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    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Bill by the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. Looking at it, it is talking about the issues of succession. It is addressing the worry the public has in terms of when a new governor comes in and some staff leave while others remain. Therefore, because of that fear, we are making the County Public Service Board very strong, independent and professional. This will give confidence to the voters and the counties shall have life after a particular governor. In this House, there are various candidates for governorship and I feel this should be good news to them. They will absorb the professionals who will run the county governments on a going concern basis. They will mirror what is happening at the national Government where presidents and leaderships come and go, but the offices and institutions remain intact. This Bill tends to share the county resources in terms of distribution of appointments with respect to the board itself and in terms of gender, persons with disability and ethnicity. Without this provision, Member No.001 could not be in this House. But now he is here and he is one of the key people who are contributing very well in this House. Therefore, it is important we recognise persons with disabilities and encourage governors to do the same. On that element, I want to anchor myself on the issue of ethnicity. It comes in the direction that counties are made up of various sub-counties. The governor might come from a particular area of the county and all the appointments are likely to end up being from one section of the county. For instance, you will find the deputy governor and the County Executive Committee Member in charge of Finance and Economic Planning come from the same area. The board will now look at issues of appointment in terms of distribution of resources. This is a good thing which I support. On the issue of disparities in terms of remuneration of staff, this is at the mercy of the governor to consider whom to employ and for what purpose. I want to be very clear that some counties have appointed officers in charge of prayers, who are in the form of advisers to the governor in charge of spiritual development. The issue is: How do you pay those kinds of staff? How do you measure spiritual development in terms of payment of salary? This is tricky and difficult. Therefore, if the service board shall endeavour to pursue the doctrine of professionalism in terms of engagement and remuneration of public service works, this will be a good thing. The board will separate politics from work. We want, after having done politicking and are elected, we now come down and work. Therefore, the element and line of human resource shall all be left to the board to ensure it guides the new governor who will know how to run his affairs using the right staff. 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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