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    "content": "The reason for doing that was that she had a dispute with the Governor. Since when did a constitutional office become a monopoly of an individual? It is for this reason that the Mover of this Motion, Sen. Murkomen, has said that we should elevate and magnify some of the functions that a deputy governor can do. They should know that nobody can just remove them “anyhow”. Regarding Clause 32 on Page 313, it states the functions of the deputy governor as given and they are indicated. It says that the deputy governor shall take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation as said in the Schedule to this Act before assuming office. The second part states that the deputy governor shall deputise for the governor in the execution of the governor’s functions which have been listed clearly. However, you may note that even when the governor is away, unless you are in good talking terms, you are not allowed even to do some of the functions or even represent them in functions and so on and so forth. Amazingly, the office of the governor has become a one-man show. In my county, one time, the Governor launched seven building projects in one day. By 7.00 p.m., he was excessively tired yet there are Members of Parliament (MPs) who should have assisted him. The deputy governor and even the Senator who was also present in the county during that day could have also assisted him. When the deputy governor bows down before the governor, that is when they are elevated. Going back to an example I gave about my county, they took away the car from the deputy governor and he went without a car for three months. By April, 2015, they told him to go and kneel down before the governor which I do not know what that meant and the car was returned to him. Now, he talks like a parrot everywhere about the governor praising him in the morning, during the day and in the evening even when there is nothing to say about the governor. So, we should prescribe duties that they can do. I will request during the Committee of the Whole--- The Bill provides that the governor may also assign duties and other responsibilities to the deputy governor. Let us not give room to this by using the word “may”. Why can we not just say “shall?” By saying “may,” they will continue doing what we have been seeing them doing for the past three years. We should be bold to say “shall” assign the deputy governor other responsibilities and duties like any other County Executive Committee (CEC) member. This is because there are many portfolios that can be created or loaded to some of the CECs. Some of the portfolios have also been misunderstood. A deputy governor in some county said that if they are given a function of a CEC, they will get money for entertainment and other things. It appears as if there are just there reading newspapers and there is nothing to do in the office. Therefore, as we do this, we should also note that by giving them more duties, that does not mean that they will get opportunities to pinch and squander money that belongs to the public. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it has been cited here a number of times how a deputy governor is removed from office. It is a pity what we saw in Embu when the governor was impeached. Ideally, by law, the deputy governor was supposed to assume office. However, drama took place immediately. The deputy governor became an immediate target of the governor. It was like elevating her beyond what was already put there after reading that the law gives her power to step in. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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