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    "content": "The same goes about equality, human rights, non-discrimination and protection of the marginalized. I believe at the Committee of the Whole stage, the Committee will look at that and ensure this provision of the Constitution is also included. We cannot wish away ethnic considerations in counties which have many communities. Even if it is one community, clan considerations cannot be wished away. If they are not considered, they will boil, flare up and insecurity will crop in. There is also the issue of who gets priority when a position occurs in a county. A situation may as well arise that all applicants, of course, being Kenyans may be all from outside the county and they score highly. Are we saying that we can even employ 100 per cent from outside the county? The limit of 30 per cent to be employed from outside the county is provided for, but has it been provided for in this Bill? This Bill should also capture that 30 per cent should be considered for employment from outside the county. We, as a country, belong to different ethnic groups, communities and so forth. Some are disabled and there are gender issues. The Bill should capture all that. I believe it should also say that majority of the people to be recruited should come from the county. A county can wake up and decide to employ everybody from outside. I am not saying it has happened, I am being hypothetical. When we are creating a law, we should make one that will apply in future. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is an issue in Government institutions which has been abused, and particularly in parastatals where some private institutions are engaged to list, interview and prequalify candidates. I believe that this should not be allowed to happen in the counties. That is where the devil resides so that particular candidates are chosen from the private sector and admitted into the county governments. I support this Bill, subject to amendments that will ensure that Chapter 2 of our Constitution is fully captured and that the criterion is foolproof and there is independence of the CPSB."
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