No. 41A

	

1108A
Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) 	 2013

(h)	the Ministry responsible for matters

relating to media.
(3) At their first meeting, the panel shall
appoint a chairperson and a vice-chairperson
who shall be of opposite gender.
(4) An application in respect of a vacancy
declared under subsection (1) shall be forwarded
to the selection panel within seven days of the
publication of the notice, and may be made by—
(a)
(b)

any qualified person; or
any person, organisation or group of
persons proposing the nomination of any
qualified person.

(5) The selection panel shall, subject to this
section, determine its own procedure and the
Cabinet Secretary shall provide it with such
facilities and other support as it may require for
the discharge of its functions under this section.
(6) The selection panel shall consider the
applications, shortlist and publish the names and
qualifications of all the applicants and those
shortlisted by the panel in the Gazette and on the
official website of the Ministry, within seven
days from the expiry of the deadline of receipt
of applications under subsection (4).
(7) The selection panel shall interview the
shortlisted applicants within fourteen days from
the date of publication of the list of shortlisted
applicants under subsection (6).
(8) Upon carrying out the interviews, the
selection panel shall select—
(a)	three persons qualified to be appointed
as chairperson; and

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