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ARTICLE 23: BRANCH ORGANIZATION

23.1. There shall be a Branch coterminous with every County as set out in the Constitution of

Kenya. A Branch shall be responsible to the National Executive Council.
23.1(b). There shall be such elections for branch officials

23.2. Each Branch shall be managed and controlled by a Branch Executive Committee which

shall consist of;

(a) Chairperson, Deputy-Chairperson, Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Treasurer,
Deputy Treasurer, Organizing Secretary, and Deputy Organizing Secretary, all of
whom shall be elected at the Branch Delegates Conference;

(b) KANU Member(s) of the National Assembly from the Branch, if any;

(c) KANU elected & nominated Senator;

(d) Three Branch KYC members (Chair/Secretary/Treasurer);

(e) Three Branch KYC members (Chair/Secretary/Treasurer);

(f) The Governor, if he/she is a member of KANU;

(g) Two representatives of PLWD;

(h) The Branch Executive Officer appointed by the National Executive Director in
consultation with the Branch Executive Committee who shall be in attendance.

23.3. No person shall qualify to be a Branch Official’ unless

(i) He/She has a minimum of silver Membership of the Party;

(ii) He/She is qualified to hold public office in the Republic of Kenya and has not
contravened the provisions of Chapter 6 of constitution of Kenya 2010, Political

Parties Act 2011 and the party’s constitution
(iii) Pays a requisite application and nomination fees of Ksh.10,000/-

23.4. Duties of the Branch Executive Committee shall be:

(a) To promote Party policies and activities among the people in the County in order

to realize the aims, objectives, policies and programmes of the Party;

(b) To promote political and civic general education amongst the people for the
benefit of the Party;

(c) To recruit new members for the Party;

(d) To represent the views and interests of the members in the Branch at the National

Governing Council;
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