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    "content": "office. Those are the realities on the ground. There is a big challenge and things have fallen apart yet these were some of the laws that we were supposed to have in place. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Committee on Labour and Social Services is dealing with an amendment on “passengers” called ward, village and sub-county administrators; I have realised that their duties are strictly to serve one soul in the county; the governor at night, in the morning, noon and in the evening. If you have five constituencies, all the five are roaming with the governor everywhere. If we had a County Attorney’s office, they would have read the job description to these people to the letter and say should they fail, they have failed as a county. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, although we are introducing this office, there are some offices we may close in this Senate like the ones I have just mentioned which are serving one soul. We already gave the nine advisers. When I look at the clauses indicated here, I read through and I saw like Clause 5, which says: “The County Attorney shall be appointed from among persons who have:- a) At least five years experience as judicial officers or legal practitioners; or b) At least five years experience in any other legal field. Which other legal fields? I am not a lawyer, but was there any need to bring part (b) or you could have just put everything in part (a) and see what we really need as an Attorney in charge of a county when you say other legal field? Part 7 (b) says:- “The County Attorney shall attend the county executive committee meetings but shall have no right to vote on any matter before such committee”. That is okay just like the other ones. Part 7 (h):- “Shall represent the county government in matters before courts and tribunals within the county.” This one I like because it is going to safeguard the county. The counties will continue to exist beyond these fellows who are inaugural governors. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, part 13 (1) says:- “The governor may with the approval of the county assembly, remove the County Attorney from office only for- (d) Incompetence. How do you describe incompetence here? Suppose the county governor goes at variance with the County Attorney just like now some County Executive Committee Members (CECs) who are supposed to be talking with the Senator. I hear they are being sacked. I do not know whether it is happening to you. Three of mine have been thrown out because they were seen picking a phone call from their Senator. So, that incompetence needs to be described, and when we say “incompetence”, we need to know so that we do not have anything else. I also have realized we are saying when we are employing this fellow, we say the governor employs. I would prefer just like you have indicated in Part 18, talking about the deputy, they must pass through the County Public Service Board even if you are looking for the other one, so that we get somebody that can give 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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