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    "content": "level of Deputy Secretary; one person nominated by the registered cancer associations in such manner as may be prescribed; the Secretary of the National Council for Science and Technology or his designated alternate not being below the level of Deputy Secretary; one person nominated by the Media Owners Association (MOA) in such manner as may be prescribed; one prominent philanthropist or industrialist of good standing; one person nominated by the universities teaching medicine in such manner as may be prescribed; one person nominated by institutions conducting medical research in such manner as may be prescribed; the Attorney-General or his representative who shall be an ex-officio member. I almost brought an amendment to say that the former Attorney-General should also be a member, but we shall leave it as the current Attorney-General and so on. In other words, the role of the county governments in the board of trustees which is supposed to administer the affairs and activities of the institute is nowhere at all. It is just the three Permanent Secretaries at the national level and then the various institutions which have some concern with issues of cancer. Mr. Deputy Speaker, we are proposing that we add a clause which says that there will be three persons nominated by the Council of Governors (CoGs) to represent county governments. At least if you have Permanent Secretaries from the national Government and, at least, three persons nominated by the CoGs to be in the board of trustees of the institute. That is as far as this Act is concerned. Mr. Deputy Speaker, we will now go to the National Transport and Safety Authority Act, No.33. Again, the same thing is repeated here. Under the Constitution, the county governments have some say on issues relating to transport. Under Part 2, Paragraph 5 of the Constitution, you will find that the functions, powers and the mandate of county governments are:- “County transport, including— (a) county roads; (b) street lighting; (c) traffic and parking; (d) public road transport; and (e) ferries and harbours, excluding the regulation of international and national shipping and matters related thereto.” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when this Act was passed, again, it ignored completely that the county governments have functions and powers relating to issues of transport. The section as it now exists is on page 103; it reads as follow:- “The functions of the Authority shall be to— (a) advise and make recommendations to the Cabinet Secretary on matters relating to road transport and safety;” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, actually the whole thing is about the Cabinet. They deal with the secretary who deals with transport and so on. There is nothing to deal with the county governments. So, we are proposing to insert the following words as shown on page 89. It reads:- “that all these functions are subject to the distribution of functions between the national Government and the county governments under the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution.” 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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