GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 12646

IT IS notified for public information that pursuant to sections 3 (l) and 6 (5) (b) of the County Governments Act, 2012, I, Gideon Maitha Mung’aro, Governor of Kilifi County Government, have appointed a taskforce with the following terms of reference. Terms of reference for Human Resource Taskforce are to— (a) establish the current Kilifi County Executive organizational structure while taking into account the existing workforce in each department by cadre, gender, ethnicity and terms of employment (permanent, contractual or secondment) against the Treasury IPPD; (b) establish the remuneration package for various staff cadres employed by the Kilifi County Public Service Board and whether the same is in line with the Salary and Remuneration Commission recommendations; (c) review and monitor Kilifi County Government’s human resources strategy and policies that pertain to staffing, compensation, benefits, and related issues of strategic importance that directly affect Kilifi County Government’s ability to recruit, develop and retain the highly-qualified staff needed for it to achieve its mandate; (d) review any internal and external evaluations of Kilifi County Government’s human resources strategy and policies pertaining to the issues set out above; and (e) recommend on all the above findings and all other ways and means to facilitate reforms in human resource to improve and benefit in service delivery to the citizenry. The members of the Taskforce shall be as follows— Fadhili Athman Jonathan Mativo Martin Mwaro Jackson Katana Karisa Terry Zocy Maitha (Ms.) — Joint Secretary Damaris Malombe (Ms.) Flaura Kidere (Dr.) Charles Chira John Kenga Nyale, Advocate Powers and Mode of Operation of the Taskforce: In the execution of its mandate, the Taskforce may— (a) the members shall choose one of their own to preside as the Chairperson; (b) from time to time co-opt such persons as may possess such expertise necessary for the execution of the mandate of the Taskforce; (c) interview any person it deems necessary; (d) form technical working groups as may be required in the achievement of its terms of reference; (e) hold such number of meetings in such places and at such times as the it shall consider necessary for the proper discharge of its functions; (f) may carry out or cause to be carried out such assessments, studies or research as may inform its mandate; (g) consult such sources of information as may be appropriate; (h) shall solicit, invite, receive and consider written memorandum and information from relevant institutions and the public generally; 21st October, 2022 THE KENYA GAZETTE (i) engage the services of such experts, including forensic experts and investigators to assist it in its work; and (j) subject to the foregoing, the Taskforce shall regulate its own procedure within the confines of the law and the Constitution. Duration of Assignment The Task Force shall, subject to any extension that the Governor may authorize, execute its mandate and submit its report to the Governor, not later than two (2) months from the date of its commissioning. Subject to the foregoing paragraph, the Taskforce may, if it deems it expedient to do so, submit to the Governor interim reports proposing measures for immediate implementation before its final report. The Secretarial Support: The Secretarial support to the Taskforce shall be provided by the office of the County Secretary and that office shall provide the necessary facilitation of the process to ensure effective and timely delivery by the Taskforce on its mandate. The members of the Taskforce shall be paid such sitting allowances as may be authorised by the Governor and these shall be defrayed out of the Funds of the county government. The Chairpersons, Kilifi County Public Service Board and every other Director/Head of Departments within the county government shall avail such information as the Taskforce may require for the execution of its mandate. GIDEON MAITHA MUNG’ARO, MR/4300136 Governor, Kilifi County.