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Constitution of Kenya, 2010
(e) if, having been elected to the assembly––
(i) as a member of a political party, the member resigns
from the party, or is deemed to have resigned from the
party as determined in accordance with the legislation
contemplated in clause (2); or
(ii) as an independent candidate, the member joins a political party;
(f) at the end of the term of the assembly; or
(g) if the member becomes disqualified for election on grounds
specified in Article 193 (2).
(2) Parliament shall enact legislation providing for the
circumstances under which a member of a political party shall be
deemed, for the purposes of clause (1) (e), to have resigned from the
party.
County assembly
power to summon
witnesses.
195. (1) A county assembly or any of its committees has power
to summon any person to appear before it for the purpose of giving
evidence or providing information.
(2) For the purposes of clause (1), an assembly has the same
powers as the High Court to—
(a) enforce the attendance of witnesses and examining them on
oath, affirmation or otherwise;
(b) compel the production of documents; and
(c) issue a commission or request to examine witnesses
abroad.
Public participation
and county assembly
powers, privileges
and immunities.
196. (1) A county assembly shall—
(a) conduct its business in an open manner, and hold its sittings
and those of its committees, in public; and
(b) facilitate public participation and involvement in the
legislative and other business of the assembly and its
committees.
(2) A county assembly may not exclude the public, or any media,
from any sitting unless in exceptional circumstances the speaker has
determined that there are justifiable reasons for doing so.