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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "mango and rice from Tana River, so that the activities of this technopolis do not become theoretical to the rest of the countries and our counties. It is critical that this Technopolis, as it is being created, we find within the law a system of reporting back on the activities that they are carrying out. Sometimes, we have formed authorities and created activities but there is no benchmarking and reporting back mechanism for those authorities. Like today, we were talking about the Victim’s Charter earlier on in the Senate session. For instance, a Board that is not independent has been set up and it fails to report to anybody. Therefore, we see nothing going on and citizens start petitioning the Senate here that something needs to be done. So, even for this, we should have a reporting mechanism so that whatever it is that they have achieved, we should be able, as a Senate, to receive reports. This is a Government effort. Therefore, there must be a reporting-back mechanism. There must be a way in which we can say that all the money and incentives that have been put there, there has been a return back and it was this or the other. Madam Temporary Speaker, still sticking to the activities. We have to create clauses that speak to the existence of our counties. Within this particular Kenya Konza Technopolis Bill, we would want a clause created that would speak specifically to the Konza Technopolis creating opportunities in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for development in county governments and in counties which are outside the three counties where this Technopolis is situated. Part of the reporting mechanism must be said that in Turkana County, this and this has been done, as may be, part of the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) for the Konza Technopolis Bill. We must make these requirements, so that they have the thinking embedded in law and within them that they have gone outside the three counties where they are located to promote technology, and ICT Across the country. I have looked at Clause 6 and we have all these Permanent Secretaries (PSs) that have been put up as members of this authority and the board. When you look at this list again, it is speaking to a national body and very little about counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, in fact, we have two persons who are nominated from the opposite gender by the Council of County Governors (CoGs). We need to possibly add more members who should be recruited in a competitive manner. I want to repeat, that when they are choosing the board of management, we should have a fair spread so that, we do not have two persons of the opposite gender, for example, nominated from the COGs coming from the same county. We do not have the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who is an ex-official member of the board and the one person appointed by Cabinet Secretary coming from the same counties. It has happened in other authorities where there is no spread. Madam Temporary Speaker, I propose to Sen. Orwoba to consider putting a clause that will ensure that there is fair spread across the county in terms of selection of who should be sitting there. There is Clause 8 which speaks to the qualifications for the Chairperson of the board. It seems there is a fixed requirement for 15 years of experience in information The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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