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    "content": "assembly and is enacted as legislation and signed by the governor, it then automatically becomes law. That is why the other Bill that is before the Senate that intends to create the county printers offices simply complements this legislation. Therefore, once the county assembly has passed a law and the governor has assented to it, then the county printers can simply publish it and it becomes a law. We have heard of a myriad of frustrations that counties encounter when they try to bring their legislations to the Government Printers here in Nairobi for publication. The county printers’ office is, therefore, part of the chain of the legislative processes that will capacitate county governments to start discharging their duties in a manner that meets the expectations of the Constitution and becomes the clearing house in terms of the constitutionality and quality of drafting that shall go into the processes of legislative action. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is on that note that I borrow a cue from the Senator for Kisumu County, (Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o, that these county attorney offices must then resist the temptation of being translated into some kind of sycophancy or busybodies that will revolve around a county governor. I think that is precisely the reason the county attorney is the principal advisor to the county government. Therefore, the person is expected to discharge his duties in a manner faithful to the Constitution and to his calling. That is why this law proposes an oath. When you take an oath, it means that you have been given a higher threshold of responsibilities. Therefore, the county attorney shall be expected to take an oath to discharge his duties diligently and to perform the functions of his office to the best of his judgment and advise the county government in a manner that serves the end of justice. That solemn oath also makes higher the responsibility that we shall expect from the county attorney Clause 7(b) says that the county attorney, in his ex-officio capacity, shall attend the county executive committee meetings, but shall not have a right to vote. This is in tandem with the practices of the national Government where the Attorney-General attends Cabinet meetings. Therefore, if the office is elevated to that extent, he or she is able to stand his ground on matters because you have given him a capacity of respect and function within the arrangement of the county that goes in tandem with the kind of work that he has to discharge. He can, therefore, tell a County Executive Member (CEC) that his or her Bill is unfavorable and give advice with a lot more gravity and intervene in a matter when he feels county executive or assembly has lost direction on issues about the constitutionality or legal mandate of the county government. Madam Temporary Speaker, one thing that we must celebrate about this Bill is that---"
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