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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I want to thank the Deputy Prime Minister for coming up with this very detailed Bill. I want to say that moving from the former Constitution to the current one will require many stages. I want to thank the Minister for coming up with this Bill which is fairly detailed in terms of how to move. I will not speak much but if you look at the Authority itself, under Clause 6 the Minister says that for you to be appointed the chairperson, you must have a Masters Degree which I think is exclusionist. Usually, we set the minimum criteria and those who will recruit will check on the other details. I propose that the Minister considers that the person to be appointed as the Chairman should have a minimum of a degree from a recognized university and not a Masters Degree because we are excluding others. You cannot say that for you to be appointed as the Chairman, you must have a Masters Degree and the members should have a first degree. I think we should fairly equalize the Chairman because any member can become the Chairman at some point and if we regulate that one must have a Masters Degree it will not be fair. I want to agree that the first phase which has been talked about should be implemented between now and before the first elections and the Minister should consider putting details as to what will happen in that phase. This is because there are many things that must happen before the General Election and immediately thereafter. For example, if we go into the elections on 14th March the next day, the Governor will be in office. The County Assembly will also be in office. It is fair to say that we need to build the capacity for the first occupants of that office in terms of the premises for the Governors and the First Clerk for the County Assembly. How will the first county assemblies meet and how will they elect the Speaker? The first phase must indicate the functions of these authorities to ensure that they build the capacity so that the first day of the elections, we have somewhere where the Governor will go and the County Assembly can assemble fairly with some rules like the Standing Orders so that we transit to the county system smoothly. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to support the Bill."
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