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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I am trying to say is very simple. I am trying to say that even the process of initiation, which is my argument, should be something serious. I am arguing that unlike at the national level, majority of getting eight Members to start that process can put Governors in continuous state of stress. That is my simple argument. So, we should have more numbers. On Clause 41, there is a provision that if the County Assembly wants to sack or remove any Member of the County Executive, they need one-third majority in terms of the threshold. At the national level, and I remember correctly, if under the new Constitution, you want to remove any Member of the Executive you just need a simple majority resolution of the House. That majority is then given to the Speaker and the Speaker communicates to the President that there is no confidence in a certain Member of his Executive. The President will then remove that person. That is one way of removing from office a certain Member of the Executive. In the county, there is a change, and the proposal that the Minister has brought is that one-third should approve. We are saying that we should maintain the uniformity. If at the national it is a simple majority, then at the county, it should also be a simple majority. If the County Secretary is of low education, there is a simple majority vote that we have lost confidence in him in the same manner that it is at the national. We should maintain the uniformity at the county. Therefore, I want to propose, again, that, that amendment be brought by the Minister. Otherwise, we have many other things which I think my colleagues will be brining to the Table. However, it is a good Bill and I would request all of us to support it although we should read it with a toothcomb so that we can remove the difficult areas that exist. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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