2 km2. Soy, Turbo, Moiben, Ainabkoi, Kapseret, and Kesses administratively form the 6 sub-counties and also are demarcated as constituencies under the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. The sub-counties are further delimited into 30 wards, 57 locations and 105 sub-locations. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics Population and Housing Census, 2019 as published, indicated the population of the county as 1,163,186 with 580,269 being male and 582,889 being female. The inter-censal population growth rate for the county is 3.6 percent which is slightly higher than the national rate of 2.9 percent. (b) The Structure of the County Government The County Government is comprised of the County Executive and County Assembly. The Governor and the Speaker heads the Executive and the County Assembly, respectively, as per the structure below. The County Executive has ten departments headed by the County Executive Committee Members and respective Chief Officers who are the accounting officers. In addition, the County Government has a total staff establishment of 4,203 some were seconded from National Government upon devolution of functions, staff of defunct Local Authorities, and those employed by the County Public Service Board. Introduction Section 5 of the Assumption of the Office of Governor Act, 2019 established The Assumption of the Office of Governor Committee tasked with, among other functions, within one month of the swearing in of the County Governor-elect, prepare a report on the affairs of the committee, submit the same to the County Assembly and publish the report in the gazette in accordance with section 18 of the Act. (The Assumption of the Office of Governor Act, 2019) Composition of the Committee Section 5 (1) and 5 (2) of the Act, establishes and sets out an ad hoc committee comprised as follows— (a) the County Secretary who shall be the Chairperson; (b) the officer in charge of legal matters in the County; (c) the Chief Officer in the department responsible for matters relating to County Public Service; (d) the Chief Officer in the department responsible for matters relating to Information and Communication; (e) the Chief Officer in the department responsible for matters relating to Finance; (f) the Chief Officer in the department responsible for matters relating to Culture and Social Services; (g) a representative of the Ministry responsible for matters related to Devolution; (h) the County Commissioner; (i) a representative of the National Intelligence Service at the County level; (j) a representative of the National Police Service at the County level; (k) the Clerk of the County Assembly; (l) a representative of the Judiciary at the County level; and (m) two persons, one man and one woman nominated by the Governor-elect Section 5 (3) of Act states that the Chief Officer in the department responsible for matters relating to the County Public Service shall be the Secretary to the Committee. In addition, section 5 (4) of the Act states that the members referred to in subsection 2 (h) and (i) shall be the members serving as members of the County Policing Authority established under the National Police Service Act. Section 5 (5) of the Act, the members referred to in subsection 2(1) shall be nominated upon the declaration of the final results of the election of the Governor. Section 7 (1) and (2) gives the committee powers to establish such subcommittees as may be necessary and may co-opt into sub-committee person(s) whose knowledge and skills are necessary for the effective functioning of the Committee. Pursuant to section 5 (10), the term of office of a Committee established under this section shall lapse upon the submission of the report of the Committee to the County Assembly in accordance with Section 18 (2) of the Act. Functions and Powers of the Committee Section 6 (1) (a-h) of the Act, stipulates the functions of the committee as follows— (a) facilitate the handing over process by the outgoing Governor to the Governor-elect; (b) ensure and coordinate the provision of Security services to the Governor-elect; (c) put in place the necessary facilities and deploy the necessary personnel for the Governor-elect upon assumption of office; (d) co-ordinate the briefings of the Governor-elect by the relevant county public officers including submission of the following information— (i) an up to date assets register; (ii) an up to date register of liabilities; (iii) a complete list of all bank accounts and reconciled balances; (iv) a report of staff establishment per department; (v) a comprehensive report on county entities or corporations and agencies containing information outlined in (i) to (iv); (vi) a report of all ongoing projects including donor funded projects; (vii) an up to date report on all pending legal cases; and (viii) county source of funding (e) facilitate communication between the outgoing Governor and the Governor-elect; (f) prepare the programme and organize for the swearing-in ceremony; (g) prepare the oath and the certificate of inauguration; and (h) carry out any other activity necessary for the performance of its functions under this Act and perform any other function assigned to it under any other written law. Further, section 6 (2) and (3) gives powers to the Committee necessary for the execution of its functions under the Act and any other written law. In addition, all the information to be provided during the briefings referred to under section 6 (1) (d) shall be submitted by this Committee in the form set out in the Second Schedule and shall be information for a period of up to thirty days before the date of the general elections. 30th September, 2022 THE KENYA GAZETTE Activities of the Committee The Act required the Chairperson of the Committee to convene the first meeting thirty (30) days (9th July, 2022) before the date of the General Election (9th August, 2022). Subsequently, this Committee had its first meeting on 12th July, 2022 being the second working day after 9th July, 2022 when quorum was met. In its first meeting and in compliance with section 20 (4) of the Act, every member of the committee signed confidentiality agreement. The Committee developed its work schedule including the establishment of sub- committees and co-option of persons in accordance with section 7(1), (2) of the Act. The Committee established the following Sub- committees; Security, Technical, Logistics, and Finance and Reporting. The committee had sixteen (16) sittings whose deliberations and resolutions are contained in the minutes. Security Sub-Committee The sub-committee ensured provision of adequate security to the Governor elect and the Deputy Governor elect upon declaration of results by Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). The team identified and mobilized security personnel for specific roles before, during and after the swearing in ceremony. These included traffic/crowd control, general security coverage, parade by County Inspectorate Service and National Youth Service (NYS) Band entertainment. The sub-committee also guided the main committee on necessary security preparations to be undertaken. The sub-committee had six (6) sittings. Technical Sub-Committee The sub-committee in liaison with the Judiciary ensured that the swearing-in ceremony was conducted in accordance with the law and that all County symbols (County Flag, The Constitution of Kenya 2010, County Coat of Arms and County Public Seal), the program of inauguration ceremony, the oath of office, and the certificate of inauguration were in place. It also published the location, date, and time of the swearing-in ceremony vide