Staff Reporter
THE Highest decision-making body of government, the cabinet has tasked the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development, in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice to prepare an Amendment to propose amendment to section 77(4) (a) of the Electoral Act, to provide clarity on the election of public office bearers and appropriate times for them to resign from their jobs as well as rules on early retirement.
Reading the cabinet decisions, the Minister of Information Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus said that Cabinet took note of the clarification provided in relation to the interpretation of Article 45 of the Constitution and Section 77 (a) of the Electoral Act, 2014.
“Cabinet directed the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development, in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice to prepare an Amendment to propose amendment to section 77(4) (a) of the Electoral Act, to: Provide clarity on the legal provisions dealing with the case of members of public service who wish to participate in elections, to the effect that such persons are deemed to have resigned upon being elected to the National Assembly/Regional Council and not before or upon being nominated,” Theofelus said.
She added that the two ministry’s were also directed to provide that public servants who, at the time of their election to the National Assembly/Regional Council, have attained the age of 55 years, are deemed to have gone on early retirement upon being so elected to the National Assembly/ the Regional Council, and not on their nomination as candidates for elections.
