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(1)The youth councillors shall be elected by an electoral college consisting of—
(a)in case of a district council—
(i)all subcounty youth councils; and
(ii)the district youth executive;
(b)in the case of a city council—
(i)all division youth councils; and
(ii)the city youth executive;
(c)in the case of a municipal council—
(i)all parish or ward youth councils; and
(ii)the municipal youth executive; and
(d)in the case of a subcounty, town or division council—
(i)all parish or ward youth councils; and
(ii)the subcounty, town or division youth executive as the case may be.
(2)A councillor representing persons with disabilities shall be elected in accordance with the electoral structure provided for in the Persons with Disabilities Act as follows—
(a)in case of the village council, all willing persons with disability-in each village shall assemble to elect five executive members, at least one of whom shall be a woman and the chairperson of the persons with disabilities executive committee shall become the secretary for disability affairs at the village council;
(b)in case of the parish, the five persons with disabilities executive committee members for each village shall assemble at the parish or ward to elect the executive committee members for persons with disabilities and the chairperson of the persons with disabilities executive committee at the parish level or ward level shall become the representative of persons with disabilities at the parish council;
(c)in case of a subcounty, division council, or town council, the five persons with disabilities from each parish or ward shall assemble at the subcounty division or town council to elect two councillors representing persons with disability, male and female, to the subcounty, division or town council; and
(d)in case of a district or city council, the five executive members from each subcounty or division council or town council shall assemble at the district or city council to elect two representatives, male and female, to the district council.
(3)Councillors representing the older persons shall be elected by the associations of the older persons forming an electoral college composed as follows—
(a)in the case of the district, all members of the district executive committee and subcounty executive committees in the district;
(b)in the case of a city, all members of the city executive committee and division executive committees; and
(c)in the case of other urban councils and subcounty councils, all members of the town or division or subcounty executive committees and parish or ward executive committees.
(4)The Electoral Commission shall, where existing organisations are formed into electoral colleges to elect representatives of persons with disabilities at different levels of local governments, facilitate the organisations to establish the different bodies that form the electoral colleges.
(5)The Electoral Commission shall appoint returning officers and presiding officers as may appear to the Electoral Commission reasonably necessary for the purpose of conducting elections of representatives of each special interest group.
(6)The Electoral Commission shall appoint a day and time on which the elections for each special interest group shall be held.
(7)For all other matters not provided for relating to elections under this section, including the nominations of candidates, voting procedure and declaration of results, the provisions for general elections under this Part shall apply, with such modifications as may be appropriate for the relevant special interest group.
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