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    "content": "ceremonial place to the next governor. All this should include the symbolic things about the handing over of power, that is; the seal and the flag of the county. These are the things we should hand over to the governor done by the outgoing governor. The handing- over ceremony is very important. First, it is done in public thus there is a sense of participation of the people with regard to this new force that is coming in to run the counties if it is a new governor. Even then, there should be a process in which a governor who has been re-elected into office should use the occasion to renew and give a speech during this time. He should also present the register of assets and liabilities which he has made in offices as matter of record for those who will use it, say, for the next hand over. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Senator for Makueni made a very commendable recommendation which we should consider. We are exceedingly worried at the moment as to the serious possibilities that the outgoing governors will leave behind enormous pending bills for the incoming governors. This will be a huge handicap for the incoming governors to perform and some with a new broom and sweep the environment. This will not be possible because of the huge pending bills. The pending bills will come about due to the contracts that will be signed, legal and binding. The contractors will win their cases in court. They know county governments will not have any room to maneuver and serve the public. We wish that this Bill would have a clause in which there would be no new contracts signed by the outgoing governors, at least three months before they exit office or else, there can be another body to vet some of those contracts to ensure that we do not jeopardize the opportunities that the incoming governor is likely to use when they come into office. With the exception of those comments, this is a very commendable Bill. It is a torch that will show the light in which we will follow during the difficult transition time. I support this Bill but perhaps with a few amendments as we go into the next stages of the Bill."
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