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    "content": "challenge them to show where their public seals are, you will find out that they do not have them. It is important for the symbols of authority and power to be well spelt out. Clause17 (2) of the Bill sets out the circumstances where the handing over of the instruments of power and authority shall not apply. One of them is when the outgoing governor is not present during the inauguration. Most of the county governors who were defeated in the 2017 general elections refused to go for the swearing in ceremonies of the governors-elect. We have to address a case where one refuses to attend, because we cannot delegate that responsibility to another person. Also, when the incumbent is re- elected into office, there is no point of handing over these symbols and instruments of power. Clause17 (4) of the Bill provides that the failure by an outgoing county governor to hand over those instruments of power to the governor-elect shall not invalidate the assumption to the office of county governor by the county governor-elect. It is important that it becomes clear that one cannot scheme that because they are the ones who are keeping the symbols of power and authority in their office; if they do not come to hand them over to the governor-elect, it will be presumed that governor-elect has not been validly elected or cannot assume office properly. So, in this kind of cases, even if the outgoing governor does not show up---"
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