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Gazette: Baringo names county public service board, Waiguru to address Kirinyaga MCAs

Special issues of the Kenya Gazette this week also called Busia's county assembly to a sitting on its budget review paper.

Based on reporting by Kenya Gazette, Special Issue No. 183 (19 Oct 2026) and Kenya Gazette, Special Issue No. 185 (22 Oct 2026).

Graphic: county notices in this week's Kenya Gazette for Baringo, Kirinyaga and Busia

County notices in this week's special issues of the Kenya Gazette. Graphic: StarNews

Baringo Governor Benjamin Cheboi has appointed a new seven-member County Public Service Board, according to a notice in a special issue of the Kenya Gazette dated 19 October.

Samson Chepchieng Komen is chairperson and Hosea Kondira Komen is secretary and chief executive. The members are Winny Megiri, Miriam Jebichii Koech, Gladys Jepkemboi Kandie, Jackson Mariach Limaris and Wellington Kipngetich Cherono. The County Assembly approved them on 16 October, and they serve six-year terms that cannot be renewed, starting 19 October.

County public service boards hire and manage staff for county governments.

In Kirinyaga, Speaker Muteti Murimi has called a special sitting of the County Assembly for Tuesday, 3 November, at 11am in Kerugoya, at Governor Anne Waiguru's request. The only business will be her annual address to the assembly.

Busia County Assembly Speaker Fredrick Odilo called a special sitting for Friday, 23 October, at 9am to table the county's Budget Review and Outlook Paper for the 2025/2026 financial year, according to a notice in the Gazette of 22 October.

StarNews reads the Kenya Gazette every week. This week's regular Friday issue had not been published online by Friday evening, and we will report on it once it is out.

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