President Kibaki. Photo/FILE
By NATION REPORTER
Posted Sunday, September 18 2011 at 22:30
Posted Sunday, September 18 2011 at 22:30
President Kibaki is on Monday expected to name a
nine-member panel that will select the commissioners for the agency to
take over anti-corruption watchdog’s work.
According to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Act
published on September 5, the deadline for constituting the panel is on
Monday.
Says Article 6 of the Act: “The President
shall, within 14 days after the commencement of this Act, constitute a
selection panel…”
Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission
(Kacc), which was disbanded following the passage of the Act, is yet to
conclude investigations and make recommendations on at least 11 major
cases, among them the Water Ministry scandal. (READ: KACC is crippled as its bosses quit office)
President Kibaki arrived in New York on Saturday evening to attend the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
It is not clear whether he will make the appointments from New York or how long he will be there.
The
challenge of not having an anti-corruption agency in place has forced
Justice Minister Mutula Kilonzo to convene a crisis meeting of Kacc top
officials for a meeting on Monday.
The commission is now being run by an Advisory Board,
which has a 90-day period to be in office, with principal officer in
charge of administration and finance Jane Muthaura acting as director.
The
panel will comprise one person each from the Office of the President,
Office of the Prime Minister, the Justice Ministry, the Judicial Service
Commission and Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.
Other
institutions are the Gender Commission, Media Council, the joint forum
of religious organisations and the Association of Professional Societies
of East Africa.
Like the panel selecting the members
of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, the Ethics and
Anti-Corruption Commission panel will be hosted by the Public Service
Commission.
The panel is expected to invite
applications for three positions — one chairperson and two commissioners
— within seven days of their first sitting.
The invitations should be by way of advertisement in at least two daily newspapers with national circulation, says the Act.
It
shall then shortlist the applicants, publish the names in the
newspapers, conduct interviews in public and eventually shortlist three
persons for the position of chairperson.
The panel shall also shortlist four applicants for the positions of members and forward the names to the President.
The panel shall also shortlist four applicants for the positions of members and forward the names to the President.
President
Kibaki will then select the chairperson and members of the commission
within 14 days and forward their names to the National Assembly for
vetting and approval.
There has been confusion after a court issued orders last Thursday barring the ejection of former anti-corruption commission director PLO Lumumba from office.
There has been confusion after a court issued orders last Thursday barring the ejection of former anti-corruption commission director PLO Lumumba from office.
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