MEMORANDUM OF ISSUES ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACT, CAP 243 AND THE STANDARD RULES OF PROCEDURE

Under section 11 (9)(b) of the Local Governments Act, the Speaker is charged with the overall authority for the preservation of order in the Council and the enforcement of the Rules Of Procedure yet there are certain issues in which the Speaker may have a conflict of interest and cannot be objective in making a judgement. [...] This revision should target changing the name of the business committee to Business, Welfare, Rules and Discipline Committee to broaden its mandate to; a) Determining the business of the Council b) Being responsible for the welfare of members of the Council c) Handling issues of rules and discipline in council • Revise Rule 89 of the Standard Rules of Procedure to provide for recuse by members of. [...] The key issues for District Service Commission includes; 4.2 Qualification for members of the DSC The chief function of DSCs is the appointment and confirmation thereof of persons to hold or act in any office in the service of a district or urban council. [...] 6.2 Lack of a provision in the LG Act that compels DEC to submit a treasury memorandum to the council The LGPAC chiefly examines the reports submitted to it by the auditor general, chief internal auditor, head of the internal audit and any reports of the commissions of inquiry and by extension summon. [...] However, we observe that whereas section 88 (9) LGA charges the chairperson and chief accounting officer/ town clerk with the duty to implement the recommendations of the LGPAC report, the LGA is silent on how the council receives updates on the status of implementation of the recommendations in the reports.