GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 5044

WHEREAS the world is faced with the outbreak of coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (COVID 19) which has been declared a pandemic; WHEREAS H.E the President of the Republic of Kenya declared the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a Public Health Extraordinary Emergency in the country; WHEREAS the Ministry of Health has issued declarations under the Public Health Act, in which COVID-19 was declared a Notifiable Disease and a Formidable Epidemic Disease; WHEREAS the country and in particular Nyandarua County has now experienced increased identified positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19); and WHEREAS one such case has been reported within the establishment of the Nyandarua County Assembly; AWARE of the highly infectious nature of the disease and in line with the WHO, MoH directives in managing, control and mitigation of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic FURTHER AWARE of the need to enable preventive measures for contact tracing of the contact persons with the identified positive case, testing, self-quarantine and isolation; I, James Wahome Ndegwa, Speaker of the Nyandarua County Assembly; IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by Standing Order No. 1 of the Nyandarua County Assembly Standing Orders; notifies for the information of the Members of the County Assembly and the general public that the sittings of the Nyandarua County Assembly do herewith stand adjourned for an indefinite period with suspension of normal operations till otherwise advised. Committee operations shall however continue via virtual means in line with the Rules of Virtual Meetings during exceptional circumstances issued in June 2020. Dated the 20th July, 2020. JAMES W. NDEGWA, MR/0783688 Speaker, Nyandarua County Assembly.