Vacancy in the office of Deputy President

English

(1)Within fourteen days after a vacancy in the office of Deputy President arises, the President shall nominate a person to fill the vacancy, and the National Assembly shall vote on the nomination within sixty days after receiving it.

(2)If a person assumes office as Deputy President under clause (1), then, for the purposes of Article 148 (8), the person shall be deemed—

(a)to have served a full term as Deputy President if, at the date on which the person assumed office, more than two and a half years remain before the date of the next regularly scheduled election under Article 136 (2) (a); or

(b)not to have served a term of office as Deputy President, in any other case.

Kiswahili

Nafasi Katika ofisi ya Naibu wa Rais

(1)Katika muda wa siku kumi na nne baada ya nafasi kutokea katika ofisi ya Naibu wa Rais, Rais atamteua mtu mwingine kuijaza nafasi hiyo, na Bunge la Kitaifa litapiga kura kuhusu uteuzi huo katika muda wa siku sitini baada ya kuupokea.

(2)Ikiwa mtu atahudumu kama Naibu wa Rais chini ya ibara ya (1), basi, kwa madhumuni ya Kifungu cha 148 (8), mtu huyo atachukuliwa—

(a)kuwa amehudumu katika muhula mzima kama Naibu wa Rais ikiwa, kwa wakati ambao mtu huyo alianza kuhudumu katika ofisi hiyo, zaidi ya miaka miwili na nusu inasalia kabla ya uchaguzi unaofuatia ulioratibiwa chini ya Kifungu cha 136 (2); au

(b)hajahudumu kama Rais kwa muhula mzima katika hali ingine yoyote.