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    "id": 1451293,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Let the resignation letter be addressed to the governor. You are a board member of the county so you should tender your resignation to the governor if you want to resign. You do not need to address that resignation to the Cabinet Secretary. This is a devolved function. A county governor is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He is a mini- President. Payment of allowances can be restricted to the Salaries and Renumeration Commission (SRC). There is nothing much the Cabinet Secretary will do to set remuneration. Under the Constitution, this is a service that is reserved for SRC. Therefore, we can delete reference to the Cabinet Secretary and just leave SRC in consultation with respective governors to set the remuneration. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Part V is on penalties and fines. I am of the view that the penalties are too huge. You are saying a person who willingly processes or attempts to procure registration fraudulently, if convicted, will pay a fine of Kshs500,000. I propose that we make these penalties reasonable and in tandem with our economy. If we set it at Kshs500,000, that is too high. I propose that we put it at Kshs100,000 which is reasonable. There is another one created under Clause 31; Offenses by persons or training institutions. Again, you are saying that any person who issues any document or statement certificate in a fraudulent manner, if convicted, will pay a fine of Kshs2 million. Sen. Abass that is too high. I propose that we reduce this sum to a reasonable figure of around Kshs200,000. Finally, Clause 36 on making of regulations; I am also not sure whether we want to give this power to the Cabinet Secretary. This can be done by our county attorneys. We do not need to pass over this to the national Government. In total, I fully associate myself with this initiative by my good friend, Sen. Abass. Let us support it. Let us create a framework to guide our governors on how to respond to fire and rescue services. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support the Bill. I was just reading the communication from the President on the vetting of Cabinet Secretaries. As a House, we need to have a conversation on the framework we have in place of virtually vetting all appointees of the Executive because, currently, it is done by the National Assembly. In most countries where you have a Senate, even the United States of America (USA); the House of Representatives can generate a budget, deal with its issues, but vetting of Cabinet Secretaries should be done by the Senate. My time is up. Kudos Sen. Abass. I support this very progressive Bill."
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