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    "content": "“accounting officer means- (a) for a public entity other than a county government entity, the person appointed by the principal secretary to the treasury as the accounting officer or, if there is no such person, the chief executive of the public entity; or (b) for a county government entity, a person appointed by the county executive committee member responsible for finance as the accounting officer, or if there is no such person, the chief executive of the county entity; (c) deleting the definition of the word “Minister” and substituting therefor the following new definition – “Cabinet Secretary” means the Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters relating to finance”; (d) deleting the definition of the expression “public entity” and substituting therefor the following new definition – “public entity” means- Cap 446 Cap 490 Cap 211 No. 42 of 20122012 (a) the national Government or any department of the national Government; (b) the county government or any department of the county government; (c) the courts; (d) the commissions and independent offices established under the Constitution; (e) a state corporation within the meaning of the State Corporations Act; (f) the Central Bank of Kenya established under the Constitution; (g) a co-operative society established under the Co-operative Societies Act; (h) a public school within the meaning of the Education Act; (i) a public university within the meaning of the Universities Act; (j) a college or other educational institution maintained or assisted out of public funds; or, (k) an entity prescribed as a public entity for the purpose of this paragraph”; The Senate Amendment to Clause 3 is dealing with the new definitions. It has put together the issue of youth and people with disability and disadvantaged groups. It has also gone further to define a person with disability, a woman and a youth for purposes of clarity. It also goes further to clarify who an accounting officer is. This is important. For a public entity other than a county government, it is the person appointed by the Principal Secretary to the Treasury as an accounting officer and for a county government, a person appointed by the county executive committee for finance. It is basically dealing with definitions. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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