Uchaguzi wa gavana wa kaunti na naibu gavana wa kaunti

Kiswahili

(1)Gavana wa kaunti atachaguliwa moja kwa moja na wapiga kura waliosajiliwa katika kaunti hiyo, siku ile ile ya uchaguzi mkuu wa wabunge, itakayokuwa Jumanne ya pili ya mwezi Agosti, baada ya kila miaka mitano.

(2)Lazima mtu astahiki kuchaguliwa kama mwakilishi wadi ili astahiki kuchaguliwa kama gavana wa kaunti.

(3)Ikiwa mgombea mmoja tu wa kiti cha gavana ndiye atakayeteuliwa, mtu huyu atatangazwa kuwa amechaguliwa.

(4)Ikiwa wagombea wawili au zaidi watateuliwa, uchaguzi utafanywa katika kaunti hiyo na mgombeaji atakayepata idadi kubwa zaidi ya kura ndiye atakayetangazwa kuwa amechaguliwa.

(5)Kila mgombea kiti cha gavana wa kaunti atamteua mtu mmoja ambaye anastahiki kuchaguliwa kama gavana wa kaunti kuwa mgombea kiti cha naibu gavana.

(6)Tume Huru ya Uchaguzi na Mipakahaitasimamia uchaguzi tofauti wa naibu wa gavana, lakini itamtangaza mgombea aliyeteuliwa na yule mtu anayechaguliwa kama gavana wa kaunti, kuwa amechaguliwa kama naibu wa gavana .

(7)Hakuna atakayehudumu––

(a)kama gavana wa kaunti kwa zaidi ya mihula miwili; au

(b)kama naibu gavana wa kaunti kwa zaidi ya mihula miwili.

(8)Kwa madhumuni ya ibara ya (7), mtu ambaye amechukua hatamu za uongozi kama gavana wa kaunti atachukuliwa kuwa amehudumu katika muhula mzima, lakini kwa kuzingatia Kifungu cha 182 (3) (b) tu.

English

Election of county governor and deputy county governor

(1)The county governor shall be directly elected by the voters registered in the county, on the same day as a general election of Members of Parliament, being the second Tuesday in August, in every fifth year.

(2)To be eligible for election as county governor, a person must be eligible for election as a member of the county assembly.

(3)If only one candidate for county governor is nominated, that candidate shall be declared elected.

(4)If two or more candidates are nominated, an election shall be held in the county and the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes shall be declared elected.

(5)Each candidate for election as county governor shall nominate a person who is qualified for nomination for election as county governor as a candidate for deputy governor.

(6)The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission shall not conduct a separate election for the deputy governor but shall declare the candidate nominated by the person who is elected county governor to have been elected as the deputy governor.

(7)A person shall not hold office—

(a)as a county governor for more than two terms; or

(b)as a deputy county governor for more than two terms.

(8)For the purposes of clause (7), a person who has assumed the office of county governor shall be deemed to have served a full term, subject only to Article 182 (3) (b).