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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, amongst those individuals in this committee is the clerk of the county assembly. I included the clerk of the assembly because in the life of the county government, it is envisaged that the county governor’s office works hand in hand with the county assembly in passing laws. It is also important to notice that the clerk of the county assembly is an important custodian of a lot of information and data. He or she is one of the key people who are always in the office whether or not the life of a previous government has expired by virtue of an election. The continuity that will be offered by the presence of the clerk of the county assembly and other officials like the county commissioners is important. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Clause Six of the Bill provides for the functions of the Committee as follows: (a) To facilitate the handing over process by the outgoing governor to the governor-elect. Without belaboring the point, it is important that after the elections, there be a handing over process that is well facilitated. The key word here is “facilitate.” We are presuming that there are no parameters set that the governor-elect must first be informed or given access before. Therefore, the facilitation is important. Let me speak on the question of facilitation. As I will outline in the few other points that I will make, the chaos that ensued after the elections in 2013 when we had what I would call our ‘virgin’ governors” were not only sometimes hilarious, but also expensive. There was mix-up and pandemonium. People did not know what to do. In the process, the country ended up losing a lot of money. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other functions of this Committee include:- (b) Ensure the provision of security services for the governor-elect. It is also important for this House to note that we are all here by virtue of an electioneering process. We know what happens. When a candidate, especially, one of the status of a governor-elect has been given the mandate by the people of that county, it is important to ensure that he has adequate security services. I do not want to go into a lot of details about this particular issue. However, we have had interesting history as a country after elections where candidates have either been abducted and a lot of other things have happened. The next function of the Committee is to:- (c) Put in place the necessary facilities and deploy the necessary personnel to be at the service of the governor-elect upon assumption of office. We are assuming that a governor-elect comes into office when he or she has not been a county employee before. There are thousands of workers in different departments. There needs to be a provision where all these personnel are put at a vantage position for the governor-elect, for him or her to access either the information they have or any information he or she may require. This function is important to be dealt with by this committee. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the next one is:- (d) Co-ordinate the briefings of the governor-elect by relevant county public officers. Once more, we remember, for example, when governors assumed office the first time, since these were ‘virgin’ offices, as I said, the trend was to hire mostly their friends, 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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