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"speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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"content": "people would not be helpful at all. So, it was suggested and agreed that Members of the National Assembly who are elected under Article 91(a) of the Constitution and County Members of the National Assembly who are elected under Article 97(1)(b) of the Constitution be members. The governor as the Chief Executive Officer of the county government shall be the vice chairperson. The rejected Bill had indicated that the governor shall be the secretary of that particular board. We thought that we were not being mindful of the stature of the governor. We thought that the governor ought to be the vice chairperson so that in the absence of the Senator, he will be the convener and the chair of the meeting. In the absence of the governor, the deputy governor of the county shall be the vice chairperson. The other member is the deputy governor of the county. As you know, there have been so many issues such as deputy governors have been sidelined, they do not have any work and they have become irrelevant in their own counties. We thought of not giving them power, but just allowing them to participate in some of these forums. The Leader of Majority Party and Leader of Minority Party in the County Assembly will also be members. The other members are the chairperson of the County Assembly Committee responsible for finance and planning; the chairperson of the County Assembly Committee responsible for budget and the chairperson of the County Public Service Board who shall be an ex-officio member. The person who has been nominated or appointed as the County Secretary within the county government shall be the secretary to this board, but he shall be only an ex- officio member. He has no powers but his work is merely to take minutes. Then whoever has been appointed as the County Commissioner of the county also sits as a member but in his capacity as a commissioner of that county. The head of a department of the national Government or the county government or any other person may be invited to sit in the board. I know many questions will be asked because I have not mentioned nominated Members of National Assembly and nominated Members of Senate. During the discussion, it was agreed unanimously that nominated Senators and nominated Members of National Assembly are nominated to represent special interests across the country. If you represent the youth and you are from Uasin Gishu County, the youth are not in Uasin Gishu County only, they are found across the country. So, we thought localizing a nominated Senator and a nominated Member of National Assembly while they represent special interests which are national will not be right. We thought that they should not be included. It was for that reason; it was not malicious. The County Development Board of each county shall provide for a forum as indicated clearly in the law. It is in accordance with the Constitution and more specifically Article (6)(2) which states that national Government and the county government shall coordinate and collaborate on matters of development within the county. This particular amendment is founded under Article 10 and more specifically Article 174 of the Constitution. This board is expected to give input not to recommend anything. As elected Members of National Assembly and Senators we are in various forums ourselves and we meet various stakeholders within the constituency and many issues are raised, particularly issues of water, dams and health. You know these are matters that have been devolved, and we have no other forum in which we can The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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