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    "content": "and their electoral unit is a ward and then you have a Governor who is also elected, we are now saying you cannot have a mayor elected and a governor elected because you are going to bring serious competition. We want that once the county government is in place, it is that county government that will now competitively seek and hire managers of the city. Those managers will be answerable to the county government and county assembly. This is the basic foundation that is coming out here. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if it is in areas where you have more than one municipality, for example, Nakuru; you could have Molo, Naivasha and Nakuru itself. Once you are elected a Governor and you have a county government, you will appoint managers for Naivasha, Nakuru and Molo but competitively. They then become answerable to the county government. If they perform, yes. If they do not perform, they will be shown the door. This is because we are giving powers to the county government. Now, the Minister will not come in to interfere with a particular clerk or officer. We want to move away from that and give true meaning to devolution as the Constitution provides for. Once this Bill is passed, it will bring to an end that notorious game that we have seen over the years where councillors are hijacked and taken across borders. Some councilors from Migori and Kajiado go to Tanzania while others from Kisumu and Kakamega go to Uganda and very strange things happen. They are told to put their mobile phones in a basket as they come in and somebody locks them very far away. They retain one line for everybody’s communication. So, the councillors are dealt with as if they are small children and yet they are grown up. I hope that with this Bill, we are giving an opportunity for elimination of that kind of practice. This will also give a window for professional managers and serious people to be charged with the responsibility of managing our urban areas."
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