All is set for the swearing-in of the members of the county assemblies countrywide after the IEBC gazetted their nominated counterparts.
The nomination list as per the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission chairman Wafula Chebukati includes the marginalized groups.
The commission had already gazetted all the 1,443 elected MCAs.
The gazettement now paves way for the swearing-in of MCAs.
This, however, depends on when the governors of the 47 counties will gazette the first sitting.
"The Governor by notice in the Kenya Gazette and the County Gazette shall appoint the place and date of the first sitting of the new county assembly,” the Nairobi City County Assembly Standing Order 4 (1) says.
Nairobi with 85 wards has the most number of nominated MCAs at 39.
The list includes 37 women and two men, representing the youth and the marginalised groups.
This means that the third county assembly will now have 124 MCAs, with 85 elected and 39 nominated.
Both President William Ruto-led UDA party and Raila Odinga's ODM each have 17 nominated MCAs.
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee Party has three nominated MCAs and Wiper has two.
Kakamega follows second with 30 and Kisii with26 nominated MCAs.
The Standing Orders also state that there will only be two items in the order paper on the first sitting; swearing-in of members and election of the speakers.
