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    "content": "Hon. Members, you will recall that on Thursday, 4th November, 2010, the House resolved to adjourn the sittings of the House until Wednesday, 10th November, 2010, so as to enable all hon. Members to attend the workshop on the implementation of the new Constitution hosted by the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee on the 8th and 9th November, 2010 at the Kenya Institute of Administration (KIA) in Kabete. Among the key resolutions agreed to at the workshop was that the appointments of the Chairperson and members of the Commission on Revenue Allocation should proceed to dispatch on the basis of constitutional provisions to be found at Article 215(2) and Article 250 of the Constitution. As hon. Members are aware, Article 215(2) of the Constitution empowers the President and the political parties represented in Parliament to nominate the Chairperson and seven Members of the Commission on Revenue Allocation respectively. The ninth member of the Commission is the Principal Secretary, read, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry responsible for Finance. Further, you will recall that the Kenya Institute of Administration, Kabete, workshop expressed the commitment of this House to comply with the constitutional provisions relating to transparency and accountability and participation of the people as well as all the other national values and principles of governance as set out under Article 10 of the Constitution. It is in this light that the Chair has found it necessary to communicate to the House the procedure that was agreed upon to guide the appointment process for the Commission on Revenue Allocation as well as the present status in relation to that procedure. Hon. Members, the process for the appointment for the chairperson and the members of the Commission on Revenue Allocation commenced by the advertisement in the Kenya Gazette by His Excellency the President and the Clerk of the National Assembly, respectively declaring vacancies in the office of the Chairperson and the members of the commission and setting out the qualifications required for each office. These advertisements were dated 11th November, 2010 and were carried in a special issue of the Kenya Gazette of the same date. The closing date for the receipt of the applications is Thursday, 18th November, 2010. After the closure of the application date, His Excellency the President and the Clerk of the National Assembly shall on Friday, 19th November, 2010, each publish in the Kenya Gazette the list of all applicants for the office of the chairperson and members of the Commission, respectively; indicating their academic and professional qualifications and shall forward the list of the applicants to all the political parties represented in Parliament through the Whips. The published lists of the applicants shall be forwarded by the Whips to the concerned political parties on the same day; Friday, 19th November, 2010. Hon. Members, the parties represented in Parliament shall consider all the applications received, abiding by all constitutional requirements between 20th and 21st November, 2010; and, shall on Monday, 22nd November, 2010, forward the names of the seven persons nominated for appointment as members of the Commission to the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade through the offices of the Whips for vetting."
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