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    "content": "Justice shall designate for each county a judge to swear in the members and speaker elected at a meeting under sub-section (1). These are important transitional provisions so that there is order after the election and there is smooth handing over. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, when we move to clause 136 we deal with arrangements for public servants. Again, please, Members look at that very carefully. After that we come to the schedules on page 107. We have schedules that deal with oath of office for the Governor, Deputy Governor, the Speaker, the Acting Speaker, County Assembly Clerk, the County Executive Members and the County Assembly Members. The last one is of course the traditional memorandum and objects of reasons. As I finalize, I would just like to point out that the task force did a very good job, they presented their report. Just to be able to deal some of the concerns that were raised here, I want to tell Members that in August of last year, we at the Ministry of Local Government submitted the draft Bills and recommendations from the task force to the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) as required. So we were literally several months ahead of schedule. However, we had to wait and the CIC had to go through the process of analyzing these Bills, making their comments and that is where we are today. The Bills are here and everybody has played their role in accordance with the law. I would like to request Members to also appreciate that we cannot take shortcuts and we cannot determine the calendar for the CIC or their agenda. Once we have done our bit and the Bills have gone through, we have to wait for a feedback. Part of the process that is seen as a delay is not a deliberate delay but it is because the law has to be followed. We could not take shortcuts and bring these Bills here without that due process. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the task force worked very hard. We all worked very hard. Members made tremendous contribution and indeed, whenever we had a retreat the committees of Local Government--- I want to commend Mr. Ngugi here and Mr., Mwadeghu and their teams. They played a very important role in helping us develop and think through these processes all along. I believe their contribution tremendously enriched this Bill. With those few remarks, I beg to move and request hon. James Orengo to second."
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