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    "content": "Therefore, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I find that this amendment is very useful in trying to ensure that nothing is loaded onto the counties, and that it is not done in a sneaky manner because then, this amendment makes it very clear that those provisions that have already been made in the Government Proceedings Act, Cap. 40, are taken into account by this specific amendment. Sen. Janet Ong’era informed us about what happened in the Kisii County in terms of the malfunctioning that has been taken into consideration. I think the whole proposal, as sub- section 5, will help to apply civil proceedings by or against a county government and, therefore, they will be protected even in terms of civil proceedings. We know that this is very important even at the personal level; that individuals are not going to be held responsible, as individuals, for anything that they do for or on behalf of the county. This provision is a statutory provision that keeps coming up in various legislative proposals and it is a key proposal because sometimes individuals have to act. It is true they act in their capacity as individuals, but at the end of the day, they need to be protected and they need to feel that they are protected so that they can actually have the bravery to articulate some of the issues that are very key to them. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in terms of even the levels of arbitration that the county is able to engage in with the Government as a party, we know that there are lots of arrangements that are coming up with the Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangements that have become the norm. I think it is very important. So, in supporting this Bill, I just want to congratulate Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. for protecting the counties, and this is what we are here for. Under Article 96, we are here to protect, as the Senate, the counties and the interests of those counties. I think this is going to be a tremendous contribution in that direction; to ensure that our counties are protected. Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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