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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, looking at the tenure of a Mayor or a County Council Chairman, which is 18 months, I think it is a very short time for any serious leader to come up with resolutions, programmes and start implementing tangible projects in the local authority. This is because at the end of the first year, the person will be busy planning for his campaigns to come back. This gives no room for the implementation of the councilâs programmes. At the end of the day, the local people continue to say: âLook, this civic authority is doing nothing for usâ. So, we need to review the law so that the tenure of civic leaders is extended. They should also be directly elected and stay in office for a longer period so that we can assess their performance. This will make them not waste time and resources campaigning at the expense of service delivery."
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