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    "content": "the Transition Authority or transition period from the back door. When we want to extend that period, it must come from the front door and we must have legitimate and important discussion about that issue. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, look at this provision in the County Governments Act, what is called County Consultative Forum. How on earth would someone say County Consultative Forum for development will only involve professionals of that county? That is elitist. Where do you get these elites called professionals to come and meet in the county and have a special sitting with the governor that mama mboga and farmers in that area would not be in that meeting? I cannot imagine how it managed to find itself in a Bill. That you segregate a particular section of the population and give them a special sitting with the governor, not even a County Executive Council member (CEC) in charge of development, a chief officer or a head of department but the governor would directly come and chair a consultative meeting with people who have an elitist status of professionals, we cannot accept that. In fact, it cannot stand and no one will accept it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the counties cannot be turned to be elitist structures. Consultation under the law requires that the governor consults everybody. If there is an issue involving tuk tuk traders or piki piki riders, you call them. If it is about farmers, you call them. If it is about house girls, because those are things that the governor deals with at the local level, you call them because all the social, political and economic issues that involve the county must give space to everybody; whether persons with disabilities and people who are schooled or not schooled. Therefore, I completely object to any provision of this nature besides the fact that this is unnecessary addition when the county should be implementing the county development board in place. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I believe the intention of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority to separate the fisheries department from the agriculture is well meaning and well intended. In this amalgamation of various boards, it was slightly misplaced. When the time comes when we will be debating the authority that will take care of matters of fisheries, I will give my input. I believe that the substratum of this Bill should not have been here if the person who had drafted it had applied his or her energy and mind properly. That is why I said earlier, sitting in that seat, that in future, we need Bills that really touch on county governments and the consultation that is there between the leadership of the Senate and the National Assembly particularly from the Jubilee side, should be able to segregate Bills that focus on county governments to start from the Senate. This is because of the special nature of our responsibility as a House. It is not as a requirement of law. I am just saying in terms of good operational rules should be that the Senate Majority Leader should first come with this Bill so that all of us are informed about it, contribute to it and make our country a better place to stay. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am glad that I am sitting in the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. I will make my comments known there. However, I will request this House one thing; that we should amend our Standing Orders to make the Committee on Devolved Governments a Standing Committee because as a result of it not 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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