Nafasi katika ofisi ya gavana wa kaunti

Kiswahili

(1)Afisi ya gavana wa kaunti itakuwa wazi ikiwa anayehudumu katika afisi hiyo—

(a)Atafariki dunia;

(b)atajiuzulu kwa kumwandikia spika wa bunge la kaunti;

(c)atawacha kutimiza mahitaji ya kustahiki ili kuchaguliwa kama gavana wa kaunti chini ya Kifungu cha 180 (2);

(d)atapatikana na hatia ambalo linaadhibiwa kwa kifungo gerezani kisichopungua miezi kumi na miwili;

(e)ataondolewa ofisini kwa mujibu wa Katiba hii.

(2)Ikiwa nafasi itatokea katika ofisi ya gavana wa kaunti, naibu gavana wa kaunti atahudumu kama gavana wa kaunti kwa muda wa muhula uliosalia wa gavana wa kaunti.

(3)Ikiwa mtu atachukua hatamu za uongozi katika ofisi ya gavana wa kaunti chini ya ibara ya (2), kwa madhumuni ya Kifungu cha 180 (7), mtu huyo atachukuliwa kuwa—

(a)amehudumu kwa muhula mzima kama gavana wa kaunti ikiwa, katika tarehe ambayo mtu huyo alianza kuhudumu, zaidi ya miaka miwili na nusu ilikuwa inasalia kabla ya tarehe ya uchaguzi utakaofuata ulioratibiwa kikawaida chini ya Kifungu cha 180 (1); au

(b)hajahudumu kwa muhula mzima kama gavana wa kaunti katika hali nyingine yoyote.

(4)Ikiwa nafasi itatokea katika ofisi ya gavana wa kaunti na katika ofisi ya naibu gavana wa kaunti, au ikiwa naibu gavana wa kaunti hawezi kuhudumu kwa muda, spika wa bunge la kaunti ndiye atakayehudumu kwa muda kama gavana wa kaunti.

(5)Ikiwa nafasi itatokea katika hali zilizobainishwa chini ya ibara ya (4), uchaguzi wa gavana wa kaunti utafanywa ndani ya siku sitini baada ya tarehe ya spika kuanza kuhudumu kama gavana wa kaunti.

(6)Mtu atakayechukua hatamu za uongozi katika ofisi ya gavana wa kaunti chini ya Kifungu hiki, isipokuwa aondolewe ofisini vinginevyo chini ya Katiba hii, mtu huyo atahudumu hadi gavana wa kaunti aliyechaguliwa upya atakapoanza kuhudumu baada ya uchaguzi utakaofuata chini ya Kifungu cha 180 (1).

English

Vacancy in the office of county governor

(1)The office of the county governor shall become vacant if the holder of the office—

(a)dies;

(b)resigns, in writing, addressed to the speaker of the county assembly;

(c)ceases to be eligible to be elected county governor under Article 180 (2);

(d)is convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment for at least twelve months; or

(e)is removed from office under this Constitution.

(2)If a vacancy occurs in the office of county governor, the deputy county governor shall assume office as county governor for the remainder of the term of the county governor.

(3)If a person assumes office as county governor under clause (2), the person shall be deemed for the purposes of Article 180 (7)—

(a)to have served a full term as county governor 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 180 (1); or

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

(4)If a vacancy occurs in the office of county governor and that of deputy county governor, or if the deputy county governor is unable to act, the speaker of the county assembly shall act as county governor.

(5)If a vacancy occurs in the circumstances contemplated by clause (4), an election to the office of county governor shall be held within sixty days after the speaker assumes the office of county governor.

(6)A person who assumes the office of county governor under this Article shall, unless otherwise removed from office under this Constitution, hold office until the newly elected county governor assumes office following the next election held under Article 180 (1).