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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Otichilo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 131,
        "legal_name": "Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. First, I want to take this early opportunity to congratulate the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government for spearheading the drafting of this Bill. I want to thank the taskforce that was lead by Mutakha Kangu who made this work possible. Secondly, I want to go on record that this Bill highlights the major importance of devolved governments as construed in the Constitution. The Bill is generally good and captures the spirit of the Constitution as regards the devolved country government systems as envisaged in Chapter 11 of our Constitution. I am very happy with the way the Bill has been drafted particularly in terms of County Governments and their role, the role of the Executive, how the Governor will execute his duties and the powers that he will weld. It also talks about how he will nominate the execute committee and how the executive committee will be vetted by the country assembly. There are quite a number of issues under that Chapter on the Executive that I wish to recommend that we need to look at particularly as regards the nomination of chief officers. Their qualifications have not been clearly stated in the Bill. It is necessary that the qualifications of the chief officers of the County Governments are well stated in this Bill. So, we need a statement stating the qualifications of the chief officers of the County Governments. Also, the qualifications and the experience of the county secretary who will be a very important person in the county government, have not been stated clearly. It is important that the qualifications are stated clearly, so that there is no confusion. There is a risk that the Governor could appoint somebody of lesser qualification yet we need a qualified, experienced and seasoned person to be the county secretary."
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