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    "content": ". Some county governments are being criticized through Facebook . I know of a county government which shocked us recently; instead of taking the criticism positively, they blackmailed Criminal investigation Department (CID) officers - I do not know where they left their own ethics, values and principles. They became askaris for the county government and started harassing those people. They took them to court for criticizing the county governments. As long as you are sitting in a public office, it is clearly indicated that anybody with a complaint can come. If you do not hear the complaint, the person can go to the highest authority or even put it in the newspaper. These public officers who suddenly found themselves as governors and forgot that they are also public officers, they better get this Act very fast. We are going to pass it very fast and somebody should go and read it to them - possibly, the Committee on Devolved Governments - so that they get to know that they do not use their excesses to harass people who are coming up with positive criticisms for them to change and offer services. Clause 7(5) states that the provision of public service is not impartial or equitable if:- (b) “A public officer discriminates against a person or community during a provision of public services. (b) A public officer refuses or fails to give accurate information during the provision of public services.” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I had mentioned, governors and some related county assembly members have a tendency to reward people who voted for them. This Bill demands that they should not bring that type of behaviour in their work place. It also says in 7(5) (b) that:- The provision of public services is not impartial or equitable if- “A public officer refuses or fails to give accurate information during the provision of public service” Clause 6 states that:- “Every public institution should develop standards for responsive, prompt, effective, impartial and equitable provision of services” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you find that some of them always operate on lies instead of giving what is required. Clause 8(2) states that:- “The public service, a public institution or, where permitted, an authorized officer, shall develop guidelines for the provision to the public of timely and accurate information and the promotion of transparency” At the moment, this is very important because I do not know how often offices of Senators get accurate information from public officers. Knowing that we represent and serve to protect the interests of county governments, the Speakers and their own Clerks should give accurate information. It is now law that they must serve the offices that are relevant, so that we do not go to fire fight, like now we are dealing with Petitions. Suppose this flow of information was there earlier, the leader of delegation in the Senate would already know some of the challenges their counties are going through and would have sorted them out. 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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