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    "id": 693851,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. George Ng’ang’a",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. On the establishment of the sub- county as asked by Sen. M. Kajwang, Section48 (1) (b) of the County Governments Act, 2012 sets out how you establish a sub-county. They have been established by law. Now, you have eight sub-county administrators who are supposed to be serving in six sub-counties. We have six constituencies within Nyeri County. We have two constituencies that have been split into two in contravention of this Section 48 (1) (b) so that there can be a sub-county administrator; Kieni East and West and Mathira East and West. Those are now four sub-county units but from two constituencies and Section 48 (1) (b) of the County Governments Act, 2012 is very clear. When you do that, there would be resources to fund so that the agenda might be noble that you want to bring services closer to the people. If the law tells you that you can only do six, let that law first be amended before you go ahead to appoint two additional sub-county administrators at public expense. On the gender rule; invitations were issued by the respective committees to the CECs. In fact, there is a pending court case where when adverse action was supposed to be taken on some CECs who declined to honor the invitations and the assembly sought assistance from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to charge them, they have filed a constitutional petition in Nyeri challenging the invitations to appear and say it contravenes the doctrine of separation of powers. This shows you the attitude of the county executives that we have headed by the county governor yet no action is taken. On the governor’s invitation so that I sit, I have noticed that at page four of Vol. No. 4 of the governor’s bundle, he has attached the letter dated 26th August – the pagination is at the top. This document is with regard to the right to be heard. The county assembly takes that right seriously. You will notice that this document appears from the governor’s own document. So, he must have received it to attach it to the response. One of the things you will notice, there is no ambiguity in paragraph three. The motion is scheduled to be debated on Friday, 2nd September, 2016 at 9.30 a.m. and in accordance with Standing Order No. 64 (3) of the County Assembly of 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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