GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 5550

IT IS notified for the information of the general public that pursuant to Article 178 of the Constitution, section 21 of the Elections Act and Standing Order No.4 of the Bomet County Assembly Standing Orders, the Office of the Speaker of the County Assembly of Bomet has become vacant upon the resignation of the County Speaker. Article 178 of the Constitution provides that each County Assembly shall have a speaker elected by the County Assembly from among persons who are not members of the county assembly. Section 21 of the Elections Act, 2011 provides that the speaker of a county assembly shall be elected by each county assembly in accordance with the Standing Orders of the county assembly, from among persons who are qualified to be elected as members of a county assembly but are not such members and that the office of Speaker shall become vacant when a new Assembly first meets after an election or upon resignation of the County Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 29 of the County Assembly Standing Orders, the Deputy Speaker has, notified that a special sitting of the County Assembly shall be held at the main County Assembly precincts, Bomet on Friday, 14th of August, 2020, at 9.00a.m. Interested persons who qualify to be elected as members of County Assembly but are not such members are therefore invited to submit their nomination papers for election to the Office of Speaker of the County Assembly. Nomination papers can be collected from the Office of the Clerk of the County Assembly of Bomet, during working hours between 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Completed nomination papers, together with the curriculum vitae of the candidate and relevant supporting documents, should be submitted to the Office of the Clerk of the County Assembly not later than 9.00 a.m. on Wednesday, 12th August, 2020. Dated the 4th August, 2020. ISAAC KITUR, MR/0767039 Clerk of County Assembly.