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    "content": "what we have done or not done while it is not what is on the ground. So, we thought about it and came up with a County Statistics Board. The chairperson of the Board will be competitively recruited and appointed by the governor, with approval of the county assembly. The County Executive Committee (CEC) member in charge of matters relating to statistics or a person designated by the CEC member will also be invited to this Board. We have agreed that it is very important that the executive docket on finance works very closely with the office of the statistician. The CEC member in charge of matters relating to finance will also sit in this Board so that we do not employ somebody new, but he becomes an express person to sit in this Board. The county statistician will be in this Board as an ex-officio member and also the secretary of the Board. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, collecting and disseminating data will not be the work of only staff who will be recruited for it. The staff will also advise on matters to do with policy at the county level and give information. It is important that all these Members look at it wholesomely. While working on it, we looked at the structure of the KNBS and borrowed from it. We looked at the county statistician himself. This is the person who will be in charge to ensure that this office is working. He will be the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and shall, under the direction of the Board, be responsible for the day-to-day management of the County Statistics Fund and staff, among other functions. We also put the qualifications that will be needed. We said that this is an expertise which needs a very competent person on statistical matters. The individual will hold a degree in statistics, information technology, economics, social services or mathematics and have experience in this field of statistics. We have also put guidelines for the suspension or removal from office of the statistician, staff and the person seconded to the office. We said that the county statistician may arrange with a national Government agency, authority or an international organisation to have people seconded even to establish the office. This is important because it is a new office in counties. They can request for secondment in order to establish and put the systems in place to ensure that the collection of data is done smoothly in counties. While deliberating on how this information can be shared between the national and county government, ---"
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