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    "content": "Therefore, we cannot say that since Makueni underwent this, no other county will undergo it. It is contemplated in the Constitution and the County Governments Act that a petition to suspend a county is predicated by the will of the electorate; that somebody has violated and the county government cannot perform its role, not a situation where governors use public funds to cause an election where none is sought for. These are the sort of things we are attempting to amend. In Clause 2, I have proposed to amend subsections 7, 8, 9 and 10. Under subsection 7, the Commission shall inquire into the matters before it expeditiously and report the facts and make recommendations to the President. The new clause says that the Commission shall inquire into the matters before it within three months. We have specified the time. The Nyaoga Commission of Inquiry was acting endlessly. It said ‘expeditiously’ which did not mean much. We have amended the clause to include a timeline. Subsection 8 says that upon receipt of the report of the commission and upon being satisfied that justifiable grounds exist for suspension of a county, the President shall within seven days forward the report and recommendations of the commission, together with the petition for suspension of the county government to the Speaker of the Senate. We have amended that and provided a new clause which reads:- “Where the commission does not recommend the suspension of a county government, the President shall within seven days of receipt of the report of the commission,under Subsection 7, submit to the Speaker of the Senate:- (a) The report and the recommendations of the commission, (b) The petition for the suspension of the county government.” Why do I say so? It is because it is possible that in the suspension of a county, the petition would have more issues than the mere suspension of the county so that there can be an election. That is why we have proposed that both the report and the recommendation and the petition be submitted to the Senate. With regard to New Clause 9, the existing clause says that the Speaker shall cause a Motion for the suspension of the county government to be laid before the Senate within seven days and approval by the Senate shall be by a resolution adopted in accordance with the provisions of Article 122 and 123 of the Constitution. We have provided a new clause which reads:- “Where the commission recommends the suspension of a county government, the President shall within seven days of receipt of the report of the commission, under Subsection, submit to the Speaker of the Senate the following:- a) A memorandum stating whether or not the President is satisfied that justifiable grounds exist for the suspension of the county; b) the report and the recommendations of the commission; c) the petition for suspension of the county. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are now providing another tier system. Where there is a recommendation for the suspension of the county, the President will be required to send a memorandum of his satisfaction. We do not want to leave too much discretion with the President. The suspension of a county is a serious issue. The petition is a serious issue. 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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