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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the CECs who are acting in the dockets that are not filled, have been approved by the County Assembly, They appear there routinely to answer issues related to their dockets. Therefore, the idea that the work in terms of accountability by the County Assembly of Nyeri is not accountable to the County Assembly because of that appointment of CECs is not correct. As far acting CECs are concerned, there is no issue of the County Government of Nyeri being accused of being inefficient and not doing its work because of the acting appointments does not arise. With regard to chief officers, there is a big difference on how they are appointed with the appointment of the CECs. For the CECS, I have a choice as Governor to headhunt and bring somebody for approval in County Assembly. However, I cannot headhunt for the Chief Officer (CO). That is a process that has to be undertaken by the CPSB of Nyeri. Because of that delay in terms of processing chief officers and so on, it was my concern. That is what finally led to the previous chairman having to leave office. This is because you cannot keep giving excuses. “Oh, we shall advertise and so on.” This could not be allowed to go on forever because time was running out. We have a five year timeline to deliver on our mandate. I confirm that this is a process that has been going on to with a view to getting substantive officers. However, as that process was continuing, we had to have chief officers who were substantive to act in these positions. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you quote the law and lay a lot of blame game, there is the practical nature of this. If you advertise sometimes, you do not get enough applications. The CPSB says they did not get any suitable applicant. You only have to re-advertise and restart the process all over again. We have had these challenges. Again, as a Governor of Nyeri and even as I blow my own trumpet, is that when I look at various benchmarks in terms of performance and things generally happening in Nyeri, even with that team of acting officers and acting CECs, I think by and large, I am satisfied that we are delivering the mandate to the people in a fair and efficient manner. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard with Karson House, I want to say a few things about it. First, this was a building procured by the Department of Works for the Nyeri County Government officers. Unlike Nairobi where you have a choice of ten to fifteen buildings in Upper hill, the choice in Nyeri Town, where we are headquartered, is very narrow. You will be surprised as we are talking that we do not have a building with a lift. We are that kind of a county."
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