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    "id": 1089566,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "that once this Bill is passed, the counties can operate smoothly without having to come to Nairobi to queue for publication services. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the only thing that I would like the sponsor of the Bill to look into is the issue of having that office under a CEC because that make it prone to manipulation by the Governor. Because the Governor may sometimes be an interested party, the county printer needs to have some independence. I have also seen that the recruitment of officers to work in the county printers will be done by the county public service boards which is an independent level. Sometimes the members of the public may want to publish something that has a negative impact on the governor or the county government itself. If the county printer is under a CEC, it may be manipulated. For instance, if a publication is to be made concerning the impeachment of a Governor and the speaker of a county assembly is calling for a special sitting, the Governor may have his or her way by stopping the publication of such a gazette notice. If the governor in in charge of the county printer, it may have an effect on the performance of its function. There is need to look for way on how the county printer can be independent. This Bill is very important so I hope that we will support it and that it will go through the other House in a short time so that the counties have autonomy to plan their legislations. As fellow Senators have stated, there is need to link the county gazette with the national gazette. For example, they could be titles, the Kenya Gazette, Marsabit County Edition or any other edition. However, all the editions should be available to all Kenyans because a law enacted in any part of the country will affect all Kenyans because one may want to get a service in another part of the county. Even if I am in Nairobi, I should be made aware that a law has been passed in Marsabit that may affect me if I want to get a service from there. The county gazette notices, therefore, need to have countrywide circulation. It will also be important to have that anchored in law so that once it is published at the county level, it will also be available at the national level. A way should be found to help the publications of the county gazettes in the National Government Printers so that they are easily available to all Kenyans."
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