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    "content": "This County Governments Act says those people who have been brought in the manner in which I have described are declared permanent. How do you have a governor who is permanent when the physical boss is going to be changed in the next five years? If they are re-elected after five years, by law, they will never work more than two terms. Their lieutenants, relatives, friends, boyfriends and girlfriends are fixed on this positions which is key to serve the people of that sub-county, ward or village. Madam Temporary Speaker, today, we had a tragedy in West Pokot County where we lost six of our prime policemen to a foolish killer just killing people like that. A suspect related to terror activities whose photograph has been put in the newspaper by police was teaching in the interior parts of West Pokot in a ward called Riwo Ward in Nakwichit village. The other teachers and the pupils suspected him and reported to the chief and the police. Why did they not report to the village administrator, ward administrator and sub-county administrator? It is because these are people who were imposed on them and nobody recognizes them. They are not known and they are a burden to the people. Madam Temporary Speaker, if you look at the way chiefs are selected in a location and sub-location, it is indicated that you have to get people from around there, advertise and announce in a public baraza . How did the village administrator, ward administrator and the sub-county administrator come around? They came courtesy of the choice of the governor without consulting anybody. The MCA was not consulted. As a matter of fact, some of the ward administrators who were put in some of the wards where most of us come from were competitors for MCA positions in the 2013 election. Now, the governor goes for his friends. Out of the five or six fellows who competed, they go for the last competitor as long as he has enough linkage with the governor. Madam Temporary Speaker, what am I proposing in this Bill? Now that the positions of the Senator, National Assembly and the MCAs are not permanent, they are on contract, and we have introduced performance contracting for which yesterday the Vihiga County Governor Hon. Moses Akaranga was calling and I was reminding him that when he was a Minister, I was the Permanent Secretary (PS). He was the Minister in charge of Public Service. He was the one who introduced performance contracting. Performance contracting is done so that you can gauge the level of performance. If it is not up todate, you go. What did we really want in this devolution? We wanted better performance than the centralized government system. Now, we have taken kings and queens to go and settle in these three key positions that are supposed to make devolution work. Madam Temporary Speaker, devolution is not the sitting governors. In fact, the Council of Governors (CoG) should be disbanded. We are going to introduce it in the next Bill. It should be disbanded because all bad manners collected in some counties is spread and shared among governors. Are you aware that governors have offices in Nairobi? The answer is yes, but do you know where they are? They are in a classroom- like building where the doors are facing one another for quick consultations. What do they consult about? They consult so that they may remain in office never to be threatened by anybody. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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