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    "content": "President can decide that among the Cabinet of 18 Members, the Minister in his office shall coordinate the functions of his Government as part of his portfolio. In fact, there is a Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President whose duty is to coordinate functions of Government. This is not in any law. I do not understand why we want to tie the hands of governors and their discretion on how to run the county. Like I said, we should not condition the deputy governor to coordinate functions of the County Executive Committee, and I heard you very clearly when you were contributing. There are certain counties you could desperately want to be the governor, but the clan arithmetic does not allow you. A certain clan, therefore, imposes a buffoon on you and says: “This will be your deputy.” You can tell very clearly that, that fellow cannot manage anything, but they tell you that he or she will be the deputy governor; take it or leave it. If you leave it, you will not become governor. Therefore, the balance of convenience is that you must go with the buffoon. You end up in office and are forced to make him or her the coordinator of functions of the county executive, when he or she cannot even coordinate himself or herself. How will you run the county and he or she is the choice and darling of that clan? It matters not his or her capacity. He or she may have a degree, probably from River Road, and so he or she qualifies to be the deputy governor and a governor, in the absence of the governor. He or she may say that they must coordinate---"
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