Blow to Orengo as Siaya Assembly rejects repeat Cabinet nominees
The Siaya County Assembly has rejected Governor James Orengo's repeat Cabinet nominees, citing a failure to comply with legal requirements for resubmission. The committee ruled that the governor did not demonstrate that the reasons for the initial rejection had been addressed.
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This highlights the tension between executive appointments and legislative oversight in local governance.
Siaya Governor James Orengo during a past event/COURTESY
Siaya Governor James Orengo has suffered another setback after the County Assembly's Appointments Committee rejected the nomination of some of his Cabinet nominees, ruling that their resubmission violated the law governing public appointments.
The committee, chaired by Speaker George Okode, said the nominees were ineligible because they had previously been rejected by the County Assembly and the appointing authority had failed to demonstrate that the circumstances leading to their earlier rejection had changed.
During the vetting exercise, Okode told the nominees that the committee's concerns were directed at the appointing authority rather than the candidates themselves, saying the law places the responsibility on the governor to justify the resubmission of previously rejected nominees.
"We are also alive to the fact that the obligations in the Act are bestowed on the appointing authority and not you," Okode told the nominees.
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