Sunday, June 10, 2012

Committee to oversee Kibaki handover day


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.
“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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