Communication and Hansard

COMMUNICATION AND HANSARD

This directorate consists of two divisions;

1. The Hansard Division, and
2. The Public Communication and Media Relations Division.

HANSARD DIVISION

The Hansard refers to the official printed reports of Parliamentary proceedings and its committees. It is therefore the record of Assembly Plenary and Committee proceedings.

It is a verbatim (word for word) account of the daily proceedings of the Assembly and its Committees. Allowance is made for the correction of grammar, and factual errors.

The Hansard forms one of the journals of the Assembly for which the Clerk is the official custodian. It is produced by a team of officers (Hansard Reports, Hansard Editors and Audio Officers)

Mandate

The Hansard department derives its mandate from

1. County Assembly standing order 221 on Hansard reports.
2. County Assembly standing order 223 on broadcast of County Assembly proceedings.
3. First Schedule of the Kisii County Assembly Standing Orders on Broadcasting Rules

PUBLIC COMMUNICATION & MEDIA RELATIONS DIVISION

The Public Communications and Media Relations division deals with the communication matters of the County Assembly.

This includes issues that fall under the movement of information, publication of various information, public relations (PR), media relations, protocol and outreach.

Mandate

The division is created under Section 12 (7) (b) and 13(5) (b) of the County Government Act, 2012 and Section 24 of the County Assembly Services Act, 2017.