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    "content": "employment to those that they could not absorb in the national Government without caring about the security or survival of these local authorities. So, this is something that we need to handle with a lot of care. As the Senate Majority Leader said, it is important that we brand these new entities as new forms of governments which should have completely new experience that can drive the Kenyan people forward. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are two things that I would like to say quickly. First, these county governments are not supposed to be autonomous states as it were. What applies to the national Government must also apply to the county governments, so that if the national Government is required to reflect a national character when engaging people in Government at various levels, then counties must do the same. They must be a reflection of the diversity of the Kenyan people. Equally for county government, they also must in their deployment and recruitment of staff, reflect not only the diversity within the county, but also practice the principle of ensuring that--- Even if it is Siaya County, I would be very happy to have people from Kakamega working for the county government. I would also be happy to see Tharaka-Nithi County government having people from Kakamega, so that these are not just regional enclaves. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for that matter, probably, these county governments can teach the national Government something about deployment of staff to reflect diversity. At the moment, if you look at the national Government, it does not reflect what Kenya is. Sometimes I like praising the former President Moi in the sense that if you look at the Government at that time, and it was a one-party Government, in the Office of the President, you would have both hon. G.G. Kariuki and hon. Biwott there. So, there was some sense of balance. But when you look at this Government---"
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