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    "content": "employed on permanent and pensionable basis and others on contract. That is what is happening right now. We need to standardize this. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I call on my colleagues that we should not shy away from making the most of difficult decisions. They may look unpopular. You will remember I brought a Bill in this House; the County Development Boards Bill; we passed it and the National Assembly approved it. It was even assented to by the President and made law. However, Governors went to court because they were uncomfortable with it. As we speak, counties are in a mess and we would not be where we are if we had the CDBs to help prioritize development in the counties. I can tell you for a fact that in the next dispensation, with or without the law, any governor who will be elected will be that one who will want to ensure that everybody is part and parcel of the running of counties. Sometimes a Bill may look very unpopular unless you take time to understand it. Every Member comes in this House working towards ensuring that devolution works. Most of you have already sponsored one or two Bills. It takes a lot of time to develop a Bill. So, I call upon my colleagues, that whereas we may have a strong position on one or two clauses, these are issues that we can address in the Third Reading of this Bill, amend those provisions but retain the very good provisions that ensure that county administrations right from the village administrations, are professionally managed. We will then have a legacy that will preside over the making of legislations that transform the management of our counties and make it professional in terms of hiring and engaging sub-county, village and ward administrators. Therefore, I am willing to be persuaded by Members with regard to those provisions and then we address them in the Third Reading. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, however, I support the Bill in terms of ensuring that we have a professional administration at the county level so that we have members of staff in the county who respect the law. I am wondering at what point ward administrators who are now sending us SMSs realized that their Senators exist? It is now that you are sending the SMSs for the first time. Some of us have been called for the first time by our administrators three years down the line. Some of them have been used to hire hooligans and coordinate attacks and disruption of meetings called by Senators. Right now, they are on their knees. Why are they realizing now that Senators are important? It is because we are discussing this Bill. I call upon them to respect every elected leader in the counties. They need to appreciate that the salaries that they earn are courtesy of the work that their Senators have done in ensuring that the County Allocation of Revenue Bill is passed in this House. It is because of their Senators that county governments even have the resources to employ them. Respect is most important and expected from these administrators. We need to make the difficult decision; engage our minds on this issue and look at where we can amend the good provisions of this Bill and carry on with them. I congratulate Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo for bringing this Bill. Very few Senators would take the courage to deal with this kind of matter. He has been fought just like I was when I brought the County Development Board Bill. I know what he is going through and how he is being attacked by governors who do not want a professional administration. It will be unfortunate if colleagues in the Senate will also fall prey to that situation. Let us look 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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