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    "content": "If you look at Migori County, you will realise that there are a number of Otienos, but quite a few Kamaus and Mutuas who work in the same county. However, within the county assembly, you will hardly find a Mutua or a Kamau. The issue of community diversity is also a requirement of the Constitution. That is in the County Governments Act. It needs to be addressed adequately, candidly and effectively. One anomaly that I am sure that this Bill will deal with is the process of the time that nominations are done. You will remember that during and after the elections of 2013, the first things we had to deal with were countless court cases that were brought to the High Court by possible nominees. Many of the lists that were brought earlier were changed by the IEBC. Some were changed by individuals before they got to the IEBC. That conflict has lasted up to today. There are several counties that are going through that problem. Given the fact that most of those lists that are given for nominations are given by aspirants themselves, the issue I am addressing right now is; at the time of giving the nominations lists to political parties, who is allowed in law by the Political Parties Act or the infrastructure of the political parties, to compile a list of nominees? That list is compiled by aspirants who hope to benefit in case nominees succeed in getting nominated in the county assemblies. That constitutes a big problem of performance even after the nominations are through. Supposing an aspirant who wanted a certain nomination is not successful? This has continued to bring a lot of problems and will need to be addressed. I am sure that this Bill will address this problem. Lastly, it is important, as we support this Bill, especially on the basis of gender, that we see to it that our nominated MCAs, once they are nominated, owe their allegiance, faith, duty and service to the people of this country and the Constitution. We have had complaints in several county assemblies. When nominees are taken to the county assemblies, they owe their allegiance to the nominating persons. At times this can be the Governor, MCAs or even officials who are working there. This has brought about a major problem. It is important to tell nominated MCAs that, once they are nominated, they must stand beyond reproach and serve the country. Last is to address the issue of how political parties should give a clear procedure of nomination. We should know who should give the names of the nominees after the nominations have been done. We have Governors, Senators, Members of the National Assembly and MCAs. All the elected officials serve the same country. We serve the same electorate. The nominated MCAs will still be serving the same electorate. It is important to ensure that even in the nomination process; there is diversity at the county level, including representation of the elected members of that county. I will give an example of the Kiambu County Assembly, Nairobi County Assembly and the Nyeri County Assembly, among others, that have more than 30 nominees being nominated by one person. It is important that we have a balance. We should not have all those nominees being appointed or nominated by a single individual. That creates a very big imbalance. You end up having 30 or 40 MCAs feeling inclined to owe allegiance to one person. This process should be set out clearly so that we have a procedure that says that within the political party, a Governor can propose five names, a Senator five names, a Member of the National Assembly three names and an MCA one name. That diversity would help balance this. When the nominated MCAs sit in a county assembly, they should know that they represent diversity in the people who have proposed them. That"
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