Kisumu County Assembly Service Board (CASB) is. established pursuant to Section 12 of the County Governments Act is amended by —
(a) deleting subsection 3 and substituting therefor the following new
subsections —
(3) The Board consists of —
(a) the speaker of the county assembly, as the chairperson;
(b) a vice-chairperson elected by the Board from the members
appointed under paragraph (c);
(c) two members of the county assembly nominated by the political
parties represented in the county assembly according to their
proportion of members in the county assembly; and
(d) one man and one woman appointed by the county assembly
from amongst persons who are experienced in public affairs,
but are not members of the county assembly.
The statutory mandate and responsibilities of the Board include:-
- Providing services and facilities to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the County. Assembly;
- Constituting offices in the County Assembly service and appointing and supervising office holders;
- Preparing annual estimates of expenditure of the County Assembly services and submitting them to the County Assembly for approval and exercising budgetary control over the service;
- Undertaking, singly or jointly with other relevant organizations, programmes to promote the ideals of parliamentary democracy;
- Performing other functions necessary for the well-being of the members and staff of the County Assembly or prescribed by the national legislation.
