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    "id": 265401,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mungatana",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 185,
        "legal_name": "Danson Buya Mungatana",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, clause 36(d) be amended by deleting the sub-clause 3(b). Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, this whole section of, “a person may be appointed as a member of the county executive if that person is a Kenyan citizen and then a, b, c and d. So I am proposing that we delete the whole of sub-clause (3). These are my reasons; if you look at the Constitution, Article 152, you will see that the only requirement the President has in appointing the Executive under Article 152(2) is to say that the President shall nominate and with the approval of the National Assembly appoint the Cabinet Secretaries. There is no requirement or onerous duty placed on the President to choose degree holders, masters degree or any other qualifications. The President is supposed to nominate and then Parliament in its own wisdom will approve those nominees whatever their capacities or reject them. Why then are we coming down to the County Governor and saying that when he is presenting his list, they must be holders of at least a first degree and all those other things yet these things are not required of the President and the Cabinet level? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, further, while amending Clause 31, we have already said that the Governor will have power to appoint with the approval of the County Assembly the County Executive Committee in accordance with Article 179(2) (b) of the Constitution. If you look at this Article of the Constitution, it says, “The County Executive Committee consists of (b) members appointed by the County Governor with the approval of the Assembly from among persons who are not members of the Assembly”. My first argument is that at the national level, there is no educational requirement and I am also arguing that we have already approved Clause 31 which does not make any educational requirement again. It is already in the Constitution under Article 179. Why are we adding these things that we are demanding of the President on the Governor? Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am urging the House---"
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