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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Clause 6 of that Bill also provides for the functions of that Committee which are envisaged as follows: (a) facilitate the handing over process by the outgoing Governor to the Governor- elect; (b) ensure the provision of security services for the Governor-elect; (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; (d) coordinate the briefings of the Governor-elect by relevant county public offices; (e) facilitate communication between the outgoing Governor and the Governor- elect; (f) prepare the program and organize the swearing-in ceremony, and; (g) carry out any other activity that may be necessary for the performance of the functions of that particular Committee. I am skipping a lot of details because I gave most of those details and explained to the House the relevance and importance of most of those clauses. I am just taking a swipe at what I had already spoken about in the last session just to refresh the minds of my colleagues so that as they contribute, hopefully to support it, they may be informed. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in Clause 9 of the Bill, it tasks the Committee with the duty to provide adequate security for the county Governor-elect and the Deputy Governor-elect upon declaration of the final results by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). In this Clause 9, we envisage a scenario as happens most of the times when elections are over. The IEBC’s presiding officer announces the results sometimes in public halls which are full of people and where the individuals present at the tail end of announcing are sometimes the bitter rivals who have been competing for that position. Sometimes they are more than one. We presume that to ensure that the county Governor-elect is safe--- It is on record in this country that there have been violent attacks, destruction of materials, papers and even harm or injury to the person who is elected. That is why we have made it necessary that the security detail of the Governor-elect commences at the time of the announcement of the results in the place it is announced by the IEBC. That is what is provided for in Clause 9. 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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