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"content": "It is in that connection that I have also supported the issue of governors refusing the green number plates. You will remember that when they were asked about number plates, one proposal was that they continue using green. They said that this would give the impression that the county governments are just a continuation or glorified forms of local authorities. So, we need to create a new brand in our counties and county governments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the question of oversight, again, I have listened to some of the contributions here about the fact that even as we seek to protect our counties and county governments, there is no oversight on the human resources practices that are going on at the moment. I think that we should read our mandate a bit more purposefully, especially the mandate of the Senate in Article 96 (A), which talks about representing counties, but also protecting counties and county governments. This is protection from any predatory practices, from internal and external environment. In other words, emphasis has been given on the oversight role over financial issues in Article 96(c). But if you look at Article 96(a) which talks about protecting the interests of counties and county governments, this protection means protecting county governments from themselves and external threats, which can be the national Government et cetera. Mr. Speaker, Sir, having said so, I think that an appropriate Committee of the Senate should be in a position to interrogate some of these human resource practices that are taking place without necessarily infringing on the role of county assemblies. Remember that the constitutional duty of oversight and protection of counties is not in county assemblies, but in the Senate, and this cannot be abdicated. So, without really encroaching on what the county assemblies are doing, time has come for the appropriate Committee of the Senate to start interrogating some of the things that are happening in the counties now, as a preventive measure, so that we do not wait to deal with scandals after several years. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the last point that I want to make, because I still have time, is that the way I see the law, especially the transitional laws that were put in place in 2012, is that this exercise should be done in accordance with a legal framework. In other words, if you look at Section 57 of the Urban Areas and Cities Act, it says that the process of secondment or absorption will be done in accordance with some law. So, during this process, maybe there is need for us to have a transitional Act of Parliament which will guide and provide the parameters and principles for this exercise, to provide the conditions on which these employees will be absorbed, seconded or otherwise, liquidated and transited into the new devolved government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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