The County Assembly Services (Amendment) Bill, 2023 REPUBLIC OF KENYA PARLIAMENT SENATE BILLS (Bill No. 34 of 2023) THE COUNTY ASSEMBLY SERVICES (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2023 3 1025 g WR as fe Woo owice (A Bill published in the Kenya Gazeffe Supplement No. 134 of 11% August, 2023 and passed by the Senate, with amendments, on Tuesday, 15'* April, 2025) 1
The County Assembly Services (Amendment) Bill, 2023 THE COUNTY ASSEMBLY SERVICES (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2023 A Bill for AN ACT of Parliament to amend the County Assembly Services Act; and for connected purposes. ENACTED by the Parliament of Kenya, as follows — Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the County Assembly Services (Amendment) Act, 2023. Senin. : fen oes Cap 265D. Amendment of section 10 of Cap 265D. 2. Section 3 of the County Assembly Services Act, in this Act referred to as "the principal Act" is amended in paragraph (c) ~ : 2 ~ -. by inserting the words "and administrative" immediately after the words "provide for the procedural". 3. Section 10 of the principal Act is amended — (a) in subsection (2) by inserting the words "by submitting a petition to the office of the respective Clerk, in the prescribed form" immediately after the words "specified under subsection (1)"; (b) by deleting subsection 3 and substituting therefor the following new subsection — (3) Upon receipt of a petition under subsection (2), the Speaker shall report the petition to the Assembly within seven days. (c) by inserting the following new subsections immediately after subsection (3) — (4) Upon reporting of the petition under subsection (3), the Speaker shall refer the petition to a select committee of the county assembly to investigate the matter. (5) The committee referred to in subsection (4) shall consist of eleven members and shall be
The County Assembly Services (Amendment) Bill, 2023 Insertion of Ne a or 2017. Amendment of section 23 of No. 24 of 2017. (a) in paragraph (a) by deleting the word "and" appearing immediately after the words "the county assembly;" and; ". (b) inserting the following new paragraph after paragraph (a) — (aa) exercise supervisory control over the staff of the County Assembly; and 6. The principal Act is amended by inserting the following New section immediately after section 22 — Procedure for Ck °f 22A. (1) Where the Board considers it necessary to suspend the Clerk under section 22, the Board shall — (a) inform the Clerk in writing of the reasons for the suspension; (b) invite the Clerk to respond within seven days, in writing, to the reasons set out under paragraph (a); (c) invite the Clerk to appear before the Board on a specified date to exculpate himself or herself. (2) The Board shall not suspend a Clerk under section 22 for a period exceeding six months. 7. Section 23 of the principal Act is amended — . . (a) in subsection (1) — (i) by deleting the words "section 20" appearing immediately after the words "the Clerk under" in the introductory phrase and substituting therefor the words "section 22";
The County Assembly Services (Amendment) Bill, 2023 I certify that this printed impression is a true copy of the Bill as passed by the Senate on Tuesday, 15" April, 2025. Clerk of the Senate Endorsed for presentation to the National Assembly in accordance with the provisions of standing order 161 of the Senate Standing Orders.