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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "recommended and resolved on an amendment to the existing sub-clause, to clarify the role of the Cabinet Secretary for Lands, as indicated. On Sub-clause 6, there was reference that after valuation was done by county governments, there was a supposed reference that county governments having finished their valuation, they would submit these reports to the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Lands; who would then further review before submission. We felt that review would imply that the Cabinet Secretary was going to be given powers to even alter some of those rates. Therefore, after mediation, we agreed that the only role of the Cabinet Secretary after the counties had done their ratings, was not to review before submission, but to transmit that to the Treasury for payment. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is Clause 50(30) of the Mediation Bill. The Committee deliberated and resolved to adopt the proposal from the Senate as proposed with a modification to delete sub-clause 3 of Clause 30 and insert the sub-clause 3 as a sub-clause under the proposed new Clause 30A as indicated. There is Clause 32 of the Bill. We agreed that we would be deleting the word “tabling”, appearing immediately after the words “county assembly for” and inserting, the word “approval”. Therefore, the main role of the county assembly is not only limited to tabling, but to also approve it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in sub-clause 6, we inserted the word “for consideration” appearing immediately after the word “tabling”. This is to mean that the county assembly and once the rating has been done by the county executive and it is tabled for approval in the county assembly, then the county assembly shall, within 60 days of submission under sub-section 6; and by a resolution, approve or reject the draft revolution roll or the draft supplementary valuation roll. Where the county assembly fails to make a resolution within the period, the draft valuation roll or the draft supplementary valuation shall have been deemed to have been approved. The Committee saw in conclusion in that clause and deliberated. We, therefore, resolved to adopt the proposal as submitted from the Senate. We also have Clause 34 and it still refers to words of “county government”. The Committee deliberated and resolved to not adopt the proposal from the Senate in its current form. However, the Committee resolved to redraft the sub-clause 6 of the Bill to introduce a new provision that establishes procedures for handling objections after the valuer has received them. This Clause gives the comfort where an objection would be raised on a valuation. We might have a situation where there is an objection after valuers have done their work. We needed to get a way in which this would be treated. So, a valuer who receives an objection under that sub-clause 5 shall review the objection and submit a response to the CECM within 60 days. It then spells out that the CECM shall upon the receipt of that response of the valuer, constitute a County Valuation Board (CVB) and submit a response to objection to the board for determination. We agreed that we would not have a standing committee that would be drawing benefits. The CECM would create an ad hoc CVB when a need arises and a time frame is given upon which that can be reported back to the CECM. This board, referred to as a 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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