{"id":103,"date":"2026-09-19T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T08:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/office-of-the-speaker\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T08:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T08:00:33","slug":"office-of-the-speaker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/office-of-the-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Office of the Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull vca-speaker-hero is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group vca-container vca-speaker-hero__inner is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"vca-speaker-hero__kicker wp-block-paragraph\">Leadership<\/p><h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Office of the Speaker<\/h1><p class=\"vca-speaker-hero__lead wp-block-paragraph\">Supporting the Speaker and coordinating key Assembly leadership offices.<\/p><\/div><\/div><nav class=\"vca-page-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><div class=\"vca-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/\">Home<\/a><span>\u203a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/about-us\/\">About Us<\/a><span>\u203a<\/span><span>Office of the Speaker<\/span><\/div><\/nav><div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull vca-speaker-main is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group vca-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-columns vca-speaker-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:68%\"><div class=\"wp-block-group vca-speaker-content-card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"vca-kicker wp-block-paragraph\">The Speaker&#8217;s Office<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Establishment<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Vihiga County Assembly Speaker\u2019s Office is established pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 11 and Article 178 of the constitution of Kenya 2010. Hon Dan C Chitwah was elected on 22nd March 2013 as the first speaker of Vihiga County Assembly.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Secretariat of the office of the speaker is responsible for ensuring effective coordination of support services to the Speaker and other County Assembly office holders in the County Assembly.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Secretariat is established to facilitate the office in enhancing internal linkages with other departments and to also coordinate the following Assembly offices; the office of the Deputy Speaker, the office of the Leader of Majority, the office of the Leader of Minority, offices of the Whips and the Speakers panel. The following offices exist to facilitate the smooth functioning of the speaker\u2019s office:<\/p><ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The personal assistant to the speaker<\/li><li>Research officer<\/li><li>Senior clerk assistant\/ legislative assistant<\/li><li>Protocol officer<\/li><li>Liaison office<\/li><li>Executive secretary<\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:32%\">    <aside class=\"vca-speaker-profile-card\">\n                    <div class=\"vca-speaker-profile-card__photo\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Member3-1024x1024.png\" class=\"vca-member-photo wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hon. Christopher Omulele CBS\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Member3-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Member3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Member3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Member3-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Member3.png 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"vca-speaker-profile-card__body\">\n                <span>Office Holder<\/span>\n                <h3>Hon. Christopher Omulele CBS<\/h3>\n                <strong>Speaker of the County Assembly<\/strong>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/assembly-members\/hon-christopher-omulele-cbs\/\">View Speaker Profile<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/aside>\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-group vca-speaker-links is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explore Leadership<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/leadership\/\">Assembly Leadership<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/assembly-members\/\">Assembly Members<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/assembly-business\/\">Assembly Business<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leadership Office of the Speaker Supporting the Speaker and coordinating key Assembly leadership offices. Home\u203aAbout Us\u203aOffice of the Speaker The Speaker&#8217;s Office Establishment The Vihiga County Assembly Speaker\u2019s Office is established pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 11 and Article 178 of the constitution of Kenya 2010. Hon Dan C Chitwah was elected on 22nd [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chavobizinvestments.co.ke\/vihigatwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}