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Governor of Nandi County
The office of the County Governor of Nandi is one of the State Offices in 47 devolved governments in 47 Counties of Kenya. The county governor and the deputy governor are the chief executive and the deputy chief executive of the county. The first Governor of Nandi is Dr. Cleophas Kiprop Lagat who was elected on 4 March 2013 General Election, directly by the registered voters in the county. His deputy is Dominic Chepyagan Biwott who was his running mate. Dr. Lagat appointed, on 3 June 2013, the following 10 County Executive Committee(CEC) Members to representing their departments, in the exercise of the powers conferred to him by Article 179 (2) (b) of the Constitution of Kenya as read with sections 30 (2) (d), (e) and 35 of the County Governments Act, 2012, and upon approval by the Nandi County Assembly in its session. He later on appointed Chief Officers for respective Departments who are by law the accounting and authorized public officers. Powers and duties
County secretary and Other Members of Nandi County Public Service BoardMr. Francis Angueyah Ominde was appointed as the first County Secretary and Head of Public Service of Nandi by the Governor of Nandi on 14 August 2013 alongside the following other members of Nandi County Public Service Board, in the exercise of the powers conferred to him by article 235 (1) of the Constitution as read with section 57 and 58 (1) (b), (c), (2), (3) and (4) of the County Governments Act, 2012, and upon approval by the Nandi County Assembly;
CEC Members Chief Officers appointmentsThe Governor and the deputy are also part of the county executive committee which is established in Article 179(2) (a)of the Constitution of Kenya. As per the laws of the Republic of Kenya, particularly Article 183 of the Constitution and section 36(1) of the County Governments Act, CEC Members are charged with the following responsibilities;
CEC ReshufflesRosemary Chemeli Korir was later transferred to the Department of Education, Research and Vocational Training. Mr. Josiah Kiprotich Korir was mentioned alongside Henry Maritim Koech as among the 175 persons listed by the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission in a report tabled in Parliament on and therefore had to step aside to pave way for investigations on impropriety of public funds in the fencing of markets by the County Government. The Deputy Governor H.E Biwott has been acting as CEC Member for Trade, Investment and Industrial Development while Mr. Charles Kimeli Muge has been the acting CEC Member for Transport and Infrastructure. Paul Kipchoge Rop was later transferred by the Governor to the Department of Tourism, Culture and Cooperative Development after he had sacked Mr. James Kipchoge Kijo allegations of impropriety in his department. Mr James Kipchoge Kijo has since been replaced by Mr. Style K.A Kessio who hails from Terik Ward in Aldai Sub County. Chief Officer's ReshufflesMr. Peter Kimeli Too who was the first Chief Officer for Transport and Infrastructure was sacked by the Governor and replaced by a little known Eng. Alex Buguit who has since been handling the problems arising from delayed payments of contractors during Too's tenure. Other Offices of the County GovernorAdvisors,Chief of Staff and other support staff to the County GovernorThe Transition Authority together with the Public Service Commission in consultation with the Council of Governors and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission approved the creation of a cadre of five staff to be known as advisors to the Governors. Also three support staff was approved for each Governor. These staff exists as advisors and not as executives or administrators in the hierarchy of the County Government. It is ultra vires the Kenyan laws for these staff to issue directives of a binding nature unless they are communicating the Governor's message or providing information to facilitate decision-making.[3] The Governor of Nandi has Legal Advisor, Political Advisor, Economic Advisor, Chief of Staff and other support staff in line with this approval. References
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