1 135A 2013 Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) (b) any person, organisation or group of persons proposing the nomination of any qualified person. (9) The Public Service Commission shall consider the applications, shortlist and publish the names and qualifications of all the applicants and shortlisted applicants in the Gazette and on the official website of the Commission, within seven days from the expiry of the deadline of receipt of applications under subsection (8). (10) The Public Service Commission shall interview the shortlisted applicants within fourteen days from the date of publication of the list of shortlisted applicants under subsection (9). (11) Upon carrying out the interviews, the Public Service Commission shall select three persons qualified to be appointed as chairperson and sixteen persons qualified to be appointed as members of the Council, and shall forward the names to the Cabinet Secretary. (12) The Cabinet Secretary shall, within fourteen days of receipt of the names under subsection (11), appoint the chairperson and the members of the Council. (13) In selecting, shortlisting and appointing the chairperson and members of the Council, the Cabinet Secretary shall— (a) ensure that the appointees to the Council reflect the interests of all sections of the society; (b) ensure equal opportunities for persons with disabilities and other marginalised groups; and (c) ensure that not more than two-thirds of the members are of the same gender. (14) Every appointment made under this section shall be published in the Kenya Gazette. No. 41A

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