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    "content": "The Bill also seeks to include academic qualifications for the offices of sub- county administrator, ward administrator and village administrator as I am going to mention in a short while, as opposed to today where you get different colours, styles and qualifications of people sitting in those offices. Madam Temporary Speaker, in the statement on the delegation of legislative powers and limitation of fundamental rights and freedoms, this Bill does not delegate legislative powers nor does it limit fundamental rights and freedoms. This Bill concerns county governments in terms of Article 110 of the Constitution, but the sub-county administrator, ward administrator and village administrator are indicated as responsible for coordination, management and supervision of the general administration and functions in the sub-county, ward and village, respectively. These are critical functions to be discharged in the county and provided for also in Paragraph 14(2) of the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution which enumerates all the devolved functions such as health, agriculture and so on, which require the county government and employees to implement. It is also important to say that whether this Bill is a Money Bill within Article 114 of the Constitution or not, it is not a Money Bill within the meaning of Article 114 of the Constitution of Kenya. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what I am presenting here is out of experience and I have also seen it in many counties. The key offices were nearly the last positions to be filled by the inaugural county governments. I know every employee in the county government must be interviewed by the respective County Public Service Boards (CPSBs). You will be surprised to know that many county governors and executives simply reduced the CPSBs as mere appendages and tiny departments of county executives as opposed to what we see in the national Government where the Public Service Commission is rarely interfered with by the Executive. I was a Permanent Secretary and I never heard of a President saying that this is the one we want. What was in our mind when we created the positions of sub-county administrators, ward administrators and village administrators? What did we intent them to do? Their functions are clearly indicated here, which is not a dispute, but the problem arises because of the choice of human beings that sit in those offices. Today, you will be surprised that almost all persons seated in the offices of village administrators, ward administrators and sub-county administrators are close to governors. This is equivalent to the nine members that the Constitution attaches to the Office of the Governor to choose from whoever he wants, but qualifications should also be considered. For example, a political advisor of a governor can be a villager who knows a lot of politics in their vernacular because they are personal and private to him or her. We also have protocol officers. Even if you bring all your relatives and put them in that office, nobody quarrels you because they are your officers. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is sad to say that when you go to the ground, you will find those people who sit in key offices such as sub-county administrators, ward administrators and village administrators are strictly agents of governors. If there is an opponent of the governor, whether elected or not, they cannot hold any function in a 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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