By
ISAAC ONGIRI
Some 16 top State
officials will prepare for the handing over of power to Kenya’s fourth
president after the historic elections expected in March next year.
And President Kibaki is
said to be laying emphasis on the new arrangement captured under the Assumption
of the Office of the President Bill 2012 to ensure a co-ordinated arrangement
in which State power is cordially handed over.
The new legislation to be debated before
Parliament provides for the creation of an ad hoc committee to be chaired by
the Secretary to the Cabinet, a position Mr Francis Kimemia holds.
Under the proposed new law, Kimemia is expected to call the first
meeting of the committee at least before February, 4 next year, just a month
before the elections, to initiate plans for the assumption of office by the man
or woman, who will be elected Kenya’s fourth president.
New law
Under the new law, public officers will be compelled to share State information they are privy to with the new President, including intelligence information, as soon as he or she is declared winner of the elections.
Under the new law, public officers will be compelled to share State information they are privy to with the new President, including intelligence information, as soon as he or she is declared winner of the elections.
“A public officer who fails to comply with the provisions of this
section commits an offense and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not
exceeding Sh1 million or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or
both,” reads Article 11 (4) of the proposed new law.
Chairman of the Committee on the Implementation of the
Constitution (CIOC) Abdikadir Mohamed said the Bill is among the most important
ones the House must pass.
“There are several Bills and the Assumption of the Office of the
President Bill is among those crucial ones we are going to put pressure on the
House to pass,” Abdikadir said.
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