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    "id": 674051,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Bill by Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo seeks to amend Sections 50, 51 and 52 of the County Governments Act in order to bind the County Public Service to employ sub- county administrators, ward administrators and village administrators every general election year. I oppose this Bill because first of all, it is discriminatory in terms of targeting only a particular cadre of the county employees. This is because we need to have effective devolution by making sure that services are taken closer to the people at the lowest level, that is, the village level. That is why in the County Governments Act, this positions are created to make sure that we have people up to the village level to ensure that the public participates in decision making as to what should be done for them. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Constitution states that we have two levels of Government; the county and the national Government and Article 60 of the Constitution states that governments at the national and county level are distinct and interdependent and shall conduct their mutual relations on the basis of consultation and cooperation. What is envisaged here is that there will be government structures which might be parallel because as we have the administration from the national government which goes all the way up to the village level where we have a sub chief, the county government must have its own structures up to that level. The two levels of government also have similar arms. The national Government has three arms while the county government has two arms. I am interested in the executive arm which has the President as the chief at the national level, and the governor as the chief at the county level. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the national Government has been in existence since Independence so the structures are clear. We also have the county government in which we are now having the first governor serving and they have established their government from executive committee members, chief officers and directors. In the case of the administration department, we have sub-county administrators, town administrators, ward administrators and we are supposed to be having the village administrators. From what has happened now, most counties are yet to establish the village administration units. Below them we have the Council of Elders which will enable the public at that level to have a channel through which they can participate in bringing up their proposal in terms of development agenda. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we expect all the governors to move with speed to make sure that they have their representation at that level so that the county government can be felt and we will have smooth flow of information both from the public in a bottom-up system and also from the county government from the governor downwards. 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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