IS SONKO NO. 3 AFTER UHURU, RUTO? ORDER OF SENIORITY IN KENYA

Nairobi senator Mike Sonko has declared himself the acting president since the president and his deputy are both out of the country.

It was during the burial of the late Dolamu Henry Oduwole, husband to former Kathiani MP Wavinya Ndeti that Sonko demanded to address mourners claiming to be the third in command after President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto.

But, is the Nairobi senator really the third in command as he claims?

This is what ‘The Order of Precedence Bill, 2014’, says about all State Officers and their order of seniority/hierarchy in the Republic of Kenya.

THE ORDER OF PRECEDENCE BILL, 2014 A Bill for AN ACT of Parliament to provide for the Order of Precedence for officials at diplomatic, official and social state functions within Kenya and abroad and for connected purposes.

PART II- ORDER OF PRECEDENCE AND PROTOCOL

4. (1)There is established an Order of Precedence for the holders of the following State officers and public in the following hierarchy-

(a) the President;

(b) the Deputy President;

(c) the Speakers of Parliament;

(d) the Chief Justice;

(e) the Leader of Majority/Leader of Minority of Parliament;

(f) Members of Parliament;

(g) Cotunty Governors;

(h) Justices of the Supreme Court;

(i) Judges of the Court of Appeal;

(j) Former Presidents of Kenya;

(k) Former Vice Presidents, Deputy Presidents and Prime Ministers;

(1) Ambassadors and High Commissioners of Foreign Missions in Kenya;

(m)Cabinet Secretaries and Attorney-General;

(n) Principal Secretaries;

(o) Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces;

(p) Inspector General of the National Police Service;

(q) Director General of the National Intelligence Service;

(r) Chairpersons of constitutional commissions.

Order of precedence and protocol 

Senator Sonko addressing mourners at the funeral 

So, is Mike Mbuvi Sonko number 3 in Kenya? Check it for yourselves.

By: Ben Re Keter

@kenyaketer

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