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"content": "advertisements that the Governor of such and such a county has advertised the following positions. This morning, I went to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, which is formerly the Ministry of Roads, wanting to know the position of some of the projects that were ongoing in my county, including footbridges, and they just showed me exactly what is there. They told me there was no money and when I asked where the money went, I was informed that it had gone to the county. But they are also complaining because their positions are being advertised. Every Ministry then used to have senior officers in the country like, for example, my former Ministry with Sen. Obure, we had these people called County Works Officers and County Agriculture Officer. But, now, those positions are being advertised and they are called “Chief Officer in charge of Agriculture.” There is a bloated workforce in the counties to the extent that the budgets cannot support it. They advertise for as many employees as possible, depending on what is remaining in their accounts. This is a tragedy. What we devolved was supposed to go and develop counties. We wanted our people to have water, electricity, roads and quality education to go to our children. However, with the kind of things being done by everyone, I do not know what will happen. I went to Kisii County with the Committee on Education, Information and Technology. On that day, I had forgotten to carry my business cards. However, I was given many. One of the cards had a name and the title ”Minister for Education, Busia County”. We do not have anything like that. This is just a chief officer. Everybody has suddenly become a Minister. Do not get shocked to see flags being flown in areas where the Provincial Administration does not exist because these people want to be seen to be big. When the Governor visits somewhere, the “Ministers” also accompany him and even ask for per diem even though they are on duty within their counties. I thought that perdiems were only paid to someone who is going out of his duty station? That means that if someone is going outside West Pokot County, that is when they can access per diem . However, if they are working within West Pokot County, they should either return the money or be surcharged. Many things being done within our counties will unfold themselves as we move on. We need to look at all the issues being brought here critically. The “Sang Bill” also needs to be discussed. We want a forum where leaders, present or past leaders, think about the future. Why should I, as a Senator, feel I can think better for the West Pokot County? I should not because I only have one mind. However, I can speak on behalf of a committee or on behalf of what the citizens of the county have agreed upon. When it comes to order of precedence, I concur with Sen. Murungi that I was one of those people who were honoured to receive the Head of State commendation during the inauguration. Just like you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I was also honoured to receive the President of the neighbouring country, Museveni. You will recall that he talked about his stolen cows and he even thought that we were the ones who had stolen them. At the point I took the guest to his seat, my duties suddenly changed. I nearly missed taking the guest to the airport because of simple protocol and recognitions. The order of precedence should be; the President, the Deputy President as proposed by the author of the Bill, the Chief Justice and the Speaker of a House of Parliament. We now have the Speaker of the Senate and the Speaker of the National Assembly. Thereafter, anybody who was vetted by the National Assembly should realise that their employer is Parliament. The Cabinet Secretaries, the Attorney-General and the"
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