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state officers. It should also advise the national and county governments on the remuneration and benefits of all public officers. The composition of SRC ensures that each sector affected by the decisions of the Commission nominates members to serve on it. In this regard, Article 230(2) provides that the Commission is to comprise the chairperson of any gender. Composition will also include one person nominated by each the following bodies from among persons who are not members or employees of those bodies: the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC); the Public Service Commission (PSC); the Judicial Service Commission (JSC); the Teachers Service ...
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Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it may be noted that expiry of the term of commissioners is not listed as one of the grounds which may occasion a vacancy in the office of commissioner or chairperson. As such, there was no specific requirement for notification of vacancy resulting from expiry of term, in the gazette within 14 days as is provided for vacancies arising from the circumstances contemplated under section 9(1). In 2018, the Senate participated in nomination of a representative to SRC on behalf of counties. It is during this exercise that the Committee on Finance and Budget noted this ...
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28 Jul 2021 in Senate:
timeline. The procedure for nomination of a members of SRC is set out in the Salaries and Remuneration Act. In this regard, Section 6 of the Act provides as follows- “Every nominating body under Article 230(2)(b) and (c) of the Constitution shall nominate its representative to the Commission in an competitive and transparent manner in a accordance with Section 7. A person shall not be qualified for nomination under Article 230(2) (d) or (e) of the Constitution unless such persons hold the qualifications specified in Section 7.”
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28 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Section7(1) of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) Act provides that within 14 days of the commencement of this Act or the occurrence of a vacancy in the commission relating to the members under Article 232 (b) and (c) of the Constitution, the relevant nominating body shall advertise at least in two local daily newspapers of national circulation, invite applications from persons who qualify for nomination under the Constitution and this acts as a nomination as a member of the commission.
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Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Section 7(2) of the Act further provides that the relevant nominating body shall consider the applications received under sub-section 1 to determine their compliance within the provisions of the Constitution and this Act, interview the applicants and forward the names of two persons who qualified who shall be of opposite gender to the Cabinet Secretary for onward transmission for the President. Section 10 of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) Act provide for the filling of the vacancies of the membership of the commission as follows; “Filling of the vacancy where a vacancy occurs in the ...
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28 Jul 2021 in Senate:
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Commission so as to ensure that matters relating to salaries and remuneration of State and public officers were not unduly delayed due to the absence of commissioners. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a straight forward amendment which the Committee on Finance and Budget realize is very critical. As you have noted, there was a lapse of about six months before we could get new commissioners and that meant that people who were employed by some institutions could not get their due letters or processed so as to commence working for this nation. I thank the Member of the Committee ...
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Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, without much ado, I beg to move that the Bill be read a second time and request Sen. Farhiya to second.
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28 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, is it in order for my very good friend, Sen. Kang’ata, to insinuate that Members are not in the Senate when he is aware that he was absent? When he was away we agreed that we would be doing hybrid meetings. If you look at the Zoom online platform, we must be having half of the Senators there because of the COVID-19 protocols. Since this is a House of records, it is very important that Sen. Kang’ata acknowledges that we are operating a hybrid system.
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