GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 12647

IT IS notified for public information that pursuant to sections 3 (l) and 6 (5) (b) of the County Governments Act, 2012, as read with section 102 (1) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012 and Article 179(1) of the Constitution of Kenya, I, Gideon Maitha Mung’aro, Governor of Kilifi County Government, have appointed a Taskforce with the following terms of reference. Terms of Reference for Pending Bill Verification Taskforce are to— (a) to review the organizational structure and hierarchical level of the county treasury unit within the county government and recommend— (i) an organizational structure that will generally enable and facilitate effective overall delivery of services in the county; (ii) the organisational relationship between that unit and the office of the Governor and other organs and departments of the county government that make use of treasury services; (b) to scrutinize and verify the existing stock of pending bills against the County Government and advise the Governor on the way forward; (c) to advise the Governor with respect to the pending bills demanded by the vendors/merchants/service providers from the County Government in the respective departments and agencies; (d) to determine the reason/cause for the unusual high value of pending bills against the County Government and recommend any change in the management of the County Government financial management system; (e) to peruse any past reports on financial audits of the County Government of Kilifi by other public and other agencies and recommend implementation strategies of their recommendations, if any; (f) to consider any other matter related and incidental to the foregoing and make such recommendations as may be appropriate; and (g) to report to the Governor its findings and recommendations. The members of the Taskforce shall be as follows— Alice Waguthi Kinyua (Mrs.) Madam Zaituni Muhammud Albert Joseph Muturi — Joint Secretary Pst. Dickson Gitonga Naftali Daniel Muthui William Veronica Wanjira (Ms.) Emily Mulewa (Mrs.) — Advocate Hazel Katana (Ms.) Mwinyi Mwita Ali Powers and Mode of Operation of the Taskforce In the execution of its mandate, the Task Force may— (a) in the absence of the Chairperson, the members shall choose one of their own to preside; (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; (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 Taskforce 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. 7864 7864 The Director, Finance and every other Director/Head of Department 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.