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    "content": "if they are not aware of what the counties are doing? I think that this Bill has been politicized for the wrong reasons. I know that in the Committee on Devolved Government, we have had very many interesting sittings on this issue. I want to quote one which was recorded on HANSARD and so, is in the public domain. When we had a problem in Nairobi County, especially regarding the issue of personnel, the Nairobi Women Representative went to the Governor’s office and a scuffle ensued, which was really unfortunate. We had to summon the Governor to the Committee. We invited him to give us an overview of how he plans to deal with that problem in this county, and it is not a unique problem to Nairobi County. The Governor, who is also the Vice-Chair of the Council of Governors, was very clear that the Senate should seek to have a legal framework of interaction for all the elected leaders in the county. This is because the problem that we saw between the Women Representative and the Governor was really due to the fact that there is no legal engagement or framework of having to sit down as elected members or leaders in the county and deliberate or even ask these questions. Whether you are a Senator, Women Representative or Member of the County Assembly, you represent people and they will come to you. I think that, that has loudly been proclaimed even in the ruling of the Supreme Court, when we had a problem between the two Houses. The judges were very quick to actually point out that the two levels are representatives of the people. People are getting very impatient to get services closer to them. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that said, I know the misconceptions of this Bill and how much it has been misinterpreted, and I have written about it even in the dailies. Of course, we have issues of people saying that they cannot be secretaries or take minutes. It saddens me to see that we, first of all, chose to selectively apply our memory on what is contained in this Bill. The people who were challenging it only took one issue of who chairs this Board. I want to refer to one of my very favourite writers called Robin Sharma, and I know that I have quoted him here before. He has written a very good book on a leader who had no title. This is a story that I would like to share even with the Governors and Senators. A young man was working in a bookstore called Bright Mind Books Incorporation and had just left the army. He was really bored and wondered how he could climb the ranks. One day one gentleman called Tommy Film showed up from nowhere. He was not exceptionally dressed and actually in shambles. One thing that the young man did was to ignore him and wondered what he was doing in the store. He went ahead to explain that he had actually been called to be manager in that incorporation and refused. For five years, he had won the award of the best worker or employee of the year, but he did not have any indication of having such qualifications. When he was asked for his business card, what he gave was a very interesting card which read: “Bright Mind Books Incorporation, Fifth Avenue, 555 New York, Tommy Film, human being.” That was his title. His illustration was that whatever title you have, all you need really to have is to be a human being. I hope that our leadership in this country can relate to this leadership model called “leader with no title.” You do not need a convoy of ten vehicles or battalion of security officers for you to be regarded as a good leader. I hope that we can borrow from that and really enlist back servant leadership, which has been missing. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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