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    "content": "Personal Secretary and a Personal Assistant. Those were part of the interim staff who were given to the governors before the CPSB was in place. These officers were critical to the operations of the office of governor and the latter had a leeway of selecting the officers according to his judgment of the support the officers would render to the office. The positions were created, in consultation with the PSC, the TA and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) and were filled solely by the governor. The CPSBs were not involved at the time of creating the above mentioned positions as none of them were in place at the time. Any other recruitment in the county public service which was not done by the CPSB would be illegal. Of course, in exercise of that discretion of appointing those advisors, the governors in some places selected people who were close to them, of their own tribes, communities and so forth. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the second question wanted us to explain why some county assemblies conducted the recruitment exercise before their County Assembly Service Boards (CASBs) were constituted contrary to Section 12(7)(b) of the County Governments Act. The CASBs comprise of the Speaker of the county assembly as the chairperson, Majority Leader, Minority Leader and the County Assembly Clerk as the Secretary as well as one member resident in the county and appointed by the county assembly, but who is not a member of the said county assembly. As soon as the county assembly members were sworn in, almost all the CASBs were in place apart from the final member. The issue of contention maybe whether the CASB is properly constituted despite there being a vacancy in its membership. Most CASBs were constituted before the appointment of the final member who is a resident of the county because the other members of the board are elected members and their appointments are, therefore, automatic by duty of their positions as Speaker, Majority Leader, Minority Leader and Clerk who has been hired. As a result, six county assemblies as shown in the attached tabulation that is Tana River, Wajir, Marsabit, Siaya, Nyamira and Nairobi City have operated for one year without appointing the final member of the CASB. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the third question sought to know why many CASBs have been constituted without observing the one third gender rule. The membership of the CASBs is provided for in the Act; Section 12(3) of the County Governments Act. As stated earlier, the CASBs comprise of the Speaker, Majority and Minority Leaders, Clerk and one member resident in the county and appointed by the county assembly. The composition as stipulated in the Act makes it difficult to control the gender balance as three out of the four members are elected while only one is appointed. Most of the elected representatives of the CASB are men. Some counties have appointed a woman as the final member while others have not. An emerging trend was observed when county assemblies attempted to fill the position through advertisement with an affirmative action targeting a female member, but little interest was being shown by female residents in some counties. 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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