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    "content": "The governor-elect shall in consultation with the committee carry out such preparations as may be necessary for the purposes of assuming office including the outgoing governor. By law, for example, the author needs to think, after the election date and the governor-elect has come, how long will the other fellow continue to be called governor? We need to see that nothing is going to move quickly from the outgoing governor changing everything. He may be assigned some security as a governor-elect but the other fellow is still with the trappings of power until handing over is done. I know some of them will take it by force and remove everything including the flag and cars but that should not be the case here because we are not some confused country. There should be order in the way we are elected and how others are coming in. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the day of the swearing in ceremony, the Mover of this Bill has said we need a resident high court judge or in the absence, we get a resident chief magistrate. It is true. We saw the need so that even the rehearsals are done a day or two in advance. You may need to introduce something here, Sen. Wamatangi, through the Speaker, that we need a rehearsal a day where the governor-elect is going to be taken in and how the outgoing is going to behave. Some of them might not have agreed with the results. Another one may have run to court to challenge the outcome particularly these fellows who are used to court when the Senate comes up with laws affecting them. What happens when they go to court? That is essential. Also, a certificate is required which is going to be given just like we saw when the former President Mwai Kibaki was waving the new Constitution in August, 2010; a certificate and the documents were waved. So, it is important to wave to the citizens of that county. I do not know whether the Senator has also indicated that stakeholders from every sub-county must be present. This means there should be a rule that is going to compel this committee to bring a number of people. If you have 40 wards in Kiambu like 20 wards in West Pokot, at least, we should have a minimum of 10 people attending so that you have a proper representation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Part Four on Miscellaneous Provisions states what is required to be followed and what is required to be done after that. Even the oath that is supposed to be taken, a copy has been put here by the originator of the Bill which requires that we need to look at it clearly. We will also ask the originator of the Bill to check whether he has copied the one for the national Government or not. For example, the governor says, “I…… do swear solemnly affirm that I shall always truly and diligently serve the people and the Republic of Kenya in the office of the governor or deputy in a county”. That is key. We may also need to define what is truly and diligent so that those who are coming into office may know. This is because the behaviour of some inaugural governors is very interesting. If you can recall, one of them has simply refused to come and answer to the queries raised by the Auditor-General. It is, indeed, important for them to know that they are just servants; a servant is supposed to work. I have also seen that the Mover has suggested in Section 30 that the responsibilities of the governor and that of the deputy governor be revised. One thing that touched my attention is Section 30(2)(c) which says that the governor represents the county in national and international forums and events.When I read the function of the Senate in Article 96(1), it says that the Senate represents the counties while this one says 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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