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    "content": "2. Hongo Angeline - Member; 3. Safia Abdi - Member; 4. Mary Ndeto - Member; 5. Jacquiline Mogeni - Member; 6. Erastus Rweria - Member; 7. Simeon Pkiyach - Member; 8. Bakari Omari Garise - Member; 9. Dr. Dabar Maalim - Member Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, under Section 9 of the First Schedule of the Transition to Devolved Government Act, the National Assembly is required to vet these people within 21 days. You directed that their CVs, together with the Report from the selection panel, be forwarded to the Departmental Committee on Local Authorities. That was done; also pursuant to Article 118 of the Constitution and Standing Order No.180, which allows public access to Committee sittings, the Committee placed two advertisements in national dailies. One was on 31st May, 2012 and the other on 1st June, 2012. This was to invite members of the public to make any representations that they may have on the suitability or otherwise of the nominees to serve in the Transitional Authority. Eight memoranda were received in support of two members. None was received in opposition of any member. The Committee went ahead to sit on 7th June, 2012 and interrogated all the members. It looked at the criteria that had been used in coming up with the eight names. We found that under Section 15 of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, Parliament was empowered to make legislation to provide for phased transfer of functions assigned to them under Article 185 of the Constitution over a period of not more than three years from the date of the first election of the county assemblies from the national Government to the county governments. Following that, in February, 2012 this Parliament, pursuant to Section 15 of the Sixth Schedule, enacted the Transition to Devolved Government Act to provide for legal and institutional framework for a co-ordinated transition to the devolved Government system. The Act commenced on 9th March, 2012. The Transition Authority is, therefore, established in Section 4 of the Transition to Devolved Government Act. This Authority will have enormous responsibilities. Among them is to facilitate the analysis and phased transfer of the functions provided under the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution to the national and county governments. It is also to determine the resource requirements of each of the functions. This Authority will be the one to develop a framework for the comprehensive and effective transfer of functions as provided for under Section 15 of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. It will also co-ordinate the relevant State organs or public entities in order to facilitate the development of the budget for county governments during phase one of the transition period."
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