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    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. The County Governments (Amendment) Bill is important. I must appreciate the work the Senate has done in bringing this Bill to us. It addresses the issue of human resource at the county level which is a big problem. It is part and parcel of the process of devolution. Human resource clearly indicates that we have to look at the processes that we have put in place at the county level. Human resource at the county level has several problems, one being numbers. The county government inherited human resource from three different sources: The national Government staff who were at that level; the local authority staff who were at that level and they also employed staff. This employment at the county level has been influenced so much by the politics of patronage that arises from our electoral process to the extent that there are huge numbers at the counties. We all know that a lot of the funds that go to the counties end up as recurrent expenditure because of this. Moreover, the systems are complex and need to be built over time and this has not taken place. Therefore, we always see problems of trade union aspects such as people going on strike and abandoning work basically because of the huge human resource. The health human resource at the county is probably the most single deterrent to proper delivery of health services in this country. The reason is straightforward. It is complex because we have many cadres in the health sector and all of them are hinged on national structures that are actually supported by law. Every cadre in the health sector has an association which is approved and registered by law. So, these associations are national in nature. Every cadre has a regulatory authority which is also based on law. That is a national structure in the manner in which it is structured and the way it operates. Almost every cadre has a union. Again, that is a nationally structured organisation that is anchored in law. The impact is how often there are conflicts between all these structures and cadres. The county governments have not put in place structures that will move these so that we have a smooth operation and transition. Many of the workers see themselves as working in the national structure. Therefore, if you have a problem for example with nurses in Laikipia, all the nurses across the 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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