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    "content": "common phraseology. The functions remain the same. What is different is that the functions must be performed together by the national Government and the county governments. That is all. If you read from pages 93 to 95 – this may appear long but was a question of drafting. The wording is the same. However, we will be recognizing that the county governments are also involved. Therefore, the phraseology will be the national and the county governments. The last one is the National Honours Act where we are deleting the word “elected” and substituting thereof with the word “nominated.” This concerns nomination of members to that Committee which recommends the award of honours. There is a bit of contradiction. This amendment says that to be on the National and County Governments Honours Advisory Committee, we will have two Governors elected by the Council of County Governor and the Chairperson of the County Service Board elected by the Council of County Governments. We are substituting the word “election” with the word “nomination.” Those people should be nominated by the Council of County Governors rather than being elected. Those people representing the County Public Service Boards should also be nominated rather than being elected by the Council of County Governors. I hope that concludes the main amendments. One of the things we heard during public hearings is that since the Council of Governors is now getting involved in these appointments to the various boards and so on, we should have some law or regulation on how the Council of Governors will be doing nominations. They should have a procedure of being nominated to various boards that are already there. The boards will be very many and will be exercising that very important function. These are the boards which are established under various Acts. The various Acts touch on the Constitution. That is the recommendation that the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights will look into. We should regularize the procedure by the Council of Governors. With those few remarks, I beg to reply. I would like to ask Onesmus Murkomen, a lawyer and professor to come and second me. I can have no better person than him because we are touching on county governments and he is the Chairman of the Committee on Devolved Governments."
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