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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "Lastly, I wish to also look at Clause 42. It talks about the secondment of public officers. The Chair can remember the introduction of the counties. I have heard most of the public servants being seconded by the national Government, but the regulations on how these people are normally seconded have not been put in place. I remember there was an assistant chief in my constituency who was seconded to the counties to work as an administrator. You can imagine an assistant chief who is supposed to be performing different duties other than those of the administrator in the county government--- So, the services which were offered by the assistant chief could not be offered anymore because that position was not vacant. Therefore, it meant that the position was to remain like that but nobody was to offer services. It was like seconding a teacher. With teachers, you can employ another teacher or transfer another one to take the positon of that teacher who was seconded to another position but you cannot transfer an assistant chief from somewhere to come and work on behalf of the assistant chief who was still working there. Unless that position is declared vacant and a new assistant chief is employed, the people of that sub-location will not get services. This issue took us almost a year to sort out. I think with these regulations, we can know the positions which are meant to be seconded. For example, you cannot second a police officer to go and work in the counties. There are positions which, obviously, you cannot second. You can second teachers, people who are working in ministries and people whose positions can be replaced with another person by transferring, but you cannot second positions like those of police officers, chiefs and assistant chiefs. You can second an Assistant County Commissioner or a Deputy County Commissioner because they can be transferred from one place to another. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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