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"content": "The CPSBs are established under Section 57 of the County Governments Act. The board is responsible for inter alia establishing and abolishing offices in the County Public Service (CPS) as well as appointing persons to hold or act in office of the CPS. It is important to note that there are positions in the CPS that may be filled other than through the CPSBs. These positions are as follows:- (1) The office of the County Secretary which is already established under the County Governments Act, Section 44(2). It is a necessity that the Governor appoints the County Secretary and this is approved by the County Assembly. (2) The interim teams of the county officers. This category of staff was appointed and deployed to the county executive without involvement of the CPSB. The Transition Authority (TA), in collaboration with the Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) competitively sourced for officers who were already serving in the public service. These officers were then deployed to the counties to act as interim staff to serve the executive arm of the county government as well as county assemblies. The point here is that someone had to give birth to the county governments and the CPSBs. Therefore, there was need for interim staff who served until the county governments were able to employ using the CPSBs. (3) The other category is the County Executive Committee (CEC) Members. These were directly nominated by the governors and, therefore, did not go through the recruitment process of the board. They were officers, according to the judgment of the governors who were qualified and were capable of delivering the governor’s manifesto. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in terms of the composition of the CEC Members by gender, Kiambu County has 60 per cent of women and, therefore, 40 per cent of men followed by Laikipia County which has 50 per cent men and women. Kericho, Baringo, Turkana, Kisumu and Makueni counties have 40 per cent women. In Nyeri County, for example, there are two women CEC Members out of ten. However, one has a court case after the governor terminated her contract leaving only one active woman in the structure. That is contrary to the constitutional requirement of a third. In Isiolo and Lamu counties, there are two women out of a total of seven CEC Members. In Muranga County, they have two women out of eight CEC Members. I note how, Mr. Deputy Speaker, you are looking at me because you are the Senator for Murang’a County. Tana River County has two women out of a total of nine Members. This is, again, below the requirement. Uasin Gishu County has two women out ten CEC Members. Furthermore, in Murang’a County, two CEC Members; a man and a woman, resigned citing a hostile working environment. The rest of the counties have three women out of ten CEC Members. That includes Elgeyo- Marakwet County. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the governor’s personal staff, other positions which were created under the county executive before the establishment of the boards were officers personal to the governor and are as follows: Chief of Staff, Economic Advisor, Legal Advisor, Political Advisor, Director of Communication, Cook, Gardener, Driver, 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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