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    "content": "and village administrators be assigned proper roles and have a qualification that can attract people to work there. I propose that a sub-county administrator must have a minimum of a degree and we agree with it. A ward administrator should have a minimum of a diploma. Members say a degree but in the wording here, I put diploma. However, we will address it during the Third Reading. This is because a number of ward administrators and Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) have degrees to the extent that you will need people who can run those positions equally. They are in the same category as a District Officer (DO). A DO today has a degree. So, it is essential that ward administrators must have a degree as well. A village administrator should have a minimum of Form 4 certificate with some qualifications particularly in management. I had also proposed that these positions should be on contract for five years and eligible for renewal when the new government comes into place and they can earn gratuity. Members suggested that I should look at this with a view to bringing some amendment. I will address it properly in the Third Reading. These positions are strictly management and it is just like in the university where I was. For you to become a head of department, you should qualify to be a lecturer. This means that you are already a permanent member of staff. You attend an interview for that particular headship in that institution or department, where you can now earn some additional monies for the privilege to sit in that position. We may have to address it in that context. Even as dean of a university, you are not permanently there. If your term ends, you go back to your old position. This is the direction that I am going to move as we will be seeking to amend this so that the people currently in those positions but who do not qualify in the context of the new law, will have to be reassigned other duties when the time comes and also, to give room to the new government. When a new Government comes into place, you have an agenda that you have signed with the people of that county for five years. It is not necessarily true that you may retain the administrator who was there. You can change but within the systems. This also brings in the issues where we are currently correcting a malpractice where the inaugural governors and executives ended up employing relatives, clans, friends and political agents thinking that they will be there forever. I know that a number of them are crying that they resigned. It is true. Who never resigns from their positions? I know all of us. We are moving to an era where all of us now have to be conscious. We are moving into a performance contracting era just like we do in Parliament. Just because I am the Senator for West Pokot today is not a guarantee that I will be the Senator again for the next five years. So, I am here for five years on a contract. It does not make a person any less important in this institution. In the over 200 parastatals that we have today, all the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) are on contract. All the directors of departments in that institution are now put on contract. They chose to go for managerial positions consciously knowing that their time will come to leave. I want to assure the ward administrators, sub-county administrators and village administrators, if any, that their lives should not hang on the life of current governors. They should concentrate on serving the people. They are not working because 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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