Tume ya Huduma za Umma

Kiswahili

(1)Tume ya Huduma za Bunge Imebuniwa.

(2)Tume ya Huduma za Umma inajumuisha mwenyekiti, naibu mwenyekiti na wanachama wengine saba walioteuliwa na Rais na kuidhinishwa na Bunge la Kitaifa.

(3)Kwa kuzingatia ibara ya (4), mtu hastahiki kuteuliwa kama mwanachama wa Tume hiyo ikiwa mtu huyo––

(a)ndani ya miaka mitano iliyopita, amehudumu au kugombea uchaguzi kama—

(i)mbunge katika Bunge la Kitaifa au mwakilishi wadi katika bunge la kaunti; au

(ii)mwanachama katika idara ya uongozi wa chama cha kisiasa; au

(b)anahudumu katika ofisi yoyote ya Serikali;

(c)anagombea, au kwa wakati wowote mwingine amewahi kugombea kuwa mwanachama katika Bunge la Kitaifa au katika bunge la kaunti; au

(d)anahudumu, au kwa wakati wowote mwingine , amewahi kuhudumu katika shirika la kisiasa linalofadhili au kuunga mkono mgombeaji wa uanachama katika Bunge la Kitaifa au bunge la kaunti.

(4)Ibara ya (3) (c) na (d) hazitatumika iwapo uchaguzi mkuu umefanywa mara mbili tangu mtu huyo alipogombea kiti au alipohudumu ofisini.

(5)Kutakuwepo na katibu wa Tume hiyo.

(6)Katibu––

(a)ndiye mtendaji mkuu katika Tume; na

(b)atateuliwa na Tume kwa muhula wa miaka mitano na anaweza kuteuliwa tena mara moja tu.

English

The Public Service Commission

(1)There is established the Public Service Commission.

(2)The Public Service Commission consists of a chairperson, a vice chairperson and seven other members appointed by the President with the approval of the National Assembly.

(3)Subject to clause (4), a person is not eligible for appointment as a member of the Commission if the person––

(a)has, at any time within the preceding five years, held office, or stood for election as—

(i)a member of Parliament or of a county assembly; or

(ii)a member of the governing body of a political party; or

(b)holds any State office;

(c)is, or has at any time been, a candidate for election as a member of Parliament or of a county assembly; or

(d)is, or has at any time been, the holder of an office in any political organisation that sponsors or otherwise supports, or has at any time sponsored or otherwise supported, a candidate for election as a member of Parliament or of a county assembly.

(4)Clause (3) (c) and (d) cease to apply to a person after two general elections for Parliament have been held since the person ceased to be such a candidate or office holder.

(5)There shall be a secretary to the Commission.

(6)The secretary—

(a)is the chief executive of the Commission; and

(b)shall be appointed by the Commission for a term of five years, and is eligible for re-appointment once.