GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 13609

IT IS NOTIFIED for public information that I, Evans Odhiambo Kidero, the Governor of the Nairobi City County, have appointed a Task Force with the following Terms of Reference— (a) To review the organizational structure and hierarchical level of the county legal unit within the county government and recommend— (i) an organizational structure that will generally enable and facilitate effective overall delivery of services in the county; (ii) the organisational relationship between that unit and the office of the Governor and other organs and departments of the county government that make use of legal services; (b) To audit all ongoing legal cases and advise the Governor on the way forward with respect to each case; (c) To advise the Governor with respect to the legal fees demanded by the advocates from the County Government on the respective cases; (d) To determine the reasons/causes for the unusual high number of cases against the defunct Nairobi City Council and recommend any change in the management of the affairs of the County Government so as to minimize litigation and /or legal disputes involving the county government and, in this regard, also develop a legal risk evaluation tool; (e) To peruse any past reportson the delivery of legal services to the defunct Nairobi City Council by other public and other agencies and recommend implementation strategies of their recommendations,if any; (f) Recommend considerations to be taken into account in the procurement of legal services so as to ensure equity to service providers, implementation of the constitutional and other government policy pronouncements on procurement and to the optimum value from service providers; (g) To consider any other matter related and incidental to the foregoing and make such recommendations as may be appropriate; (h) To report to the Governor its findings and recomendations. The members of the Task Force shall be as follows— Jinaro Kibet, Chairperson, Advocate; Gad Awuonda, Legal Advisor, Office of the Governor of Nairobi City County; Charles Mutinda, Nominated by the Attorney-General; Appolo Mboya, Secretary, Law Society of Kenya; Mercy Kamau (Ms.), County Executive Committee member for Public Service Management; Robi Vincent Sarara, Nominated by the Commission on Administrative Justice; Jacob Ngwele, Clerk, the Nairobi County Assembly; Anthony Ongondi, Nominated by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission; Frederick Riaga, Nominated by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Karisa Iha, Special Advisor to the Task Force-the Director, Legal Services, Nairobi City County Festo Fadamula (Dr.), Secretary, Political Advisor, Office of the Governor of Nairobi City County and who will be assited by Paul Aol. Powers and Mode of Operation of the Task Force: In the execution of its mandate, the Task Force may— (a) in the absence of the Chaiperson, the members shall chose one of their own to preside; (b) from time to time co-opt such persons as may possess such expertise necessary for the execution of the mandate of the Task Force; (c) interview any person it deems necessary; (d) consult such sources of information as may be approriate; (e) invite memorandum from relevant institutions and the public generally; (f) engage the services of such experts, including forensic experts and investigators to assist it in its work; (g) subject to the foregoing, the Task Force shall regulate its own procedure. Duration of Assignment: The Task Force shall, subject to any extension that the Governor may authorise, execute its mandate and submit its report to the Governor, not later than four months from the date of its commissioning. Subject to the foregoing paragraph, the Task Force may, if it deems it expedient to do so, submit to the Governor interim reports proposing measures for immediate implementation before its final report. The Secretarial Support and Facilitation: The Secretarial support to the Task Force shall be provided by the office of the County Secretary and that office shall provide the necessary facilitation of the process to ensure effective and timely delivery by the Task Force on its mandate. The members of the Task force shall be paid such sitting allowances as may be authorised by the Governor and these shall be defrayed out of the Funds of the county government. THE KENYA GAZETTE 11th October, 2013 4944 4944 The Director, Legal Services and every other Director/Head of Department within the county government shall avail such information as the Task Force may require for the execution of its mandate. Dated the 17th September, 2013. EVANS ODHIAMBO KIDERO, Governor, Nairobi City County.