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    "content": "I think a legal framework in terms of the procedure of appointing and even removing a county deputy speaker is important so that then you have a procedural and predictable manner of appointing or even in terms of removing that deputy speaker. I think this is one of those Bills that we should have passed in this House immediately after this House was constituted or immediately devolution came into force. Therefore, I want to support and encourage, especially the governors that the power given to them under the Constitution is for purposes of ensuring that there is effective running and management of the counties. That power is not loaded on the governor as an individual. We must appreciate what we have seen at the national level in the institution of the presidency. Under our Constitution, you have the presidency so that within the presidency you have the President and the Deputy President. At the national level, we have seen the way the President and the Deputy President share and carry out the responsibilities of that presidency together. We have seen the unity in terms of pooling the country together and moving in one direction between the President and his deputy. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you will be surprised if you went to counties and heard some of the things that are happening there. In this House we did an impeachment process from the Murang’a County and immediately after that we saw politics playing out until - we are told – the deputy governor’s office was broken into because somebody imagines that he was the one who engineered the impeachment process of the governor. We are aware of situations in this country where deputy governors are not being invited to sit in county executive committee meetings, contrary to the law. If you look at the Constitution and the County Governments Act, the county executive comprises the governor, the deputy governor and the CECs. Therefore, if you have deputy governors who one or two years down the line are not being invited into the executive meetings in the counties, in fact, the composition and the decision of those county executive meetings can be subject of challenge in terms of validity. It is important for each and every governor to understand and appreciate that you have to pull together to ensure that the development agenda moves forward. Interestingly, most of those deputy governors played a role in crafting the manifestos that this “package” of the governor and the deputy governor sold to wananchi within their counties; and that is why they were voted in. For example, in Nandi County, the deputy governor, Dominic Biwott played a great role in the entire crafting of the manifesto that myself, the governor, the deputy governor and the women representative sold to the people of Nandi. If you were to lock out the deputy governor who was part and parcel of that team crafting the manifesto, definitely you are only left with the governor since he has already locked out the woman representative, the deputy governor and the Senator. You are only left with one individual who might attempt to implement a manifesto that was crafted by a team of four. That is not possible. It is important that every governor must appreciate the difference in opinions. You may have differences in opinion with your deputy governor. Even in those counties where the deputy governor and the governor are working closely, it does not mean that they agree on each and every issue within the county. 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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