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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Baiya",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "assets and liabilities of 175 defunct local authorities, conducted, prepared and audited inventory. They also issued advisories and publicised the moratorium on the transfer of assets and liabilities for their effective control during the transition period. They also developed guidelines and granted approvals for the disposal of obsolete public assets. The TA also issued guidelines for the transition of staff to the counties and prepared a report on establishment of county staff pension scheme through an inter-agency technical committee to facilitate transfer of services. They also facilitated limited deployment and transfer of staff. They prepared and proposed a County Government Retirement Scheme Bill, 2015, which is in the process of enactment. They also audited and prepared a report on staff of defunct local government authorities and staff performing devolved functions. They had done this by December, 2013. The Report gave numbers in terms of gender, age, educational qualifications and ethnicity. The outcome of that assessment was shared with the national Government as well as the county governments. They also developed a national capacity building framework which was adopted by the Devolution Sector Working Group. They also facilitated the establishment of county governments and capacity building in various areas including pay roll management, legislative drafting and planning among others. With regard to the function of advice on the effective and efficient rationalisation and deployment of human resource to either of the two levels of Government, the TA has achieved in coordination of the Capacity Assessment and Rationalisation of the Public Service (CARPS) Programme through the inter-agency framework aimed at recommending measures for rationalisation and deployment of staff and workload analysis. The CARPS Report was finalised and was awaiting approval by the summit and thereafter, its implementation. They had also facilitated the preparation of the scheme of service for the staff working under county governments. The TA had also undertaken a survey on status of public records in 47 counties and reports prepared and shared with the county governments. The mechanism for closure and transfer of public records is ongoing. With regard to assessment and classification of urban areas as per Section 54 of the Urban Areas and Cities Act, the TA reported to us that they had collected data on this, as per the First Schedule of the Act from all the urban areas in collaboration with the former Ministry of Planning. They had analysed it. Under the standards set by the law, no urban area qualified to be a city, municipality or town except the three which had been saved under the Act. They had, therefore, drafted an amendment to the Urban Areas and Cities Act, which was forwarded to the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development and is waiting processing by Parliament. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with regard to ensuring that civic education and devolution is commenced and coordinated, the TA had established a coordination mechanism for civic education delivery. There was minimal sensitisation of the public and public officers on devolution through media, public fora and other available events. They had also a developed curriculum and training manual finalised and submitted to the Ministry of Devolution and Planning for publishing, launching and rolling out. There was also a database for active civic educators in all counties. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, according to the TA, the following are outstanding or pending works: They are audit and transfer of assets and liabilities, facilitation of implementation 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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