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Article 194 of the Constitution of Kenya

Article
194
Index row title
(1) The office of a member of a county assembly becomes
Source document
The Kenya Constitution
Provision ID
9c1b06ad-3579-4893-81b9-16e67f84e1d5

187 words

Verbatim text

vacant— (a) if the member dies; (b) if the member is absent from eight sittings of the assembly without permission, in writing, of the speaker of the assembly, and is unable to offer satisfactory explanation for the absence; (c) if the member is removed from office under this Constitution or legislation enacted under Article 80; (d) if the member resigns in writing addressed to the speaker of the assembly; (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.

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 194 of the Constitution of Kenya.
  • The passage runs to about 187 words.
  • Read plainly, it mentions assembly and association — it protects gathering together or joining a group, union or party (the words used: “assembly”).

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