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    "id": 676585,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Waiganjo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Muriithi Waiganjo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was saying that this is a Bill for the approval of public appointments by county assemblies and for connected purposes. That is the title of the Bill. This Bill is long overdue and it has come at the right time. The objects and purposes of this Bill is to provide for the procedure for the approval of public appointments by county assemblies. As members know, there does not exist any legal framework for the procedure of approval of public appointments in county assemblies. This has precipitated a problem whereby the county assemblies do not have a legal framework on how and what to look at when they are appointing public officers. The Bill also has an objective of providing clarity and guidelines of county assemblies as they exercise their functions of approving public appointments. It is an important function of the county assemblies and Members of County Assembly (MCAs) to ensure that the public appointments they make in their assemblies are in consonance with the law and that they also comply with the constitutional provisions on appointments. This Bill also provides for the appointments under the Constitution or any other law for which the approval of a county assembly is required. That shall not be made unless the appointment is approved by the relevant county assembly in accordance with this Act. This is important because some of the constitutional provisions state what a person should have for them to be appointed to public office. So, this is just a piece of legislation to ensure that the Constitution is followed and that constitutional provisions are complied with. The other important objective of this Bill is to ensure that whenever the county assemblies make appointments, there has to be an advertisement inviting applications for appointment to an office to which the Act applies. This Act specifies that the candidate shall be required to appear before the relevant county assembly committee. The importance of this objective is to make sure that whenever an appointing authority of a county is making an appointment, the public is made aware and there is an advertisement to show that kind of appointment will be made. This is to ensure that an ordinary member of the public will appear after seeing the advertisement and will have an The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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