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    "content": "under the County Governments Act, Section 123 and section 6(3) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act 2011 and our Standing Orders No. 64 and 65. So the Senate has received from His Excellency the President, the names of persons who have been nominated to preside over this very important process. Before I come to the names, I would like to say that this House must take this process seriously. We must be able to follow every step that is provided for in law. If I may just read Section 123 of the County Governments Act, sub-section (2) which provides that:- “A person may petition the President to suspend a county government in accordance to Article 192 if the county government engages in actions that are deemed to be against the common needs and interest of the citizen of the county” (2) “That Petition under sub-section (1) shall be supported by the signatures of not less than 10 per cent of the registered voters in a county” If you have voters of a particular county, 10 percent of that county have meticulously gone through a process of signing a petition to go to the President to dissolve the county government, it means that it is a serious issue for that particular county. The commission that was proposed by the President, the relevant Act section 123(5) of the County Government Act provides that:- (a) “That commission shall provide for in section 2(e) a chairperson, who shall be an advocate of the High Court of Kenya with atleast 15 years of experience. (b)The Chairperson of National Police Service Commission ( c ) Two persons resident in the affected counties and who have not for the last ten years stood for an elective office in the affected counties or have been an officer or an employee of affected counties (d)Two other persons not resident in the affected counties with experience of conflict management, The President went ahead in a letter dated 6th, February, 2015, which was received by the Office of the Speaker, to nominate the relevant persons whose names I am going to read now. In that nomination, in terms of the Petition itself, the National and County Government Coordinating Summit approved that process of dissolving the County Government of Makueni on 8th, December, 2014. Therefore, the President nominated the following people:- 1. Mr. Mohammed Nyaoga, to be the Chairperson of the Commission of inquiry on the issue of Makueni. 2. Ms. Emily Gatuguta, to be a member under Section 123, as a person who is a resident in Makueni. 3. Prof. Harrison Maithya, which is also under the same section for a person who is a resident in Makueni County. 4. Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, as an expert on matters of conflict management. 5. Mr. Taib Ali Taib, also nominated as a person who is an expert on matters of conflict management. 6. Mr. John Kavuludi, who by law is required to be appointed, who is the Chair of the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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