{"id":9635,"date":"2017-08-05T10:32:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T07:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=9635"},"modified":"2017-08-05T10:32:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T07:32:11","slug":"4-important-things-know-roles-mcas-go-vote-tuesday-august-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/4-important-things-know-roles-mcas-go-vote-tuesday-august-8th\/","title":{"rendered":"4 important things to know about the roles of MCAs before you go to vote on Tuesday August 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are only 2 days left before Kenyans choose their next leaders. Every position being contested for by politicians is vital to the Kenyan people because they serve different purposes.<\/p>\n<p>The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has carried out massive voter sensitization campaign in a bid to make sure the electorates understand the roles politicians will play once elected to respective offices.<\/p>\n<p>So what roles do MCAs perform?<\/p>\n<p>1.MCA maintains close contact with the electorate and consult them on issues before or under discussion in county assembly<\/p>\n<p>2.Presents views, opinions and proposals of the electorate to the county assembly<\/p>\n<p>3.Attends sessions of the county assembly and its committees<\/p>\n<p>4.Extends professional knowledge, experience or specialized knowledge to any issue for discussion in county assembly<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IEBC News - Know Your Leaders - Member of County Assembly\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zRr60BpFt34?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are only 2 days left before Kenyans choose their next leaders. Every position being contested for by politicians is vital to the Kenyan people because they serve different purposes. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has carried out massive voter sensitization campaign in a bid to make sure the electorates understand the roles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2834,"featured_media":9636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[1805],"class_list":["post-9635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-iebc-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>4 important things to know about the roles of MCAs before you go to vote on Tuesday August 8th - Ghafla! 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