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    "content": "have the moral capacity in Nairobi to tell governors that corruption is wrong? That is why they keep on going round and round. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the long and short of it is; all the clauses that say these administrators go home with their governors, we need to rethink. Where you need to have qualifications, I suggest that the sub-county administrators who are now the District Commissioners (DCs) must have degrees and some experience in administration. Those who are going to be District Officers (DOs) must have degrees and some relevance to administration. Those who are going to be the chiefs, they should have diplomas or post-secondary qualifications. Some of our chiefs are former teachers, some are former policemen and some are former clerks in DC’s offices. They went to Form Four but did something to enhance their capacity to administer public activities. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what is more important is to rationalize as well. I have been interacting with some and I have realised that the salaries of some of those administrators, say in Pokot, is not the same as in Homa Bay and in Homa Bay may not be the same as in Nairobi. Equally important is that the aggregate in the county should also have some gender balance. You will find that in a whole county, where you have nine sub-county administrators, you find only one woman. This does not meet the threshold in the Constitution. When you go to the next level, the aggregate in the county must also have the constitutional requirement on gender balance apart from qualifications. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it should be harmonized countrywide so that a ward administrator in Lamu County is not different from a ward administrator in Turkana, Pokot, Bungoma, Homa Bay, Kisumu or Nairobi counties, and of course, subject to allowances given the exigencies of the conditions under which they work. Obviously, somebody working in Turkana and in Mandera ought to have hardship allowance. Hardship allowance used to be given to people who have been uprooted from far-flung areas to others. If you live in Mandera and you are employed to work in Mandera, I do not see why you should be given hardship allowance because that is where you live. Therefore, there is no hardship being caused to you because you live where you were born, where you have grown and where you will end up ending your life and resting forever. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to encourage the good professor to re-look at this Bill so that we can make administration in the counties better. This Bill is important and I want Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo to see how he can give sunset to some of the duplicity of administrators that we have. I honestly would want to know what a DC does and what a sub-county administrator does. If they are doing the same thing, then one must give way to the other. Under the Constitution, the one who must give way is the one from Nairobi because that is why we have devolution. I beg to support to that extent."
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