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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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    "content": "“A person appointed under section 6(1)(d), (e) and (f) shall hold office for a non- renewable term of six years”. The two provisions contradict themselves. On the one hand under Clause 6 (i) (f), it is supposed to be six years of three renewable only once and under the provisions of Clause 8 the same person is supposed to serve for a period of six years non-renewable. This is one of the provisions that the Committee needs to look at for purposes of amendment in order to ensure that the statute is in full compliance and possible for appropriate implementation. Clause 10(i) of the Bill provides for the creation of the functions of the Advisory Board. Under Subsection (g), the Bill also refers to guidelines that have already been provided for as deleted under the provision of Clause 33 on the repeal Clauses. Therefore, I submit that the Committee must relook at deleting that particular provision in reference to the guidelines that no longer exist. This is because, in section 33 of the Bill, the guidelines are deemed to have been repealed by this particular Bill. The provision of part four of the Bill establishes county technical committees. I applaud the Bill and the drafters under for Clause Six that provides for a representative of the relevant county Senator in the Board of this technical committee. In particular, Clause 16 has listed the roles or the functions of this particular Fund. It has fully complied with the provisions of Article 2 of the Constitution to ensure that the purpose of the Fund is to enhance the provision of basic services including water and sanitation, roads, health facilities, and electricity. That is what Article 204 of the Constitution provides for. However, the Bill has enhanced an additional sub-clause under Clause 16(e) that, provides for the provision that other basic services, which shall be identified by the CRA as requiring implementation in a marginalized area. I propose that in order to ensure that there is full compliance with that particular Article 204, sub-clause 16(e) be redrafted to ensure that it does not contravene with the provisions of Article 204 (2) which is specific on the basic services that the Equalization Fund is aimed at. Under Clause 17, the county technical committee is set up and comprises certain people. Unlike sub-clause 6, which had provided for a representative of the area Senator, this particular one has left out that particular provision. I urge the Committee to consider reintroducing that representative. Of course, the reason is it will ensure that the representative and oversight role of the office of the Senator r is cascaded downwards up to the level of the technical committee at the county level. Sub-clause 17 (d) and (f) are a repetition of the other. I propose that one of the two be deleted and replaced by introducing the representative of the Office of the Senate. That way, Madam Temporary Speaker, we will retain the number of the membership to the technical committee and avoid repetition of the representative of the relevant county assembly as it is, I believe by mistake, provided for by Clause 17 (d) and (f)."
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