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    "id": 640834,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": ".: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to contribute to this Bill. First, before I begin, I would like to thank Sen. Murkomen for thinking it wise to have this Bill on the Order Paper. The drafters of the Constitution made assumptions in many respects and assumed many things. That is why in Article 110(3), there is assumption that the Speakers of the two Houses would agree on the Bills. There is also an assumption that the deputy governors and the governors would not be from different coalitions and would, therefore, be able to agree. However, the case in Machakos and Kisumu counties has proved otherwise. From the complaints that we have had from at least three counties, we now know that the problem is not necessarily that the deputy governors do not have work to do. The major complaint in my humble submission is that the deputy governors are not involved in the decision making process in the County Executive Committee (CEC). I would like to reiterate what Sen. Wako has said; that in terms of Article 179(5), the Constitution is very clear that in the absence of the governor, the deputy governor takes control. If you look at Article 183 of the Constitution, the composition of the county executive committee consists of the county governor and the deputy governor. The other CEC members come in Article 183(b). In terms of the work, performance of duty and election of the governor and the deputy governors is what we call first among equals. The governor is the first among equals. The two are the same in terms of their election and work."
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