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    "content": "In the Council of County Governments, Governors come into play in establishing a board constituted under that Act. We have some additions as a result of the public hearings that we had. We will add this - Senators will confirm – when it comes to agricultural matters on the ground, it is our mothers who are involved in this. Therefore, there was a submission from the public that this Board should be gender sensitive in accordance with the Constitution. The Pyrethrum Board has all the time been governed by men. That is why we are adding that in nominating members under this Section, the nominating members and bodies shall uphold the principle of one-third gender representation to ensure that the Pyrethrum Board operates in accordance with the spirit of our Constitution. It should also be in accordance of our national values which recognizes all of us; men and women as equal. We enjoy rights equally and we must have equal opportunities to serve on the various boards. There is no area which can be said to be a domain of one person. I will now come to the prevention, protection and assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and affected communities. The issues of national disasters are a concurrent jurisdiction. Part one of the Fourth Schedule, paragraph 24, shows that disaster management is given to the national Government. Part 2 deals with the functions of county governments. Paragraph 12 talks about fire fighting services and disaster management. This is a concurrent jurisdiction. All we have done in this Act, which did not recognize the role of county governments, is that in every section where the national government appears, we have replaced with the national Government and the county governments. That is a 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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