(c)

(iii)

consumer affairs;

(iv)

telecommunications engineering;

(v)

broadcasting;

(vi)

journalism;

(vii)

information technology;

(viii)

economics; and

(ix)

public administration.

A person shall not be appointed or remain in office as a Commissioner

who:
(i)

is not a citizen of Somalia;

(ii)

is not ordinarily resident in Somalia;

(iii)
is a serving member of Parliament, any State governmental body,
or local governmental body;
(iv)

is incapacitated by any physical illness;

(v)

has been certified by competent authorities to be of unsound mind;

(vi)

has been convicted in Somalia or elsewhere of a felony criminal

offense; or
(vii) has at any time been removed from an office of trust in Somalia or
elsewhere on account of misconduct.
(d)
Commissioners shall serve staggered terms of five years so that no more
than two Commissioners’ terms shall expire in the same year. A Commissioner’s term
shall end on June 30 of the year in which his term of office expires but may continue to
serve for up to one year pending the appointment of his successor. A Commissioner may
be reappointed upon the completion of his term of office.
(e)
The initial Board of the Commission shall draw lots to determine the
tenure of their initial terms in order to ensure that the expiration of the Commissioners’
terms shall be staggered. The Commissioners that shall draw the numbers 1 and 2 shall
serve a full five-year term. The Commissioners that shall draw the numbers 3 and 4 shall
serve a four-year term. The Commissioners that shall draw the numbers 5 and 6 shall
serve a three-year term. The Commissioners that shall draw the numbers 7 and 8 shall

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