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2013 Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) No. 41A
(b) any person, organisation or group of persons
proposing the nomination of any qualified
person.
(9) The Public Service Commission shall consider the
applications, shortlist and publish the names and
qualifications of all the applicants and shortlisted applicants
in the Gazette and on the official website of the
Commission, within seven days from the expiry of the
deadline of receipt of applications under subsection (8).
(10) The Public Service Commission shall interview
the shortlisted applicants within fourteen days from the
date of publication of the list of shortlisted applicants under
subsection (9).
(11) Upon carrying out the interviews, the Public
Service Commission shall select three persons qualified to
be appointed as chairperson and sixteen persons qualified
to be appointed as members of the Council, and shall
forward the names to the Cabinet Secretary.
(12) The Cabinet Secretary shall, within fourteen days
of receipt of the names under subsection (11), appoint the
chairperson and the members of the Council.
(13) In selecting, shortlisting and appointing the
chairperson and members of the Council, the Cabinet
Secretary shall—
(a) ensure that the appointees to the Council reflect
the interests of all sections of the society;
(b) ensure equal opportunities for persons with
disabilities and other marginalised groups; and
(c) ensure that not more than two-thirds of the
members are of the same gender.
(14) Every appointment made under this section shall
be published in the Kenya Gazette.