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    "id": 1006916,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Mediation Committee on the County Governments (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.11 of 2017) was constituted by the Speakers of both Houses on 23rd July 2019 for the National Assembly, and 25th July 2019 for the Senate, with a mandate to consider the Bills that had been tabled in the two Houses and had amendments that were not reconcilable when each of the two Houses passed their versions. This is a very brief Report and matter because the clauses that were in contention on this particular Bill were only three, that is, Clauses 8, 11 and 15. These were referred to the Mediation Committee. I will go to the three clauses. In Clause 8, the issue was very simple. The Senate had proposed some wording that a notice needed to be put in the county gazette. As we all know, the county gazette has not come into operation. So, this House, in its wisdom, said we should remove that and the Mediation Committee agreed just that we basically talk of “in a gazette” and not “in the county gazette”, which does not exist right now. Clause 11 was brought in to introduce the dismissal of a County Executive Committee (CEC) member. This House suggested that when a CEC member is being dismissed, the governor should be compelled to give reasons. When we sat in the Mediation Committee, we said CEC members are political appointments just like our Cabinet Secretaries. You are appointed by the President or the governor. They do not give reasons why they are appointing you and when they want to dismiss you, they should dismiss you without necessarily having to be compelled by law to give reasons. What reason would be legally acceptable to anyone? To avoid that ambiguity, we said let us just leave it and borrow from what happens at the national level. If no reasons are required at the national level, no reason should be required at the county level. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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