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    "content": "or by choice of the governors. A number of them think that since they were taken through a rigorous programme of vetting before they were employed by the county public service boards--- We know that even the county public service boards are at the whim of the governors. The County Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC) that is chaired by Sen. (Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o, and I am the Vice Chair, is now in receipt of a document from a forum called ‘Chairmen of County Public Service Boards,’ where a number of them have resigned and some are saying that their lives are in danger if they do not listen to what the inaugural governors say. We should not compare the national Government with the county governments. The structure that we have here is to make devolution work, so that people can enjoy the fruits of devolution. People should not enjoy their positions without caring what happens. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as indicated in this Bill, we are planning to put precise descriptions that will not compete with those of chiefs. Sometimes meetings are called without knowing who will address them. You will find the chiefs, the sub-chiefs, the Assistant County Commissioners and ward administrators claiming that the meeting is theirs. We should amalgamate the roles of the national Government at the county level and the county governments and have a system that makes sense, so that we do not have problems in future. I want to assure those that are already feeling jittery that they should not waste their time and public funds by coming to Nairobi to parade themselves in Bomas of Kenya for three days trying to fight this Bill. This Bill is there to make lives better. I give that undertaking as the Mover. Together with my colleagues, we will address and shape this Bill to the desired destiny, for the good of the people of Kenya. I beg to move."
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