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    "content": "the kind of building you find at the end of the main street and it always has a dome. So, if you are looking for the capital of the State where the government of the State is, you will know where to find it by the features of the buildings that house such governments. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it also becomes cheap for all counties if we develop a model of where the county executives are going to run the counties and a model for county assemblies, so that there is a standard model; that means that construction cannot be varied from one county to the other. If this is done, we shall save a lot of money and there shall be a benchmark for every county in putting up their headquarters as well as their assemblies. There will also be quality control in the kind of material and premises we have for county assemblies. I have gone around a few county assemblies with my colleagues and it is quite embarrassing that when you go to certain counties, you will find that the assemblies are either meeting in a church or under a tree or something as ridiculous as that. Even where they have used the money from the TA to make certain repairs, those repairs in certain cases are not becoming of the dignity of a county assembly. Where county executives have also attempted to remodel existing premises for their use, the remodeling of those premises does not fit the dignity of what is called a county government. This Motion will make it possible for this Committee to look into these issues and make recommendations to this House. I would like to extend the mandate of the Committee and say: Do not just look at the manner in which these counties have been able to accommodate themselves in existing premises, but to look at the possibilities beyond the work that was done by the TA and beyond the proposals that were made by the Ministry of Public Works and try to advise the Senate on what kind of model premises we need for the use of county assemblies. It is important to have this standard model premises because not all county assemblies know exactly what they need to run. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if I look at the Kisumu County Assembly, they need at least three clerks in order to do their work properly. You need to have the Principal Clerk like we do here and other Assistant Clerks working with him. They also need Legal Assistants, a research division, a liaison division that can have liaison with other counties and the Senate. When you take into account the kind of services that a county needs and the kind of personnel that they need, then you can conceive of the county assembly that you need, so that it is not just the premise where the assembly sits but the ancillary and support services the assembly needs to do its work properly. Therefore, I think this Committee has really got its work cut out. In the spirit of Article 96 that Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki has read here and referred to very ably: “Protecting and safeguarding the interests of counties and their governments”, safeguarding their interests is not just for today but also in the long run. When I was a student at Makerere University, many years ago, the motto of the university, which is still a motto up to today, was written in Latin. The writing was in some exotic language. It read something like aedificant in posterum. I did my research and found – since I did not know Latin – that it means “We build for the future.” What we do today should build the future. We should lay the ground work for making sure that 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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