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    "id": 1083165,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui West, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Edith Nyenze",
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        "legal_name": "Edith Nyenze",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I support the County Governments (Amendment) Bill, (Senate Bill No.13 of 2018). We need to have a qualified County Government Board. The board is in charge of employing people in the county governments. The board needs to be qualified. We should have continuous improvement. This Bill has come at the right time to show that we need to improve governance in the county governments. We need to have continuous improvement in the way county governments are run. I support the amendments which the Committee has come up with. In the past, we have seen in most counties, including mine, people who have been proposed to be appointed to the boards, but who are not qualified. It is done so that governors can have control over the board. You know if they have control over the board, then governance will not be the right one. I support the view that the County Government Board Secretary does not need to be qualified as a Human Resource person because even other people with the right qualifications can also do the same job and do it very well. We should also have inclusivity in the board. It should reflect gender balance and also have PWDs represented. If we have the right people serving in the board, governors will not take advantage of it. I also note that proper public participation was done. I support the County Governments (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No. 13 of 2018). Thank you."
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