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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, phase one starts from the day this Authority is set up to one day after the next general election. It will establish the status of ongoing reform processes, development programmes and projects and make recommendations on the co-ordinated management, reallocation or transfer to either level of government during the transition period. It will also ensure the successful transition to devolved system of government. The Authority will prepare and validate an inventory of all the existing assets and liabilities of Government, other public entities and local authorities. It will make recommendations for the effective management of assets of the national and county governments. It will provide mechanisms for the transfer of assets, which may include vetting the transfer of assets during the transitional period. This Authority will have many other responsibilities. Pursuant to Section 15(2)(b) of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, it will develop criteria which may be necessary to transfer the functions from the national to county governments, including such criteria as may be necessary to guide the shared assets, liabilities and staff of the Government and county authorities. It will also carry out an audit of the existing human resources of the Government and local authorities. In addition, it will assess the capacity needs of national and county governments. This Authority will recommend the necessary measures required to ensure that the national and county governments have adequate capacity during the transition period to enable them undertake the assigned functions. It will co-ordinate and facilitate the provision of support and assistance to national and county governments in building their capacity to govern and provide services effectively. It will advise on the effective and efficient rationalization and deployment of human resources to either level of Government. The Authority will submit monthly reports to the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIOC) and the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) on the progress in the implementation of the transition to devolved system of Government. In addition, it will perform any other functions that may be assigned to it by national legislation. The reason I have read out all these functions is to demonstrate to the hon. Members the magnitude of the task that lies ahead of this Authority. In addition to the nine members who were picked from the members of the public, there are several principal secretaries who will sit in this Authority, including the Principal Secretary to the Office of the President and Secretary to the Cabinet, the Principal Secretary in the State department responsible for matters relating to devolution, the Principal Secretary to the State department responsible for public service, the Principal Secretary to the State department responsible for finance, the Principal Secretary to the State department responsible for planning, the Principal Secretary to the State department responsible for justice, the Attorney-General who shall be an ex-officio member with no right to vote, and the secretary appointed under Section 9, who shall be an ex-officio member with no right to vote. Section 6(2) of the Transition to Devolved Government Act also sets out the criteria for the appointment of the Chairperson of the Transition Authority. He must hold a Masters degree from a university recognized in Kenya; he must have a distinguished career in senior management position in either private or public sector; he must hold at"
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