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    "content": "not live at the wishes of the governor only. They must have a place within the CPS, so that they have the legal protection provided for by the Act. That is why members of the public need to be given civic education so that even those who are serving in the counties can exercise their right to petition this House to look into particular cases in whatever county where the law is being flouted. County public servants must appreciate that this House is their House of raising issues of law or things that need to be corrected. That is a place that we can take on as a Committee going forward. This is not applicable to all counties. Some counties have already absorbed some of those people formally using the required procedure under the Act. Mr. Deputy Speaker, first of all, I need to confess that we did not just seek an answer from a Cabinet Secretary because we thought the he may not have the capacity to point out everything. We called commissions that were dealing with these entities like the Constitutional Implementation Commission (CIC), the Gender and Equality Commission and the counties themselves through correspondence. I take it as a statement of fact when a county says they advertised, they short-listed, but did not get qualified women so they had to re-advertise and that is why there is a delay. That argument also has been used as an excuse because we told the Gender and Equality Commissioners and the CIC which is the arm required to report to this House about implementation that it cannot be an excuse now at this time that there can be a county which cannot attract a woman to do a job, unless it is a field so specialized like aerospace engineering or something like that. Regarding the issue of dismissing employees, there are so many avenues in our Constitution for anyone who is dismissed before even rushing to court. Where these issues are rampant the procedure is to deal with it with CPSB. If one is unhappy with this, he or she appeals to the PSC. That is a constitutional provision. There are other routes like going to the court, report to the Gender and Equality Commission, report to the Kenya Human Rights Commission or the Ombudsman office and so on. There are so many avenues dealing with issues of employment complaints, including trade unions."
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