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    "id": 674057,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nabwala",
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        "id": 13116,
        "legal_name": "Catherine Mukiite Nabwala",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also rise to disagree with this Bill because I do not support the County Governments (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.21 of 2015) as it seeks to discriminate against the ward structures in the county governments. We are well aware that there are two levels of Government. We have the national Government and county governments. These are all independent. I think it is the people who should set up structures and laws of how they want to administer their counties. The objective of the Bill is to amend Sections 50, 51 and 52 of the County Governments Act in order to bind the CPSBs to employ sub-county administrators, ward administrators and village administrators after every general election. This will be very expensive in terms of training and, therefore, it will be costly to county governments. In my view, the existing sub-county administrators, ward administrators and village administrators should be given an opportunity to reapply for the jobs so that they are vetted first on a priority basis before other new staff are considered. That will help to cut down on the cost of training by county governments. We know that county governments have had difficulties and challenges in setting up structures and also training their staff. If we have to roll out the staff every five years, then it means that county governments will never settle because it is after five years that a person starts grasping what he or she has been doing. How do you think of changing that person before the expiry of five years? When you remove a person from a position or a job, there must be good reasons why you do so. You should ask yourself whether that 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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