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"content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, Sir, mediation is a give and take. The basis of this was that the Clause of the Bill already clarified the definition of a rateable owner, making it unnecessary, after our discussion, to provide additional clarification within the definition of ‘an occupier’. Hon. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other contested issue was the valuation roll. However, after deliberation, we adopted the proposal as was submitted by the Senate. On the same Clause, the National Assembly was not consistent with the Senate on the definition of ‘the Chief Government Valuer’. However, after deliberation, what the Senate had proposed took precedent because we felt that in valuation and in order to have a harmony across the counties, we needed to create an office that is professionally backed up to ensure that all the valuation activities of the counties are harmonized across the country. That is why we had proposed as a Senate Committee, that we have the Chief Government Valuer, and the Mediation Committee agreed with that. The second Clause that we considered was Clause 12. The Mediation Committee deliberated and resolved to adopt the proposal as submitted by the Senate by inserting the words ‘the Council of Governors’ immediately after the words, ‘National Land Commission.’ Hon. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Senate Committee, following up on the Constitutional spirit on consultation, felt that we had to insert ‘the Council of County Governors’ to be consulted across all the Clauses. So, we have in Sub-Clause 4, ‘in consultation with the Council of County Governors’ immediately after the words, ‘the Cabinet Secretary’. So, the Cabinet Secretary must consult with the Council of County Governors in making decisions of valuation, whether in setting guidelines or regulations, because it is until then that the interest of the counties would be taken in. The Mediation Committee deliberated and resolved to adopt the proposal as submitted from the Senate with the following modifications, that is, inserting the words, ‘the Council of Governors’. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will then go to Clause 20. It is still following the spirit of consultation that I have referred to earlier. So, the Mediation Committee deliberated and resolved to adopt that proposal as submitted from the Senate with the following modification- Earlier, Members of the National Assembly were hesitant for us to have the Council of Governors consulted at all levels. They felt that the Cabinet Secretary would just make decisions on their own. However, as the Senate Committee, we felt that valuation or rating is a shared function. Therefore, in sharing the function, the Cabinet Secretary must consult with the Council of Governors. We brought the Council of Governors because of the fact that there is no other way in which counties would be consulted one by one. However, we felt that the umbrella body of the Council of Governors would be a rallying point for consultation with our county government. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on that, the Committee considered the proposal from the Senate to remove the requirement for the Cabinet Secretary of Land to review claims for contribution in lieu of rates and resolved not to adopt it. However, the Committee 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 and AudioServices, Senate."
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