MPs okay amendments on composition of Assumption of Office of the President Committee
By the time the swearing-in of a new president takes
place, a lot of behind-the-scenes deliberations and preparations take place,
spearheaded by the assumption of office of the president committee.
The National Assembly has passed critical amendments
to alter the composition of the Assumption of Office of the President Committee
membership.
In the changes contained in a miscellaneous amendment
bill by Majority Leader Kimani Ichungwah, the president-elect has been
allocated three more slots to hand him six members in the committee, boosting
his or her representation in the transition committee.
Ichungwah tabled amendments to the Assumption of Office
of the President Act of 2012 to, among others, increase the composition of the
team, and enhance the number of the team representing the president-elect from
three members to six members.
Once signed into law, the secretary to the National
Security Council, the Principal Secretary for Defence as well as three extra
members appointed by the president-elect will sit in the powerful transition
committee.
The transition team when fully in place will now have
representatives from key ministries of interior, defence, ICT and foreign
affairs, the chief of Kenya Defence Forces, the NIS director general,
parliament clerks and judiciary registrar, among others.
The changes to the 2012 act will also allow members of
different expertise to sit and participate in the committee deliberations but
will not be allowed to take a vote on any decision.
According to the Ichungwah-sponsored bill, the
principal secretary responsible for cabinet affairs will be the secretary to
the assumption of office of the president committee.
The new changes fronted by the government benches have
also moved the custody of the government seal from the office of the attorney
general to the State House but during the transition, the Attorney General
shall have custody of the public seal of the Republic of Kenya
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