{"id":695024,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/695024/?format=json","text_counter":1155,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Wako","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":366,"legal_name":"Amos Sitswila Wako","slug":"amos-wako"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, most of the issues have been raised by other Members but I will raise about three or four. First, I heard somebody say that Section 24 of the County Governments Act is not capable of being violated and this is in reference to the giving of consent to the Bills. Section 24 of the County Government Act is similar almost word for word to Article 115 of the Constitution which I had the pleasure of participating in the drafting. The mischief was; how do you deal with the President and in this case with the Governor who refuses to give assent or refer the matter to the County Assembly with the reasons of refusal. A Governor who does not exercise his discretion because that had been the mischief under the previous regimes, they were sitting on the Bills. We came up with a solution that in that case the country should not suffer because the Bill can become effective after 14 days of publication. However, the mischief of the Governor or the President is there and can be punished in whatever way possible. The third one is the issue of the County Secretary. All the documents we have been given are documents of an attempt to feel the positions of acting chief officers. We have had no document whatsoever to fill the post of the County Secretary. Although, the County Assembly did point out that the post must be filled and that he was not capable of doing the work of the County Secretary; that is in spite of the fact that the period which is allowed in any acting position could be three months, but at most six months according to the Public Service Regulations and those are long gone. So, why is it that that post has not been advertised and they are only advertising posts of chief officers and the two positions are separate?"}