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    "id": 703139,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 646,
        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the Assumption of Office of Governor Bill (Senate Bill No. 10of 2016) be now read a second time. Since the promulgation of our new Constitution in 2010, through Article 180, our new Constitution created the office of the governor and the deputy governor. Although those offices were created by our Constitution, there lacked enabling legislation to oversee the smooth transition and assumption of the office of the governor and with the relevant modification of the deputy governor or the speaker of the county assembly inlieu of our Constitution, Article 182(2) Clause 2 and 4. After the elections of 2013, in March when all governors-elect were supposed to be sworn in office, our Constitution had given the Transition Authority the mandate and responsibility of overseeing the process through which governors would assume office. The confusion and mix-up that ensued then is on record. We remember clearly that at that time, the national Government provided about Kshs60 million to every county government through the Transition Authority which was given to the office of the governor-elect to oversee the assumption of office of the governor-elect. A lot of things happened at that time. There were governors, for lack of proper procedures and norms or a way of doing things; who took that money, some went to the shops and bought new cars. Some threw lucrative parties, some invited all and sundry and others held ceremonies in places of their choice. That confusion is what this Bill seeks to remedy by providing a procedure through which a ceremony and the assumption of office of the governor-elect can be conducted. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, also through the Bill, in Clause 5, I have sought to have the Bill create what I call the “Assumption of the Office of Governor Committee”. This Committee is envisaged to comprise of key people within a county government who because of their repository of knowledge of the goings on of the county on a day to day basis, because of their exposure with the happenings and the activities at the county level and also by the authority and duties conferred to them, I have proposed a number of individuals starting with the county secretary who is envisaged to be the chairperson of the Assumption of Office of Governors Committee, the County Attorney, the Chief Officer in charge of the department that deals with matters relating with county public service, the Chief Officer dealing with matters relating to Information and Communication, the Chief Officer who deals with finance, the Chief Officer who deals with Public Works and Roads and Transport, the County Commissioner, Head of National Police Service in the county, the head of National Intelligence Service in the county and the Clerk of the county assembly. It will also include some two people who will be nominated by the governor-elect. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this committee is envisaged as composed in my Clause 6 of the proposed Bill with various responsibilities termed as their functions which include facilitating the hand-over process from an outgoing governor to a governor-elect. It may be taken for granted that after we go to the 2017 elections, this is the first time when we will be holding our first elections after the promulgation of our new Constitution and we have heard or tasted devolution. 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"
}